TY - BOOK AU - Gold, Harry TI - Urban life and society SN - 9780130216052 U1 - 307.76 PY - 2002/// CY - New Jersey PB - Prentice Hall KW - PL N1 - Introduction and early urbanization --Basic forms of urban life in the modern metropolis -- Urban social institutions -- Persistent urban social problems -- Urban planning ,social policy ,and the urban future -- N2 - Intended for Urban Sociology, Urban Political Economy, Urban Anthropology, and Urban Studies courses in Departments of Sociology, Urban Studies, Political Science, Urban Planning, Geography, and Public Policy, this work gives an overview of the entire field of urban sociology, and provides an introduction to the major approaches and perspectives ER -