urban culture

Introduction
Definitions of the city and urban cultures
Types of urban cultures
- Urban cultures before the capitalist world system
  - The ritual city
  - The administrative city
  - The mercantile city
- Urban cultures since the capitalist world system
  - The industrial city
  - The mass-communications city
- Colonial and neocolonial urban cultures
  - The colonial city
  - The neocolonial city
Cities and cultures

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David Riesman

American sociologist

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Robert Redfield

American anthropologist

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Lewis Mumford

American architectural critic

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Jacques Ellul

French politician and social scientist

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Jane Jacobs

Canadian writer

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Louis Wirth

American sociologist

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Morris Janowitz

American sociologist