Urban communities books

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Ten Generations of Bondage: Eleven Generations of Faith

Ten Generations of Bondage: Eleven Generations of Faith...

Author: Johari Ade ,  Zuton Lucero-Mills
ISBN: 9781944139049
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Ten Generations of Bondage is the true story of an African American Family. The reader is captivated as the family...  Read More >>

Graffiti and Street Art: Reading, Writing and Representing the City

Graffiti and Street Art: Reading, Writing and Representing...

Author: Konstantinos Avramidis ,  Myrto Tsilimpounidi
ISBN: 9781472473332
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Graffiti and street art images are ubiquitous, and they enjoy a very special place in collective imaginary due to...  Read More >>

Racial and Ethnic Politics in American Suburbs

Racial and Ethnic Politics in American Suburbs

Author: Lorrie Frasure-Yokley (University of California, Los Angeles)
ISBN: 9781107446922
Format: Paperback
$56.90

This book examines racial and ethnic politics outside of the traditional urban context and questions the standard...  Read More >>

Americans Against the City: Anti-Urbanism in the Twentieth Century

Americans Against the City: Anti-Urbanism in the Twentieth...

Author: Steven Conn (Professor and Director, Public History, Ohio State University)
ISBN: 9780190636340
Format: Paperback
$57.95

It is a paradox of American life that we are a highly urbanized nation filled with people deeply ambivalent about...  Read More >>

The Quality of the Urban Environment: Essays on ""New Resources"" in an Urban Age

The Quality of the Urban Environment: Essays on ""New...

Author: Harvey S. Perloff
ISBN: 9781138930438
Format: Paperback
$88.99

The quality of the environment in which people live, work, and play influences to no small degree the quality of...  Read More >>

Sustainable Communities and Urban Housing: A Comparative European Perspective

Sustainable Communities and Urban Housing: A Comparative...

Author: Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway (University of Barcelona, Spain) ,  Nessa Winston
ISBN: 9781138911482
Format: Hardback
$326.00

Since the start of the twenty-first century, urban communities have faced increasing challenges in housing affordability,...  Read More >>

Popular Culture: The Metropolitan Experience

Popular Culture: The Metropolitan Experience

Author: Iain Chambers
ISBN: 9781138156319
Format: Hardback
$189.00

Iain Chambers approaches the often overlooked details and textures of popular culture through a series of histories...  Read More >>

Resilience, Environmental Justice and the City

Resilience, Environmental Justice and the City

Author: Beth Caniglia (Oklahoma State University, Department of Sociology, USA) ,  Manuel Vallee (University of Auckland, Department of Sociology, New Zealand)
ISBN: 9781138119895
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Urban centres are bastions of inequalities, where poverty, marginalization, segregation and health insecurity are...  Read More >>

Middle-class School Choice in Urban Spaces: The economics of public schooling and globalized education reform

Middle-class School Choice in Urban Spaces: The economics...

Author: Emma Rowe (Deakin University, Australia)
ISBN: 9781138120419
Format: Hardback
$210.00

Middle-class School Choice in Urban Spaces examines government-funded public schools from a range of perspectives...  Read More >>

Local Politics and Mayoral Elections in 21st Century America: The Keys to City Hall

Local Politics and Mayoral Elections in 21st Century...

Author: Sean D. Foreman ,  Marcia L. Godwin
ISBN: 9780415347365
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Written as lively narratives in a highly readable style, this book offers a complete and succinct review and analysis...  Read More >>

Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling: An Introduction to Practical Applications

Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling: An Introduction to...

Author: Rod Barratt
ISBN: 9781138157248
Format: Hardback
$284.00

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Climate Health Risks in Megacities: Sustainable Management and Strategic Planning

Climate Health Risks in Megacities: Sustainable Management...

Author: Cesar Marolla (ALM - Sustainability and Environmental Management, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
ISBN: 9781498767743
Format: Hardback
$389.00

Climate Health Risks in Megacities: Sustainable Management and Strategic Planning courageously confronts the immense...  Read More >>

Diversity and Contact: Immigration and Social Interaction in German Cities

Diversity and Contact: Immigration and Social Interaction...

Author: Karen Schönwälder ,  Sören Petermann
ISBN: 9781137586025
Format: Hardback
$249.95

This book analyzes how the socio-demographic and cultural diversity of societies affect the social interactions...  Read More >>

The Peckham Experiment PBD: A study of the living structure of society

The Peckham Experiment PBD: A study of the living structure...

Author: InnesH. Pearse ,  Lucy H. Crocker
ISBN: 9781138176324
Format: Hardback
$183.00

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Sports Mega-Events and Urban Legacies: The 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil

Sports Mega-Events and Urban Legacies: The 2014 FIFA...

Author: Eduardo Alberto Cusce Nobre
ISBN: 9783319440118
Format: Hardback
$129.35

This book examines the urban legacy of the 2014 football World Cup in Brazil across the seven cities that hosted...  Read More >>

The Dashing Ladies of Shiv Sena: Political Matronage in Urbanizing India

The Dashing Ladies of Shiv Sena: Political Matronage...

Author: Tarini Bedi
ISBN: 9781438460307
Format: Paperback
$97.55

Explores the activities and political personas of women activists in Shiv Sena, a militant Indian political party....  Read More >>

Respectability on Trial: Sex Crimes in New York City, 1900-1918

Respectability on Trial: Sex Crimes in New York City,...

Author: Brian Donovan
ISBN: 9781438461946
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Recovers and chronicles the plights of ordinary New Yorkers that resonate with contemporary debates on rape and...  Read More >>

City in Common: Culture and Community in Buenos Aires

City in Common: Culture and Community in Buenos Aires...

Author: James Scorer
ISBN: 9781438460567
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Addresses ways that cultural imaginaries point toward alternative urban futures.  Read More >>

Urban Citizenship and American Democracy

Urban Citizenship and American Democracy

Author: Amy Bridges ,  Michael Javen Fortner
ISBN: 9781438461007
Format: Paperback
$92.27

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Buff Orpingtons: The Complete Owner's Guide: The Must Have Guide for Anyone Passionate about Owning, Breeding, or Showing Buff Orpington Chickens

Buff Orpingtons: The Complete Owner's Guide: The Must...

Author: Ruth Corbin
ISBN: 9780998565514
Format: Paperback
$21.09

You Will Be An Expert On Buff Orpingtons After Reading This Book Whether you already own Buff Orpington chickens...  Read More >>

New Orleans Then and Now®

New Orleans Then and Now®

Author: Sharon Keating
ISBN: 9781910904831
Format: Hardback
$51.75

Pairing archive photos of the 'Big Easy' with their modern counterparts, New Orleans Then and Now shows how the...  Read More >>

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