Experiencing Cities

Mark Hutter is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA.

"Hutter’s Experiencing Cities provides an excellent introduction to the study of cities and urban life using the sociological perspective. He connects micro-level analysis on how people experience cities with the macro-level analysis of how and why cities were built and the conditions that structure urban residents’ daily lives past and present. Importantly, in his analysis, public spaces are not merely spaces for social interaction but instead structure social interaction and are a part of who we are as individuals and as members of different communities as we live and experience city life."Connie Robinson is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sociology, Central Washington UniversityUpdated with new statistics, references, and studies, Experiencing Cities keeps the best of previous editions, with a focus on both the macro and micro of city development and social life. Coverage of topics is excellent, with both Classical Urban Sociology (Chicago School) and newer theories given through treatment. In my view, this textbook is still one of the best on the market today. Richard Adams, Professor and Chair at the Department of Sociology, Kent State UniversityFrom the industrial to the post-industrial era, the material conditions to the non-material imagery, and classical urban theory to more contemporary treatments, this text brims with sociological knowledge on the city. Hutter has once again written a go-to learning tool and reference for students. Richard E. Ocejo, Associate Professor of Sociology at John Jay College and the Graduate Center, CUNYIn this latest edition of Experiencing Cities, Hutter offers an engaging view of city life that invites the reader to experience familiar cities in new ways and travel to distant ones. Hutter understands urbanism through a sociological perspective that examines urban development as a dynamic interplay between political and economic forces and social and individual experiences of city life. Michele Wakin, Center for Urban Poverty at Bridgewater State University

• Preface Part One: Historical Developments 1 . Introduction to Experiencing Cities 2 . The Emergence of Cities 3. The Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Urban Sociology Part Two: Disciplinary Perspectives 4 . Chicago School: Urbanism and Urban Ecology 5. Urban Planning 6 . Urban Political Economy, the New Urban Sociology, and the Power of Place Part Three: City Imagery 7 . City Imagery 8. The Skyscraper as Icon Part Four. The Social Psychology of City Life 9. Experiencing Strangers and the Quest for Public Order 10. "Seeing" Disorder and the Ecology of Fear Part Five: City People and Places 11 . Urban Communities and Social Policies 12. Families, Gender, and Singles in the City 13. The Consumer City: Shopping and Sports Part Six: The Urban World 14. American Suburbanization Patterns 15 . Social Capital and Healthy Places 16. Experiencing Cities Globally