Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place, 20th Anniversary Edition, with a New Preface - Paperback

by John R. Logan (Author), Harvey Molotch (Author)

This sociological classic is updated with a new preface by the authors looking at developments in the study of urban planning during the twenty-year life of this influential work.

Front Jacket

Twenty years after publication, Urban Fortunes remains the best book on urban sociology around. Starting from a political economy analysis, Logan and Molotch develop a picture of the formative processes creating the contemporary American city while managing to avoid the pitfalls of determinism.--Susan Fainstein, Harvard University

Author Biography

John R. Logan is Professor of Sociology at Brown University. Harvey L. Molotch is Professor of Sociology at New York University.