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Informationen zum Autor Alexander R. Thomas, Ph.D., is professor of sociology at SUNY Oneonta. He is co-editor, with Dr. Gregory Fulkerson, of the Urban-Rural Dynamics book series. He has published numerous books and articles on cities and their relationship with the countryside, including In Gotham's Shadow , The Evolution of the Ancient City , and Critical Rural Theory . He is also author of the newly released book The Sociological Predicament . Gregory M. Fulkerson, Ph.D., is professor of sociology and chair of geography and environmental sustainability at SUNY Oneonta. Along with Dr. Alex Thomas, he is co-editor of the Urban-Rural Dynamics book series. He is the author of Community in Urban-Rural Systems , and co-author of City and Country , Urbanormativity , and Critical Rural Theory . His research focuses on social capital, community development, globalization, the environment, and urban-rural issues. Klappentext City and Country traces the evolution of urban-rural systems 7,000 years ago into the modern global order and argues that at the heart of the logic of capitalism is an even deeper logic: urbanization is based on urban dependency. Zusammenfassung City and Country traces the evolution of urban-rural systems 7,000 years ago into the modern global order and argues that at the heart of the logic of capitalism is an even deeper logic: urbanization is based on urban dependency. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: The Environmental Demography of Urban-Rural Systems Chapter 1: Environmental Demography and Urban-Rural Systems Chapter 2: Classical Urban-Rural Theory Chapter 3: Contemporary Urban-Rural Theory Part II: From the Near East to the Northeast Chapter 4: In the Beginning Chapter 5: Emerging Urban-Rural Systems Chapter 6: History Begins Chapter 7: Collapse or Continuity? Chapter 8: Dynamics Culminating Chapter 9: World System Part III: New York's Urban-Rural System Chapter 10: Fur Chapter 11: Growing the City Chapter 12: Change amid Growth Chapter 13: New York and the World-System Chapter 14: Urban-Rural Dynamics Revisited ...
