The Middle Classes and the City

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. The Middle Classes and the City

   • Marie-Hélène Bacqué, Gary Bridge, Michaela Benson, Tim Butler, Eric Charmes, Yankel Fijalkow et al.

   Pages 1-10

3. Locating the Middle Classes in London and Paris

   • Marie-Hélène Bacqué, Gary Bridge, Michaela Benson, Tim Butler, Eric Charmes, Yankel Fijalkow et al.

   Pages 11-48

4. Being Middle Class

   • Marie-Hélène Bacqué, Gary Bridge, Michaela Benson, Tim Butler, Eric Charmes, Yankel Fijalkow et al.

   Pages 49-76

5. Residential Choice and Representation of Place

   • Marie-Hélène Bacqué, Gary Bridge, Michaela Benson, Tim Butler, Eric Charmes, Yankel Fijalkow et al.

   Pages 77-106

6. Lived Space

   • Marie-Hélène Bacqué, Gary Bridge, Michaela Benson, Tim Butler, Eric Charmes, Yankel Fijalkow et al.

   Pages 107-133

7. Staying Middle Class

   • Marie-Hélène Bacqué, Gary Bridge, Michaela Benson, Tim Butler, Eric Charmes, Yankel Fijalkow et al.

   Pages 134-163

8. Changing Places

   • Marie-Hélène Bacqué, Gary Bridge, Michaela Benson, Tim Butler, Eric Charmes, Yankel Fijalkow et al.

   Pages 164-188

9. Rethinking Class and Space

   • Marie-Hélène Bacqué, Gary Bridge, Michaela Benson, Tim Butler, Eric Charmes, Yankel Fijalkow et al.

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10. Back Matter

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What does it mean to be middle class in contemporary global cities? What do the middle classes do to these cities and what do these cities do to the middle classes? Do the middle classes engage in social mix or are they focused on 'people like us'? Based on comparative study this book explores middle-class identities across Paris and London.

• Middle classes
• Paris
• London
• neighbourhoods
• social mix
• cities
• city
• class
• comparative
• Global Cities
• identity
• presentation
• science and technology
• space
• thinking
• urban geography and urbanism

• Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Paris, France

  Marie-Hélène Bacqué, Lydie Launay, Stéphanie Vermeersch

• University of Bristol, UK

  Gary Bridge

• Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

  Michaela Benson, Emma Jackson

• King’s College London, UK

  Tim Butler

• UMR 5600 Environnement Ville Société (RIVES, ENTPE, University of Lyon), France

  Eric Charmes

• Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris Val de Seine, France

  Yankel Fijalkow

Marie-Hélène Bacqué is Professor of Urban Studies at the University Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France.
 
Gary Bridge is Professor of Urban Studies at the University of Bristol, UK. Michaela Benson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmith's College, University of London, UK.
 
Tim Butler is Professor of Geography at King's College London, UK.
 
Eric Charmes is Director of Interdisciplinary Research on City, Space and Society, University of Lyon, France.
 
Yankel Fijalkow is Professor of Social Science at the Centre de Recherché sur l'Habitat ENSA Paris-Val de Seine, France.
 
Emma Jackson is Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, UK.
 
Lydie Launay is Doctor of Sociology at the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France.
 
Stéphanie Vermeersch is Doctor of Sociology at the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France.

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