{"product_id":"cities-9780745624136","title":"Cities","description":"This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the city. Drawing on a wide and diverse range of material and texts, it argues that too much contemporary urban theory is based on nostalgia for a humane, face-to-face and bounded city. Amin and Thrift maintain that the traditional divide between the city and the rest of the world has been perforated through urban encroachment, the thickening of the links between the two, and urbanization as a way of life. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e They outline an innovative sociology of the city that scatters urban life along a series of sites and circulations, reinstating previously suppressed areas of contemporary urban life: from the presence of non-human activity to the centrality of distant connections. The implications of this viewpoint are traced through a series of chapters on power, economy and democracy. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This concise and accessible book will be of interest to students and scholars in sociology, geography, urban studies, cultural studies and politics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ash Amin, Nigel Thrift\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.36h x 6.20w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745624136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsh Amin\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Geography at the University of Durham.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNigel Thrift\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41111247749235,"sku":"9.78075E+12","price":114.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_04592c25-887e-44e6-aeda-dab4a1468d52.jpg?v=1700572198","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/cities-9780745624136","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}