• Introduction to the second edition, 1. Social theory, capitalism and the urban question, 2. The urban as an ecological community, 3 The urban as a cultural form, 4. The urban as a socio-spatial system, 5. The urban as ideology, 6. The urban as a spatial unit of collective consumption, 7. A non-spatial urban sociology?, 8. From urban social theory to a sociology of consumption, Appendix: A note on the empirical testing of theories, Further reading, References, Index

`It can be strongly recommended ... clearly written, well documented and, above all, highly stimulating.' - Critical Social Policy`Saunders has been one of a small group of British writers ... who have pushed urban studies into a new period of vigorous growth.' - Urban Studies

• Introduction to the second edition, 1. Social theory, capitalism and the urban question, 2. The urban as an ecological community, 3 The urban as a cultural form, 4. The urban as a socio-spatial system, 5. The urban as ideology, 6. The urban as a spatial unit of collective consumption, 7. A non-spatial urban sociology?, 8. From urban social theory to a sociology of consumption, Appendix: A note on the empirical testing of theories, Further reading, References, Index

`It can be strongly recommended ... clearly written, well documented and, above all, highly stimulating.' - Critical Social Policy`Saunders has been one of a small group of British writers ... who have pushed urban studies into a new period of vigorous growth.' - Urban Studies

• Introduction to the second edition, 1. Social theory, capitalism and the urban question, 2. The urban as an ecological community, 3 The urban as a cultural form, 4. The urban as a socio-spatial system, 5. The urban as ideology, 6. The urban as a spatial unit of collective consumption, 7. A non-spatial urban sociology?, 8. From urban social theory to a sociology of consumption, Appendix: A note on the empirical testing of theories, Further reading, References, Index

`It can be strongly recommended ... clearly written, well documented and, above all, highly stimulating.' - Critical Social Policy`Saunders has been one of a small group of British writers ... who have pushed urban studies into a new period of vigorous growth.' - Urban Studies