Table of Contents

Preface
1. The Social Construction of Cities
2. Places as Commodities
3. The City as a Growth Machine
4. Homes: Exchange and Sentiment in the Neighborhood
5. How Government Matters
6. Overcoming Resistance to Value-free Development
7. The Dependent Future
References
Name Index
Subject Index

Reviews

"A well-documented look at the social forces and factions responsible for value free development. . . . Highly recommended to scholars and students of urban sociology, political science, and urban planning."--Nancy Ann Bates, "Social Science Quarterly