Urban communities books

Mark Jay and Philip Conklin use a Marxist framework to tell a sweeping story of Detroit from 1913 to the present,...  Read More >>

A gripping and instructive account of two powerful community and school interventions, one in South Central L.A....  Read More >>

Uncovers the origins of the housing crisis across the global North and South, outlining the social challenges brought...  Read More >>

Meet Queen. She drives a garbage truck in Garnet, way out on the plains of West Texas. Tall and beautiful, Queen...  Read More >>

The volume assembles fresh treatments on the flâneur in literature, film and culture from a variety of angles. Its...  Read More >>

The book explores the question of what it means for a city to be ‘smart’, raises some of the tensions emerging in...  Read More >>

Uncovers the origins of the housing crisis across the global North and South, outlining the social challenges brought...  Read More >>

This book analyses the cultural politics of urban development in Gwangju, South Korea, and illustrates the implementation...  Read More >>

A true story of violence and punishment that illuminates a transformative moment in Guatemalan history  Read More >>

Every day in the United States, people test their luck in numerous lotteries, from state-run games to massive programs...  Read More >>

An unexpected love story from Marc Levy, international bestselling author of The Last of the Stanfields, and the...  Read More >>

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Verstedelijking is de verschuiving van een landelijke naar een stedelijke samenleving en brengt een toename van...  Read More >>

A vivid ethnography of Egyptian migrants to the Arab Gulf states, Migrant Dreams is about the imagination which...  Read More >>

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In einem zwischen Soziologie, Psychologie und Geografie verorteten Ansatz werden berufliche Lebensereignisse als...  Read More >>

A urbanização é a mudança de uma sociedade rural para uma urbana, e envolve um aumento do número de pessoas nas...  Read More >>

This book interrogates contemporary processes of neoliberal urban renewal in the Global South by studying the model...  Read More >>

The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening...  Read More >>

Generation Priced Out is a call to action on one of the most talked-about issues of our time: how skyrocketing rents...  Read More >>

This book examines how the city peoples of New York and Paris interpreted their urban surroundings during the middle...  Read More >>

Original, action-oriented humanist practices for interpreting and intervening in the city: a new methodology at...  Read More >>

This book focuses on understanding urban vulnerability and risk mitigation, advancing good health and wellbeing,...  Read More >>

This book examines how the city peoples of New York and Paris interpreted their urban surroundings during the middle...  Read More >>

How games can make a real-world difference in communities when city leaders tap into the power of play for local...  Read More >>