Urban communities books

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Women Are Heroes

Women Are Heroes

Author: JR ,  Marc Berrebi
ISBN: 9781419703331
Format: Hardback
$105.60

""Originally published in France in 2009 by âEditions Alternatives""--Colophon.  Read More >>

Urban Life-Worlds in Motion: African Perspectives

Urban Life-Worlds in Motion: African Perspectives

Author: Hans Peter Hahn ,  Kristin Kastner
ISBN: 9783837620221
Format: Paperback
$74.95

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Racial Ambivalence in Diverse Communities

Racial Ambivalence in Diverse Communities

Author: Meghan A Burke
ISBN: 9786613711519
Format: Electronic book text
$190.05

This book makes use of in-depth interviews with the residents most active in shaping the racially diverse urban...  Read More >>

Manhattan Projects: The Rise and Fall of Urban Renewal in Cold War New York

Manhattan Projects: The Rise and Fall of Urban Renewal...

Author: Samuel Zipp (Assistant Professor of American Civilization and Urban Studies, Assistant Professor of American Civilization and Urban Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI)
ISBN: 9780199874057
Format: Paperback
$68.95

In the two decades after World War II, New York was shaken by struggles over urban renewal. Manhattan Projects offers...  Read More >>

China and Globalization

China and Globalization

Author: Doug Guthrie (University of new York, USA New York University New York University New York University New York University New York University New York University New York University)
ISBN: 9786613686930
Format: Electronic book text
$411.84

<p>Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009! <p>In its quarter-century-long shift from communism to capitalism, China...  Read More >>

City, Street and Citizen: The Measure of the Ordinary

City, Street and Citizen: The Measure of the Ordinary...

Author: Suzanne Hall (London School of Economics, UK)
ISBN: 9780415688659
Format: Hardback
$315.00

This book offers a nuanced account of urban life, alongside the underlying economic and political structure of society...  Read More >>

Dialekt als Integrationsmittel

Dialekt als Integrationsmittel

Author: Esther Köber
ISBN: 9783639405057
Format: Paperback
$106.55

Inhaltlich unveränderte Neuauflage. Die Integration der deutsch-türkischen Mitbürger bestimmt seit einigen Jahren...  Read More >>

Rethinking Global Urbanism: Comparative Insights from Secondary Cities

Rethinking Global Urbanism: Comparative Insights from...

Author: Xiangming Chen (Trinity College, USA) ,  Ahmed Kanna (University of the Pacific, USA)
ISBN: 9780415892230
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Arguing that the focus in global urban studies on cities such as New York, London, Tokyo in the global North, Mexico...  Read More >>

Sites of Governance: Multilevel Governance and Policy Making in Canada's Big Cities

Sites of Governance: Multilevel Governance and Policy...

Author: Martin Horak ,  Robert Young
ISBN: 9780773540026
Format: Paperback
$77.60

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The You City: Technology, Experience and Life on the Ground

The You City: Technology, Experience and Life on the...

Author: Jeff Ferzoco
ISBN: 9781937402198
Format: Paperback
$26.40

A ahort personal essay about the impact of technology on urban lives in public and private spaces.  Read More >>

The Roman City and its Periphery: From Rome to Gaul

The Roman City and its Periphery: From Rome to Gaul...

Author: Penelope Goodman (University of Leeds, UK)
ISBN: 9780415518444
Format: Paperback
$105.00

The only monograph available on the subject, this book presents archaeological and literary evidence to provide...  Read More >>

Michael J. Shapiro: Discourse, Culture, Violence

Michael J. Shapiro: Discourse, Culture, Violence

Author: Terrell Carver (University of Bristol, UK) ,  Samuel Chambers
ISBN: 9780415783477
Format: Paperback
$96.99

Michael Shapiro has been one of the most important thinkers and writers over the past two decades whose work has...  Read More >>

A People's Guide to Los Angeles

A People's Guide to Los Angeles

Author: Laura Pulido ,  Laura R. Barraclough
ISBN: 9780520270817
Format: Paperback
$40.95

A guide to Los Angeles that offers an assortment of alternatives to LA's usual tourist destinations. It documents...  Read More >>

Sites of Governance: Multilevel Governance and Policy Making in Canada's Big Cities

Sites of Governance: Multilevel Governance and Policy...

Author: Martin Horak ,  Robert Young
ISBN: 9780773540019
Format: Hardback
$266.51

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Michael J. Shapiro: Discourse, Culture, Violence

Michael J. Shapiro: Discourse, Culture, Violence

Author: Terrell Carver (University of Bristol, UK) ,  Samuel Chambers
ISBN: 9780415783460
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Michael Shapiro has been one of the most important thinkers and writers over the past two decades whose work has...  Read More >>

Neighbourhood Planning: Communities, Networks and Governance

Neighbourhood Planning: Communities, Networks and Governance...

Author: Nick Gallent ,  Steve Robinson
ISBN: 9781447300083
Format: Electronic book text
$330.00

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Aspects of Urbanization in China: Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou

Aspects of Urbanization in China: Shanghai, Hong Kong,...

Author: Gregory Bracken
ISBN: 9789089643988
Format: Paperback
$197.87

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Dancing with Broken Bones: Poverty, Race, and Spirit-filled Dying in the Inner City

Dancing with Broken Bones: Poverty, Race, and Spirit-filled...

Author: David Wendell Moller (Director of Medical Humanities, Director of Medical Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City)
ISBN: 9780199760138
Format: Paperback
$105.95

Dancing with Broken Bones gives voice and face to a vulnerable and disempowered population whose stories often remain...  Read More >>

The New Violent Cartography: Geo-Analysis after the Aesthetic Turn

The New Violent Cartography: Geo-Analysis after the...

Author: Samson Opondo ,  Michael Shapiro (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, USA)
ISBN: 9780415782845
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This edited volume seeks to propose and examine different, though related, critical responses to modern cultures...  Read More >>

The Politics of Civic Space in Asia: Building Urban Communities

The Politics of Civic Space in Asia: Building Urban...

Author: Amrita Daniere (University of Toronto at Mississauga, Canada) ,  Mike Douglass (University of Hawaii, USA)
ISBN: 9780415542425
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This book explores how and why civic spaces are used by different communities in different cities of Asia in terms...  Read More >>

Incivility: The Rude Stranger in Everyday Life

Incivility: The Rude Stranger in Everyday Life

Author: Philip Smith (Yale University, Connecticut) ,  Timothy L. Phillips (University of Tasmania)
ISBN: 9780511781803
Format: Undefined
$594.00

In our everyday lives we all experience problematic and unpleasant encounters with 'rude strangers'. This unique...  Read More >>

Race and Place: Race Relations in an American City

Race and Place: Race Relations in an American City

Author: Susan Welch (Pennsylvania State University) ,  Lee Sigelman (Wayne State University)
ISBN: 9780511814037
Format: Undefined
$594.00

A change in race relations during the past two decades has seen declining racial segregation in most of America's...  Read More >>

The Rise of Cities in North-West Europe

The Rise of Cities in North-West Europe

Author: Adriaan Verhulst (Universiteit Gent, Belgium)
ISBN: 9780511612275
Format: Undefined
$594.00

This book examines fifteen towns, mainly situated on the rivers Meuse and Scheldt and along the North Sea coast...  Read More >>

Urban Ecology

Urban Ecology

Author: Kevin J. Gaston (University of Sheffield)
ISBN: 9780511778483
Format: Undefined
$594.00

Exploring examples from urban settlements around the world, this book provides an overview of the essentials of...  Read More >>

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