Urban communities books

This book firmly debunks the myth of culture as a solely urban phenomenon and demonstrates the social and economic...  Read More >>

'Garden State' is often used to describe New Jersey with a sense of irony, but the nickname is less a myth than...  Read More >>

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Detroit City Is the Place to Be is one of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Best Books of 2012 Once America's capitalist...  Read More >>

This new report of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the world's leading authority on...  Read More >>

From both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, the author paints an intimate portrait of how students and teachers actually...  Read More >>

Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities  Read More >>

Der Titel bietet in seiner Kombination aus Text, Software und Übungsbeispielen eine ideale Grundlage für das (Selbst)studium....  Read More >>

Young people are regularly posited as a threat to social order and Deconstructing Youth explores why. Applying Derridean...  Read More >>

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Jelanai Carpenter is a 34 year old author/publisher who lives in St. Louis, MO. Nanette Brown, 35, an I.T. technician...  Read More >>

A benchmark study in the changing field of urban anthropology, Berlin, Alexanderplatz is an ethnographic examination...  Read More >>

"School reform and accountability tests have been hotly debated for decades, but the goal of reform and accountability...  Read More >>

Let It Burn is the true-life story of the confrontation between the Philadelphia Police Department and the MOVE...  Read More >>

The Dream Continues...Frankie Spencer and her raucous group of rockers return, swagger intact, hell-bent on lighting...  Read More >>

This book challenges the widely held conjecture that gangs represent 'the new face of youth crime', repudiating...  Read More >>

Connecting the black music tradition with the black activist tradition, Party Music brings both into greater focus...  Read More >>

Many major American cities are defying the conventional wisdom that suburbs are the communities of the future. But...  Read More >>

A study of the lively street culture in Chengdu from 1870 to 1930, this book explores the relationship between urban...  Read More >>

Anyone with roots in Detroit or an interest in community-based art will appreciate the multilayered picture created...  Read More >>

This book challenges the widely held conjecture that gangs represent 'the new face of youth crime', repudiating...  Read More >>

This detailed study offers a succinct yet comprehensive introduction to China’s crucial policy to coordinate urban...  Read More >>

Contesting the Indian City features a collection of cutting-edge empirical studies that offer insights into issues...  Read More >>

Examines media representations of bees, such as children's books, films, and consumer culture, bringing to light...  Read More >>

Contesting the Indian City features a collection of cutting-edge empirical studies that offer insights into issues...  Read More >>