Provides an introduction to urban sociology and urban studies and offers an overview of the changing urban scene, with up-to-date information on urban patterns and the nature of urban life in the 1990s. The text expands beyond the urban dynamics to focus on urbanization worldwide.

The urban world

Politics & Social Sciences

J. John Palen

Social Sciences

McGraw=Hill

A Test Bank to accompany Social Problems for the Twenty-First Century.

McGraw-Hill Test Bank

McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.

Young childrens reading book with vocabulary and mystery words section in the back.

City Scenes : Problems and Prospects

Little,Brown

Social Problems

Mcgraw-Hill College

New Edition Coming in Time for Fall 2011 Courses Long the leading text in urban sociology, The Urban World continues to provide a comprehensive, balanced, up-to-date, cross-cultural look at cities and suburbs around the world. Offering a 21st century view of the changing urban scene, the text covers evolving urban patterns and the changing nature of urban life. Combining expert scholarship with a readable style that students appreciate, J. John Palen is one of America’s leading urban sociologists, who travels the world and adds new insights gleaned firsthand to each succeeding edition of his text.

The Urban World

Paradigm Publishers