Urban communities books

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Liquid City

Liquid City

Author: John R R Short
ISBN: 9786613663160
Format: Electronic book text
$253.44

Megalopolis was the name given to a Peloponnesian city that was founded around 371- 368 BCE. Though planned on a...  Read More >>

Go-Go Live

Go-Go Live

Author: Natalie Hopkinson
ISBN: 9786613582393
Format: Electronic book text
$253.28

Go-go is the conga-drum inflected black popular music that emerged in Washington, D.C., during the 1970s. The guitarist...  Read More >>

Building American Public Health

Building American Public Health

Author: Russell Lopez
ISBN: 9786613657213
Format: Electronic book text
$285.12

This historical study looks at how reformers have used urban planning and architecture to improve the health of...  Read More >>

The Art of Urbanism: How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery

The Art of Urbanism: How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented...

Author: William L. Fash ,  Leonardo López Luján
ISBN: 9780884023784
Format: Paperback
$92.40

This volume explores how ancient Mesoamerican cities defined themselves through their built environments. Themes...  Read More >>

The Urban Geography of Boxing: Race, Class, and Gender in the Ring

The Urban Geography of Boxing: Race, Class, and Gender...

Author: Benita Heiskanen (University of Turku, Finland)
ISBN: 9780415502269
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book is an interdisciplinary cultural examination of twenty-first century boxing as a professional sport, a...  Read More >>

Time and the Suburbs: The Politics of Built Environments and the Future of Dissent

Time and the Suburbs: The Politics of Built Environments...

Author: Rohan Quinby
ISBN: 9781894037525
Format: Paperback
$52.67

By combining provocative prose with photo-essay, Time and the Suburbs explores the disappearance of cities in North...  Read More >>

The Federal Government and Urban Housing, Third Edition

The Federal Government and Urban Housing, Third Edition...

Author: R. Allen Hays
ISBN: 9781438441665
Format: Paperback
$97.55

Provides a comprehensive history of U S housing policy that illuminates the political struggles that have accompanied...  Read More >>

The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens

The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High...

Author: Brooke Hauser
ISBN: 9781439163306
Format: Paperback
$50.13

Includes a reading group guide (p. [311-324]).  Read More >>

Sustainable Cities: Local Solutions in the Global South

Sustainable Cities: Local Solutions in the Global South...

Author: Mélanie Robertson
ISBN: 9781853397233
Format: Paperback
$46.45

The studies, conducted in the growing urban and peri-urban areas of Peru, Senegal, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, the Philippines,...  Read More >>

The Federal Government and Urban Housing, Third Edition

The Federal Government and Urban Housing, Third Edition...

Author: R. Allen Hays
ISBN: 9781438441672
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Provides a comprehensive history of U S housing policy that illuminates the political struggles that have accompanied...  Read More >>

Urban Residence: Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador

Urban Residence: Housing and Social Transformations...

Author: Christien Klaufus
ISBN: 9780857453716
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Riobamba and Cuenca,two intermediate cities in Ecuador, have become part of global networks through transnational...  Read More >>

Cultures and Globalization: Cities, Cultural Policy and Governance

Cultures and Globalization: Cities, Cultural Policy...

Author: Helmut K Anheier ,  Yudhishthir Raj Isar
ISBN: 9781446201237
Format: Paperback
$182.00

The fifth volume in the cutting edge Cultures and Globalization Series, this volume explores a city′s cultural dynamics...  Read More >>

Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation

Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation...

Author: Laurent Gayer ,  Christophe Jaffrelot
ISBN: 9781849041768
Format: Hardback
$65.00

More than 150 million Muslims live in India, the largest minority, yet they are losing power. The contributors consider...  Read More >>

Land & Identity: Theory, Memory, and Practice

Land & Identity: Theory, Memory, and Practice

Author: Christine Berberich
ISBN: 9781280394713
Format: Electronic book text
$228.10

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Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White

Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White

Author: Lila Weaver
ISBN: 9780817357146
Format: Paperback
$65.87

This is an arresting and moving personal story about childhood, race, and identity in the American South, rendered...  Read More >>

Hard Choices: Financial Exclusion, Fringe Banks and Poverty in Urban Canada

Hard Choices: Financial Exclusion, Fringe Banks and...

Author: Jerry Buckland
ISBN: 9781442612525
Format: Paperback
$77.99

The first account of the nature and causes of financial exclusion in Canada, Hard Choices thoroughly integrates...  Read More >>

Seeking Authenticity in Place, Culture, and the Self

Seeking Authenticity in Place, Culture, and the Self...

Author: Nicholas Osbaldiston
ISBN: 9786613722171
Format: Electronic book text
$269.28

In recent times, there has been a substantial push by people to escape the metropolis for lifestyles in small coastal,...  Read More >>

Del Pueblo: A History of Houston's Hispanic Community

Del Pueblo: A History of Houston's Hispanic Community...

Author: Thomas H. Kreneck
ISBN: 9781603446921
Format: Hardback
$79.20

Illustrated with seventy-five photographs of significant people, places, and events, this new edition of Del Pueblo:...  Read More >>

Shoes Were For Sunday

Shoes Were For Sunday

Author: Molly Weir
ISBN: 9780241957929
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The post-war urban jungle of the Glasgow tenements was the setting for Molly Weir's childhood. From sharing a pull-out...  Read More >>

Business Networks in Clusters and Industrial Districts: The Governance of the Global Value Chain

Business Networks in Clusters and Industrial Districts:...

Author: Fiorenza Belussi (University of Padova, Italy) ,  Alessia Sammarra (University of L'Aquila, Italy)
ISBN: 9780415539852
Format: Paperback
$92.99

The analysis of clusters and industrial districts has often been limited, considering only the local dimension of...  Read More >>

Hard Choices: Financial Exclusion, Fringe Banks and Poverty in Urban Canada

Hard Choices: Financial Exclusion, Fringe Banks and...

Author: Jerry Buckland
ISBN: 9781442640337
Format: Hardback
$160.00

The first account of the nature and causes of financial exclusion in Canada, Hard Choices thoroughly integrates...  Read More >>

Electric Capitalism

Electric Capitalism

Author: David A McDonald (Queen's University, Canada) ,  David A McDonald (Queen's University, Canada)
ISBN: 9781282170896
Format: Electronic book text
$432.43

This book provides an innovative theoretical framework for understanding electricity and capitalism in Africa, followed...  Read More >>

Urban Culture in Medieval Wales

Urban Culture in Medieval Wales

Author: Professor Helen Fulton (University of Swansea, UK, University of Wales)
ISBN: 9781299201248
Format: Electronic book text
$126.72

From street brawls to street theatre, this is the first comprehensive collection of essays describing aspects of...  Read More >>

Cultures and Globalization: Cities, Cultural Policy and Governance

Cultures and Globalization: Cities, Cultural Policy...

Author: Helmut K Anheier ,  Yudhishthir Raj Isar
ISBN: 9781446201220
Format: Hardback
$410.50

The fifth volume in the cutting edge Cultures and Globalization Series, this volume explores a city′s cultural dynamics...  Read More >>

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