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The first edition of The New Urban Sociology represented a major breakthrough text for urban sociology and urban studies programs. Now in its second edition, the text has been completely revised and updated throughout to include discussions of many current topics and new case study material highlighting recent work in the field. This book is organized around an integrated paradigm throughout – the sociospatial perspective – which considers the role played by social factors such as race, class, gender, lifestyle, economics, culture, and politics on the development of metropolitan areas.

Mark Gottdiener is chair of the Department of Sociology at the State University of New York-Buffalo. He is the author of eleven books, including The Social Production of Space, The Theming of America: Dreams, Visions, and Commercial Spaces, and Urban Semiotics. Translations of his works are used in several countries. His main interests are urban sociology, contemporary social theory, and the semiotics of culture.