Urban communities books

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Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City

Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City

Author: Derek S. Hyra
ISBN: 9780226449531
Format: Paperback
$52.95

For long-time residents of Washington, DC’s Shaw/U Street, the neighborhood has become almost unrecognizable in...  Read More >>

International Express: New Yorkers on the 7 Train

International Express: New Yorkers on the 7 Train

Author: Stéphane Tonnelat (Research Fellow, CNRS NYU CIRHUS) ,  William Kornblum (Professor, C.U.N.Y. Graduate School)
ISBN: 9780231181488
Format: Hardback
$61.95

How the New York City subway helps new immigrants assimilate.  Read More >>

Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road

Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a...

Author: Rob Schmitz
ISBN: 9780553418101
Format: Paperback
$44.88

"""A narrative account profiling the ordinary men and women who live, work, and dream on the author's street in...  Read More >>

Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City

Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City

Author: Derek S. Hyra
ISBN: 9780226449364
Format: Hardback
$163.95

For long-time residents of Washington, DC’s Shaw/U Street, the neighborhood has become almost unrecognizable in...  Read More >>

Marxism and Urban Culture

Marxism and Urban Culture

Author: Benjamin Fraser ,  Les Roberts
ISBN: 9780739194485
Format: Paperback
$111.00

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Between the World and the Urban Classroom

Between the World and the Urban Classroom

Author: George Sirrakos Jr. ,  Christopher Emdin
ISBN: 9789463510301
Format: Paperback
$56.93

Borrowing from the ideas of John Dewey, schools and classrooms are a reflection of the world; therefore, in order...  Read More >>

Wild Banshees: The Bowels of Urban Education

Wild Banshees: The Bowels of Urban Education

Author: Kim C Hill
ISBN: 9781945558627
Format: Paperback
$39.47

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Between the World and the Urban Classroom

Between the World and the Urban Classroom

Author: George Sirrakos Jr. ,  Christopher Emdin
ISBN: 9789463510318
Format: Hardback
$168.19

Borrowing from the ideas of John Dewey, schools and classrooms are a reflection of the world; therefore, in order...  Read More >>

Homo urbanus: Ein evolutionsbiologischer Blick in die Zukunft der Städte

Homo urbanus: Ein evolutionsbiologischer Blick in die...

Author: Elisabeth Oberzaucher
ISBN: 9783662538371
Format: Paperback
$65.97

In einer Zeitreise, die in die Frühzeit der menschlichen Vorfahren führt, begibt sich Elisabeth Oberzaucher auf...  Read More >>

Urban Planning’s Philosophical Entanglements: The Rugged, Dialectical Path from Knowledge to Action

Urban Planning’s Philosophical Entanglements: The Rugged,...

Author: Richard S Bolan (Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota)
ISBN: 9781138233591
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Urban Planning’s Philosophical Entanglements explores the long-held idea that urban planning is the link in moving...  Read More >>

Henry George and the Crisis of Inequality: Progress and Poverty in the Gilded Age

Henry George and the Crisis of Inequality: Progress...

Author: Edward O'Donnell
ISBN: 9780231120012
Format: Paperback
$44.95

Edward T. O'Donnell's exploration of Henry George's life and times merges labor, ethnic, intellectual, and political...  Read More >>

Race and Real Estate: Conflict and Cooperation in Harlem, 1890-1920

Race and Real Estate: Conflict and Cooperation in Harlem,...

Author: Kevin McGruder
ISBN: 9780231169158
Format: Paperback
$44.95

Through the lens of Harlem real estate transactions from 1890 to 1920, Kevin McGruder reveals the complex interactions...  Read More >>

Upscaling Downtown: From Bowery Saloons to Cocktail Bars in New York City

Upscaling Downtown: From Bowery Saloons to Cocktail...

Author: Richard E. Ocejo
ISBN: 9780691176314
Format: Paperback
$42.99

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Urban Development in Asia and Africa: Geospatial Analysis of Metropolises

Urban Development in Asia and Africa: Geospatial Analysis...

Author: Yuji Murayama ,  Courage Kamusoko
ISBN: 9789811032400
Format: Hardback
$413.97

The inclusion of the origin and brief history of each of the selected metropolitan regions, including the analysis...  Read More >>

Women, Urbanization and Sustainability: Practices of Survival, Adaptation and Resistance

Women, Urbanization and Sustainability: Practices of...

Author: Anita Lacey
ISBN: 9781349951819
Format: Hardback
$260.95

This work considers the city as a gendered space and examines women’s experiences and engagement in both urbanization...  Read More >>

Sustainable Smart Cities in India: Challenges and Future Perspectives

Sustainable Smart Cities in India: Challenges and Future...

Author: Poonam Sharma ,  Swati Rajput
ISBN: 9783319471440
Format: Hardback
$569.22

The book suggests directions and agendas for smart city research and outlines practical implications for government...  Read More >>

The Impact of Artists on Contemporary Urban Development in Europe

The Impact of Artists on Contemporary Urban Development...

Author: Monika Murzyn-Kupisz ,  Jarosław Działek
ISBN: 9783319532158
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This book provides an up-to-date, critical review of theoretical concepts connecting artists and urban development....  Read More >>

Homeownership, Renting and Society: Historical and Comparative Perspectives

Homeownership, Renting and Society: Historical and Comparative...

Author: Sebastian Kohl
ISBN: 9781138644946
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Using historical case studies on Germany and the USA, the book identifies three institutional domains on the supply-side...  Read More >>

Contestatory Cosmopolitanism

Contestatory Cosmopolitanism

Author: Tom Bailey (John Cabot University, Italy)
ISBN: 9781138291140
Format: Hardback
$252.00

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HBO's Treme and Post-Katrina Catharsis: The Mediated Rebirth of New Orleans

HBO's Treme and Post-Katrina Catharsis: The Mediated...

Author: Dominique Gendrin ,  Catherine Dessinges
ISBN: 9781498545600
Format: Hardback
$265.00

This book argues that fictional television can educate audiences on complex communities and issues long after it...  Read More >>

Imaginary Cities: A Tour of Dream Cities, Nightmare Cities, and Everywhere in Between

Imaginary Cities: A Tour of Dream Cities, Nightmare...

Author: Darran Anderson
ISBN: 9780226470306
Format: Paperback
$63.36

"For as long as humans have gathered in cities, those cities have had their shining--or shadowy--counterparts. Imaginary...  Read More >>

This Side of Home

This Side of Home

Author: Renée Watson
ISBN: 9781619639300
Format: Paperback
$14.99

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The Motherfucker with the Hat (TCG Edition)

The Motherfucker with the Hat (TCG Edition)

Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis
ISBN: 9781559365161
Format: Paperback
$27.99

Super-charged work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Between Riverside and Crazy.  Read More >>

Why Detroit Matters: Decline, Renewal and Hope in a Divided City

Why Detroit Matters: Decline, Renewal and Hope in a...

Author: Tyree Guyton ,  Friso Wiersum (Expodium)
ISBN: 9781447327875
Format: Paperback
$62.99

This edited book examines why what happens in Detroit matters for other cities around the world. Bridging academic...  Read More >>

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