The Urban World

The Urban World by Palen, J. John. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780190903169.

The Urban World, Eleventh Edition, provides a comprehensive, balanced, up-to-date, and cross-cultural look at cities and suburbs around the world. Offering a twenty-first-century view of the changing urban scene, the text covers evolving urban patterns and the changing nature of urban life. Combining expert scholarship with an accessible style, J. John Palen is one of Americas leading urban sociologists. He adds fresh data and insights to each edition of his text.