Urban communities books

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Degraded Work: The Struggle at the Bottom of the Labor Market

Degraded Work: The Struggle at the Bottom of the Labor...

Author: Marc Doussard
ISBN: 9780816681402
Format: Paperback
$30.00

Critics on the left and the right typically agree that globalization, the loss of manufacturing jobs, and the expansion...  Read More >>

The African City

The African City

Author: Anthony O'Connor
ISBN: 9780415864718
Format: Paperback
$92.99

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The Sociology of Urban Living

The Sociology of Urban Living

Author: Harold E. Nottridge
ISBN: 9780415864688
Format: Paperback
$92.99

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Race, Colonialism and the City

Race, Colonialism and the City

Author: John Rex
ISBN: 9780415864695
Format: Paperback
$92.99

First published in 1973, this book brings together the two related areas of the sociology of race relations and...  Read More >>

Inner City Poverty in Paris and London

Inner City Poverty in Paris and London

Author: Charles Madge ,  Peter Willmott
ISBN: 9780415864725
Format: Paperback
$92.99

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Applied Urban Analysis: A critique and synthesis

Applied Urban Analysis: A critique and synthesis

Author: Ian Cullen
ISBN: 9780415864749
Format: Paperback
$46.99

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

Policing Cities: Urban Securitization and Regulation in a 21st Century World

Policing Cities: Urban Securitization and Regulation...

Author: Randy K. Lippert ,  Kevin Walby
ISBN: 9781136261626
Format: Electronic book text
$395.97

Policing Cities brings together international scholars from numerous disciplines to examine urban policing, securitization,...  Read More >>

When The Sax Man Plays: Part 2 - Proving It

When The Sax Man Plays: Part 2 - Proving It

Author: Yvonne Marrs
ISBN: 9798223562238
Format: Paperback
$34.29

In spite of the immoral odour that has tainted his big break, Jason is determined to prove himself, artistically...  Read More >>

Schooling in the Age of Austerity: Urban Education and the Struggle for Democratic Life

Schooling in the Age of Austerity: Urban Education and...

Author: Alexander J Means
ISBN: 9781299262447
Format: Electronic book text
$264.00

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Knowledge Economy and the City: Spaces of knowledge

Knowledge Economy and the City: Spaces of knowledge...

Author: Ali Madanipour
ISBN: 9780415710084
Format: Paperback
$114.00

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Relaunching Titanic: Memory and marketing in the New Belfast

Relaunching Titanic: Memory and marketing in the New...

Author: William Neill (University of Aberdeen) ,  Michael Murray
ISBN: 9780415540568
Format: Paperback
$46.99

Relaunching Titanic examines the conflicted relationship between the memory of the Titanic, and the greater history...  Read More >>

Brand-Driven City Building and the Virtualizing of Space

Brand-Driven City Building and the Virtualizing of Space...

Author: Alexander Gutzmer
ISBN: 9780415815345
Format: Hardback
$284.00

An investigation of the cultural phenomenon of branding and its transformational effects on the contemporary spatial...  Read More >>

Mining and African Urbanisation: Population, Settlement and Welfare Trajectories

Mining and African Urbanisation: Population, Settlement...

Author: Deborah F Bryceson (University of Glasgow, Scotland) ,  Daniel F MacKinnon
ISBN: 9780415826259
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book probes settlement patterns and welfare dimensions of urban change associated with African mining amidst...  Read More >>

Second Cities: Globalization and Local Politics in Manchester and Philadelphia

Second Cities: Globalization and Local Politics in Manchester...

Author: Jerome I. Hodos
ISBN: 9781439902325
Format: Paperback
$84.35

Provides a thought-provoking, comparative look at these cities as he considers how Manchester and Philadelphia have...  Read More >>

Pushing Back the Gates: Neighborhood Perspectives on University-Driven Revitalization in West Philadelphia

Pushing Back the Gates: Neighborhood Perspectives on...

Author: Harley F Etienne
ISBN: 9781439900697
Format: Paperback
$71.15

A critical study of university-driven development from the neighborhood resident's perspective  Read More >>

City Project and Public Space

City Project and Public Space

Author: Silvia Serreli
ISBN: 9789400760363
Format: Hardback
$362.22

Aiming to nurture reflection and apply methods for improving physical and social landscapes, this book examines...  Read More >>

Mineral Springs Resorts in Global Perspective: Spa Histories

Mineral Springs Resorts in Global Perspective: Spa Histories...

Author: John K. Walton (University of the Basque Country, Spain)
ISBN: 9780415825610
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This is the first scholarly book to cover the modern history of spa (mineral springs) resorts, from the eighteenth...  Read More >>

Transport Models in Urban Planning Practices: Tensions and Opportunities in a Changing Planning Context

Transport Models in Urban Planning Practices: Tensions...

Author: Marco te Brömmelstroet (Amsterdam University, Netherlands) ,  Luca Bertolini (Amsterdam University, Netherlands)
ISBN: 9780415826150
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book explores how transportation models can play a role in a changing transport planning and policy making...  Read More >>

Climate Change and Sustainable Cities

Climate Change and Sustainable Cities

Author: Hugo Priemus ,  Simin Davoudi
ISBN: 9780415826969
Format: Hardback
$183.00

The book is about climate change, transition to low carbon cities and adaptation to climate impact with particular...  Read More >>

Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril among the Black Middle Class

Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril among the Black...

Author: Mary Pattillo ,  Annette Lareau
ISBN: 9780226021195
Format: Paperback
$42.95

Explores an American demographic group too often ignored by both scholars and the media: the black middle class....  Read More >>

Fluid New York: Cosmopolitan Urbanism and the Green Imagination

Fluid New York: Cosmopolitan Urbanism and the Green...

Author: May Joseph
ISBN: 9780822354727
Format: Paperback
$73.79

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The Interplay between Urban Development, Vulnerability, and Risk Management: A Case Study of the Istanbul Metropolitan Area

The Interplay between Urban Development, Vulnerability,...

Author: Ebru A. Gencer
ISBN: 9783642294693
Format: Paperback
$145.17

This book argues that, on one hand, socio-economic disparities resulting from unsustainable urban development can...  Read More >>

Fluid New York: Cosmopolitan Urbanism and the Green Imagination

Fluid New York: Cosmopolitan Urbanism and the Green...

Author: May Joseph
ISBN: 9780822354604
Format: Hardback
$271.79

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Degraded Work: The Struggle at the Bottom of the Labor Market

Degraded Work: The Struggle at the Bottom of the Labor...

Author: Marc Doussard
ISBN: 9780816681396
Format: Hardback
$90.00

Critics on the left and the right typically agree that globalization, the loss of manufacturing jobs, and the expansion...  Read More >>

Saving the School: One Woman's Fight for the Kids That Education Reform Left Behind

Saving the School: One Woman's Fight for the Kids That...

Author: Michael Brick
ISBN: 9780143123613
Format: Paperback
$63.36

In the race to save a failing public high school, one principal finds that making the numbers is only the beginning ...  Read More >>

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