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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Urbanization in Western Societies -- Pre-Urban and Early Urban Settlements (City Building Up to the mid-14th Century) -- Proto-Industrial Cities (City Building Between the Mid-14th and Mid-18th Centuries) -- Industrial Cities (Urbanization From the Mid-18th Century to the Early 20th Century) -- Postindustrial Cities (Urbanization From the Mid-20th Century Onward) -- Lessons From Urbanization in the West -- Some Convergence in Worldwide Trends in Urbanization -- Questions for Study and Discussion -- Internet Materials -- ch. 2 Urban Places and People in Comparative Perspective -- Cities in Non-Western and Less Developed Countries During the Era of Urban "Primacy" -- Urban Areas in Developing Countries in the Post-Primacy Era -- Cities in Contemporary Latin America -- Urban Areas in Africa and the Middle East -- Urban Areas in Asia -- The Impact of "Primacy" and "Overurbanization" in Less Developed Countries --

Contents note continued: Physical and Social Organization of Cities in Less Developed Countries -- Concluding Thoughts on Urbanization in More and Less Developed Countries -- Questions for Study and Discussion -- Internet Materials -- ch. 3 How the United States Became Urban -- Cities in the Proto-Industrial/Colonial Period (1600--1780) -- Cities in the Late Proto-Industrial and Early Industrial Period (1780--1870) -- Urbanization in the Mid- to Late Industrial Period (1870--1920s) -- Urbanization in the Late Industrial and Postindustrial Periods (1920s--2010) -- Are Cities Coming Back? -- Are All Suburbs Growing? -- Are Cities and Suburbs Becoming More Alike? -- A Final Look at Urbanization in the United States and Less-Developed Countries -- Questions for Study and Discussion -- Notes -- ch. 4 The Seeds of Urban Theory: Classic Statements About Cities and Communities -- Alexis de Tocqueville (1805--1859): Observations of Culture and Community --

Contents note continued: Karl Marx (1818--1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820--1895): Fears of Capitalism and the Working Class -- Ferdinand Tonnies (1855--1936): The Consequences of the Rural/Urban Divide -- Emile Durkheim (1858--1917): From the Division of Labor to Urban Imagery -- Max Weber (1864--1920): The Nature of the City and its Institutions -- Georg Simmel (1858--1916): The Experience of City Life -- W. E. B. Du Bois (1868--1963): The Structure and Experience of Race -- Conclusion -- Questions for Study and Discussion -- ch. 5 The Fruits of Urban Theory: Contemporary Perspectives on Cities and Communities -- The Chicago School of Urban Sociology -- Urban Ethnography: Urbanism As a Way of Life -- Urban Ecology: Of People and Plants -- Urban Political Economy and the "New" Urban Sociology -- Postmodernism and the Los Angeles School -- The Urban Culturalist Perspective -- Conclusion -- Questions for Study and Discussion -- ch. 6 Civic Culture and the Politics of Community --