For use as a core text in courses in Urban Sociology, Urban Political Economy, Urban Anthropology, and Urban Studies courses.Authored by two of the best-known textbook writers in the field, this third edition of Cities and Urban Life provides a comprehensive introduction to urban sociology, urban anthropology, and urban studies. Primarily sociological in approach, it incorporates historical, social, psychological, geographical, and anthropological insights. The text, while strongly focused on the classical theories of urban sociology, also gives extensive attention to the new political economy approach to urban studies, with global cities as case studies to provide more relevance.