Urban communities books

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Struggling Giants: City-Region Governance in London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo

Struggling Giants: City-Region Governance in London,...

Author: Paul Kantor ,  Christian Lefèvre
ISBN: 9780816677429
Format: Hardback
$134.99

The struggle for governability in the world's four leading global city-regions  Read More >>

It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine's Path to Peace

It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine's Path to Peace...

Author: Rye Barcott
ISBN: 9781408828236
Format: Paperback
$19.99

The Things They Carried meets Three Cups of Tea in this inspirational true story of a Marine who finds his calling...  Read More >>

Urban Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective

Urban Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective

Author: Rajib Shaw ,  Hari Srinivas
ISBN: 9781781901595
Format: Paperback
$327.95

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Quality of Life and Public Management: Redefining Development in the Local Environment

Quality of Life and Public Management: Redefining Development...

Author: John Whitelegg
ISBN: 9780415509558
Format: Hardback
$305.00

First Published in 2013. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Henri Lefebvre: Spatial Politics, Everyday Life and the Right to the City

Henri Lefebvre: Spatial Politics, Everyday Life and...

Author: Chris Butler (Griffith University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415459679
Format: Hardback
$155.00

Henri Lefebvre: Spatial Politics, Everyday Life and the Right to the City provides the first detailed analysis of...  Read More >>

Post-cosmopolitan Cities: Explorations of Urban Coexistence

Post-cosmopolitan Cities: Explorations of Urban Coexistence...

Author: Caroline Humphrey ,  Vera Skvirskaja
ISBN: 9780857455109
Format: Hardback
$99.99

Examining the way people imagine and interact in their cities, this book explores the post-cosmopolitan city. The...  Read More >>

The Company Town: The Industrial Edens and Satanic Mills That Shaped the American Economy

The Company Town: The Industrial Edens and Satanic Mills...

Author: Hardy Green
ISBN: 9780465028863
Format: Paperback
$24.99

"""A collection of important, well-told stories about the contradictions, inequities and possibilities of American...  Read More >>

Driven from New Orleans: How Nonprofits Betray Public Housing and Promote Privatization

Driven from New Orleans: How Nonprofits Betray Public...

Author: John Arena
ISBN: 9780816677474
Format: Paperback
$51.95

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Driven from New Orleans: How Nonprofits Betray Public Housing and Promote Privatization

Driven from New Orleans: How Nonprofits Betray Public...

Author: John Arena
ISBN: 9780816677467
Format: Hardback
$157.00

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The Culture and Politics of Contemporary Street Gang Memoirs

The Culture and Politics of Contemporary Street Gang...

Author: Josephine Metcalf
ISBN: 9781617032813
Format: Hardback
$145.20

Focuses on three street gang memoirs memoirs - Shakur's Monster; Luis J. Rodriguez's Always Running: La Vida Loca:...  Read More >>

City and State Relations under Globalization

City and State Relations under Globalization

Author: Xiulian Ma
ISBN: 9783659153518
Format: Paperback
$169.66

The conventional state-centered view holds that the modern world is organized through a framework of nation-state....  Read More >>

The Importance of Place in Contemporary Italian Crime Fiction: A Bloody Journey

The Importance of Place in Contemporary Italian Crime...

Author: Barbara Pezzotti
ISBN: 9786613937070
Format: Electronic book text
$253.41

By taking as its point of departure the privileged relationship between the crime novel and its setting, this book...  Read More >>

Norman Street: Poverty and Politics in an Urban Neighborhood

Norman Street: Poverty and Politics in an Urban Neighborhood...

Author: Ida Susser (Professor, Professor, Department of Anthropology)
ISBN: 9780195367317
Format: Hardback
$141.95

Based on a three-year study of Brooklyn's Greenpoint-Williamsburg area, Norman Street is an in-depth, detailed description...  Read More >>

Constructing China's Capitalism: Shanghai and the Nexus of Urban-Rural Industries

Constructing China's Capitalism: Shanghai and the Nexus...

Author: D. Buck
ISBN: 9780230340954
Format: Hardback
$84.99

By investigating the nexus of relationships between urban and rural factories in the Shanghai region of China, this...  Read More >>

The Illegal City: Space, Law and Gender in a Delhi Squatter Settlement

The Illegal City: Space, Law and Gender in a Delhi Squatter...

Author: Ayona Datta
ISBN: 9781409445555
Format: Electronic book text
$290.27

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The Cultural Contradictions of Progressive Politics: The Role of Cultural Change and the Global Economy in Local Policymaking

The Cultural Contradictions of Progressive Politics:...

Author: Donald L Rosdil
ISBN: 9786613918420
Format: Electronic book text
$411.84

<p>Why do some U.S. cities like Seattle and Boston impose social exactions and sustainability targets on private...  Read More >>

The City: The Basics

The City: The Basics

Author: Kevin Archer (University of South Florida, USA Central Washington University, USA Central Washington University, USA)
ISBN: 9786613918246
Format: Electronic book text
$348.48

<p>The City: The Basics provides a brief yet compelling overview of the study of cities and city life. The book...  Read More >>

Cities, Regions and Flows

Cities, Regions and Flows

Author: Peter V Hall (Simon Fraser University, Canada) ,  Markus Hesse (University of Luxembourg)
ISBN: 9786613918581
Format: Electronic book text
$459.36

<p>Urban regions have come under increasing pressure to adapt to the imperatives of mobility, including greater...  Read More >>

The City: The Basics

The City: The Basics

Author: Kevin Archer (University of South Florida, USA Central Washington University, USA Central Washington University, USA Central Washington University, USA Central Washington University, USA)
ISBN: 9781283605793
Format: Electronic book text
$348.48

<p>The City: The Basics provides a brief yet compelling overview of the study of cities and city life. The book...  Read More >>

The Contemporary African American Novel: Multiple Cities, Multiple Subjectivities, and Discursive Practices of Whiteness in Everyday Urban Encounters

The Contemporary African American Novel: Multiple Cities,...

Author: E. Lâle Demirtürk
ISBN: 9781611475302
Format: Hardback
$129.95

This book examines how African American novels explore instances of racialization that are generated through discursive...  Read More >>

Community Research for Participation: From Theory to Method

Community Research for Participation: From Theory to...

Author: Lisa Goodson ,  Jenny Phillimore
ISBN: 9781847424358
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Presenting the latest thinking in the field, this book bridges a major gap in knowledge by considering both theoretical...  Read More >>

Creative Industries and Innovation in Europe: Concepts, Measures and Comparative Case Studies

Creative Industries and Innovation in Europe: Concepts,...

Author: Luciana Lazzeretti (University of Florence, Italy)
ISBN: 9780415677400
Format: Hardback
$294.00

In recent years, the study of creativity has shifted from analysis of culture as an end in itself to one of economic...  Read More >>

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