Comparative Urban and Community Research
City and Nation: Rethinking Place and Identity
1st Edition
By Michael Peter Smith, Thomas Bender
March 31, 2001
This compendium offers a textured historical and comparative examination of the significance of locality or "place," and the role of urban representations and spatial practices in defining national identities. Drawing upon a wide range of disciplines - from literature to architecture and planning, ...
After Modernism: Global Restructuring and the Changing Boundaries of City Life
1st Edition
By Michael Peter Smith
January 30, 1992
Michael Peter Smith is distinguished research professor in Community Studies at the University of California, Davis. He is co-author of the award-winning book Citizenship across Borders, and is the series editor of Transaction’s Comparative Urban and Community Research book series....