Urban Fortunes - by John R Logan & Harvey Molotch (Paperback)

About the Book

"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

Book Synopsis

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.

From the Back Cover

"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

Review Quotes

"Among a rare breed."-- "Journal Of Regional Science" (8/20/2009 12:00:00 AM)

About the Author

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