TY - BOOK AU - Archer,Kevin TI - The city: the basics T2 - The basics SN - 9780415670791 (pbk.) U1 - 307.76 ARC.H 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Cities and towns KW - Sociology, Urban KW - City and town life N1 - Cities and city life -- Cities as the source of civilization -- From trading to industrial cities -- From industrial to post-industrial cities -- City economics -- City politics -- City culture -- City environment -- City planning -- City futures N2 - 'The City' provides a brief yet compelling overview of the study of cities and city life. It draws on a range of perspectives - economic, political, cultural, and environmental - to provide a broad comparison of the evolution of cities in the rich global north and the poorer global south UR - http://www.openisbn.com/isbn/0415670799/ ER -