CONTENTS:- Urban Anthropology: 1. Introduction to urban anthropology; 2. Cities in history; 3. Towns and villages in anthropology; 4. Life in cities; 5. Urban growth; 6. Socio-economical changes in cities; 7. Counter-urbanization; 8. Role of technology in urban development; 9. Industrial cities; 10. City planning; 11. Problem of housing; 12. Urbanization in developing countries; 13. Eco-city; 14. Government of new cities; 15. Utopian concept of city; 16. Future cities; Index.Vol. IX. Urban Anthropology: Preface; 1. Introduction to urban anthropology; 2. Cities in history; 3. Towns and villages in anthropology; 4. Life in cities; 5. Urban growth; 6. Socio-economical changes in cities; 7. Counter-urbanization; 8. Role of technology in urban development; 9. Industrial cities; 10. City planning; 11. Problem of housing; 12. Urbanization in developing countries; 13. Eco-city; 14. Government of new cities; 15. Utopian concept of city; 16. Future cities.
DESCRIPTION
Urban Anthroplogy is a new and still developing branch of anthroplogy. Cities are important and significant research areas and anthropology is making significant contributions to this study. An urban anthropologist can play a significant role in these studies. Anthroplogy brings a unique approach to the study of urban phenomena. Urban anthroplogist studies population of urban areas that can extent from most primitive to most complex industrial urban locales. The goal of this volume is to study Urban locales in relation to the societies and cultures in which they occur with a holistic approach and to provide a concise repository of number of major concepts.
