In 1915 Robert Park penned his seminal paper The City:
Suggestions for the investigation of human behaviour in the city
environment. This essay provided an agenda for the Chicago
School of Urban Sociology, which formed the basis of urban
research for decades.



Given that China's urban centres now occupy the spotlight that
once belonged to American cities, Park's essay is a platform and
point of departure for this volume, which gathers together reflections
from a broad range of urban China specialists to consider Park's (ir)
relevance today - for cities in China, for questions about the social
life of the city and for urban research more generally.



Essential for a broad range of urban studies scholars, this book is an
invaluable teaching resource and a useful tool for policy-makers and
planners.