Urban World

As the leading text in urban sociology, The Urban World has maintained a complete, balanced, up-to-date, cross-cultural look at cities and suburbs around the world. It offers a twenty-first century look at the changing urban scene, covering evolving urban patterns and the changing nature of urban life, and combining current scholarship by one of America's leading urban sociologists with a readable style that students appreciate.Palen, J. John is the author of 'Urban World', published 2004 under ISBN 9780072875416 and ISBN 0072875410.