The authors argue that “In the metropolitan period, it was becoming necessary to think about the urban phenomenon less in terms of the large city and more in terms of a region consisting of a mix of residential work, recreational and shopping places” ( book the new urban sociology p. 121). What are the characteristics of the Rise of the Metropolis? What is monopoly capitalism and how does it differ from competitive capitalism? What spatial, functional and demographic changes did this period bring to the city?