Download or read book The Middle Classes and the City written by M. Bacqué and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-27 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.