| Description |
xii, 228 pages : map ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / Anthony P. Cohen -- 2. The Age of the City: An Introductory Essay / Sakae Tsunoyama -- 3. The Twenty-first Century City: A British Perspective / Brian Robson -- 4. Reframing Context: Pointers to the Post-industrial City / Sandra Wallman -- 5. The Cultural Role of World Cities / Ulf Hannerz -- 6. Cities of Permanent Transition: Variations among Cities of the Developing World / Bryan R. Roberts -- 7. Urban Tradition as a Creative Process in Africa / Motoji Matsuda -- 8. The Urban Festival and Social Identity / Haruka Wazaki -- 9. Networks as Resources / Katsuyoshi Fukui -- 10. Family and Social Networks in New Urban Situations: A Comparative Perspective / Mieko Miyaji -- 11. Future Kinship and the Study of Culture / Marilyn Strathern -- 12. The Future of the Self: Anthropology and the City / Anthony P. Cohen |
| Analysis |
Urban regions Social conditions |
| Notes |
"Essays originally presented to the symposium, The Age of the city : human life in the twenty-first century, held at The International House, Osaka, Japan, 27-30 March 1990 . . ." |
| Subject |
City and town life -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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City and town life.
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Civilization, Modern -- Congresses.
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Sociology, Urban -- Congresses.
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Sociology, Urban.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Cohen, Anthony P. (Anthony Paul), 1946-
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Fukui, Katsuyoshi, 1943-
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| LC no. |
93168118 |
| ISBN |
0748603883 |
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