Urban communities books

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Solar Power: Do It Your Self

Solar Power: Do It Your Self

Author: Steven School
ISBN: 9781494941284
Format: Paperback
$17.40

Off grid solar power for the do it yourselfer can be a daunting task. What parts do I need?, how does it work?,...  Read More >>

Urbanization, Urbanism, and Urbanity in an African City: Home Spaces and House Cultures

Urbanization, Urbanism, and Urbanity in an African City:...

Author: P. Jenkins
ISBN: 9781349479146
Format: Paperback
$84.99

Urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa has historic roots, and though it has accelerated in recent decades, it retains...  Read More >>

Urbanization, Urbanism, and Urbanity in an African City: Home Spaces and House Cultures

Urbanization, Urbanism, and Urbanity in an African City:...

Author: P. Jenkins
ISBN: 9781137380166
Format: Hardback
$84.99

Urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa has historic roots, and though it has accelerated in recent decades, it retains...  Read More >>

From Docks to Desktops

From Docks to Desktops

Author: Simon Startin ,  Jonathan Petherbridge
ISBN: 9781906582548
Format: Paperback
$23.26

A unique approach to exploring a key social trend, which gives a human voice to the workplace revolution, this play...  Read More >>

The Economic Viability of Micropolitan America

The Economic Viability of Micropolitan America

Author: Gerald L. Gordon
ISBN: 9781466513686
Format: Hardback
$183.00

As the global recession of 2008 and beyond took hold of the American economy, smaller markets were disproportionately...  Read More >>

Cities by Design: The Social Life of Urban Form

Cities by Design: The Social Life of Urban Form

Author: Fran Tonkiss (London School of Economics)
ISBN: 9780745648989
Format: Paperback
$34.95

Who makes our cities, and what part do everyday users have in the design of cities? This book powerfully shows that...  Read More >>

Looking Beyond Suppression: Community Strategies to Reduce Gang Violence

Looking Beyond Suppression: Community Strategies to...

Author: Erika Gebo ,  Brenda J. Bond-Fortier
ISBN: 9780739190616
Format: Paperback
$70.95

This book explores the policies and practices of comprehensive community efforts to reduce gang and youth violence...  Read More >>

Negotiating the Mediated City: Everyday Encounters with Public Screens

Negotiating the Mediated City: Everyday Encounters with...

Author: Zlatan Krajina (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
ISBN: 9780415714211
Format: Hardback
$315.00

This book is an interdisciplinary empirical investigation of how people interact with public screens in their daily...  Read More >>

Invisible Population: The Place of the Dead in East-Asian Megacities

Invisible Population: The Place of the Dead in East-Asian...

Author: Natacha Aveline-Dubach ,  Maylis Bellocq
ISBN: 9780739190906
Format: Paperback
$70.95

This book provides new information on funerary practices in East Asia’s largest cities in which spatial constraints...  Read More >>

Urban Politics: Critical Approaches

Urban Politics: Critical Approaches

Author: Mark Davidson ,  Deborah Martin
ISBN: 9780857023971
Format: Hardback
$343.00

A critical exploration of global, contemporary urban politics in a geographical context.  Read More >>

Racial Ambivalence in Diverse Communities: Whiteness and the Power of Color-Blind Ideologies

Racial Ambivalence in Diverse Communities: Whiteness...

Author: Meghan A. Burke
ISBN: 9780739190623
Format: Paperback
$70.95

This provocative ethnography reveals how pervasive color-blind ideology remains even among pro-diversity liberals...  Read More >>

Metropolitan Resilience in a Time of Economic Turmoil

Metropolitan Resilience in a Time of Economic Turmoil...

Author: Michael A. Pagano ,  Phil Ashton
ISBN: 9780252079771
Format: Paperback
$47.99

Cities, counties, school districts and other local governments have suffered a long-lasting period of fiscal challenges...  Read More >>

Metropolenzauber: Sexuelle Moderne Und Urbaner Wahn

Metropolenzauber: Sexuelle Moderne Und Urbaner Wahn...

Author: Dorothea Dornhof ,  Gabriele Dietze
ISBN: 9783205789345
Format: Hardback
$153.12

"Was hat die sexuelle Libertinage der Berliner Bohemienne mit dem Tropenkoller der Kolonialbeamten zu tun? Wie verhalten...  Read More >>

The Rise of the Chicago Police Department: Class and Conflict, 1850-1894

The Rise of the Chicago Police Department: Class and...

Author: Sam Mitrani
ISBN: 9780252038068
Format: Hardback
$113.00

This insightful history uncovers the modern police department's role in reconciling democracy with industrial capitalism....  Read More >>

Invention and Reinvention: The Evolution of San Diego’s Innovation Economy

Invention and Reinvention: The Evolution of San Diego’s...

Author: Mary Lindenstein Walshok ,  Abraham J. Shragge
ISBN: 9780804775205
Format: Paperback
$39.95

Formerly prosperous cities across the United States, struggling to keep up with an increasingly global economy and...  Read More >>

Indigenous in the City: Contemporary Identities and Cultural Innovation

Indigenous in the City: Contemporary Identities and...

Author: Evelyn Peters ,  Chris Andersen
ISBN: 9780774824651
Format: Paperback
$77.60

This book explores the complexity of urban Indigeneity in Canada and internationally and positions urban areas as...  Read More >>

Urban (In)Security: Policing the Neoliberal Crisis

Urban (In)Security: Policing the Neoliberal Crisis

Author: Volker Eick ,  Kendra Briken
ISBN: 9781926958293
Format: Paperback
$64.56

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Urban Sociology: A Global Introduction

Urban Sociology: A Global Introduction

Author: Mark Abrahamson
ISBN: 9780521191500
Format: Hardback
$142.29

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Guilty of Indigence: The Urban Poor in China, 1900-1953

Guilty of Indigence: The Urban Poor in China, 1900-1953...

Author: Janet Y. Chen
ISBN: 9780691161952
Format: Paperback
$47.99

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Invention and Reinvention: The Evolution of San Diego’s Innovation Economy

Invention and Reinvention: The Evolution of San Diego’s...

Author: Mary Lindenstein Walshok ,  Abraham J. Shragge
ISBN: 9780804775199
Format: Hardback
$137.95

Formerly prosperous cities across the United States, struggling to keep up with an increasingly global economy and...  Read More >>

Street Economies in the Urban Global South

Street Economies in the Urban Global South

Author: Karen Tranberg Hansen ,  Walter E. Little
ISBN: 9781938645143
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Focuses on the economic, political, social, and cultural dynamics of street economies across the urban Global South....  Read More >>

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