| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
What is antiurbanism? A theoretical perspective / Michael J. Thompson -- Antiurbanism in the United States, England, and China / Robert A. Beauregard -- The origins of antiurbanism / James A. Clapp -- Pastoral ideals and city troubles / Leo Marx -- Boys in the city : homoerotic desire and the urban refuge in early twentieth-century Germany / Elena Mancini -- Antiurbanism, New York, and the early twentieth-century American national imagination / Angela M. Blake -- Imagining the urban poor : poverty and the fear of cities / Roger A. Salerno -- Americans, urbanism, and sprawl : an exploration of living preferences / Emily Talen -- Fundamentalism and antiurbanism : the frontier myth, the Christian nation, and the heartland / Eduardo Mendieta -- Against safety, against security : reinvigorating urban life / Don Mitchell |
| Summary |
This collection of essays explores the phenomenon of antiurbanism: the antipathy and fear of the city |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Urbanization.
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Urban policy.
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Country life.
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Urbanization
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urbanization.
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Urban communities.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Society.
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Country life
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Urban policy
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Urbanization
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Stadtsoziologie
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Stadtflucht
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Stadt
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Aversion
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Landleben
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thompson, Michael J., 1973-
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| ISBN |
9780230101050 |
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0230101054 |
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9781349376414 |
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1349376418 |
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