Mark Gottdiener, PhD (Sociology) spent 41 years as a university professor and, as a Full Professor, was on faculty at the University of California, CUNY, and SUNY Buffalo. He specialized in Cultural Studies, especially American Culture, and Urban Studies while publishing 16 books and over 100 articles. In 2010 he was given the Lynd Award for Lifetime Distinguished Career Achievement by the American Sociological Association. Among other honors, he has received two Fulbright Research Scholar awards for international travel; in 2006 he was awarded the Lady Davis endowed Fellowship at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; in 2007 he was selected by the Yale School of Architecture to deliver the yearly endowed Ross-Symonds Lecture.

Randolph Hohle is an Associate Professor of Sociology at SUNY Fredonia. His previous books include Racism in the Neoliberal Era: A Meta History of Elite White Power (Routledge, 2018), Race and the Origins of Neoliberalism (Routledge, 2015), and Black Citizenship and Authenticity in the Civil Rights Movement (Routledge, 2013). He lives in Buffalo, New York with his wife and children.

Colby King is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Bridgewater State University and teaches and studies urban sociology, social stratification and inequality, social class, work, and strategies for supporting working-class and first-generation college students.

Preface to the Sixth Edition; Ackowledgments;1 THE NEW URBAN SOCIOLOGY; 2 THE ORIGINS OF URBAN LIFE AND URBAN SOCIOLOGY; 3 CONTEMPORARY URBAN SOCIOLOGY; 4 URBANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES; 5 SUBURBANIZATION, GLOBALIZATION, AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE MULTICENTERED REGION; 6 URBANIZATION IN THE DEVELOPED NATIONS: EUROPE AND JAPAN; 7 URBANIZATION AND MEGA REGIONS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD; 8 URBAN SOCIAL PROBLEMS: RACISM, POVERTY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CRIME, AND PUBLIC HEALTH; 9 NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES: DIFFERNTIAL GROUPS AND SPATIAL LOCATION IN THE METROPOLITAN REGION; 10 THE REVITALIZATION OF THE HISTORICAL INNER CITY: GENTRIFICATION, THEMING, AND UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT; 11 METROPOLITAN PLANNING AND URBAN ISSUES; 12 METROPOLITAN SOCIAL POLICY; 13 SHIFTING THE FOCUS TO RESULTS: URBAN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND NGOs; 14 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index