Urban communities books

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Developing China: Land, Politics and Social Conditions

Developing China: Land, Politics and Social Conditions...

Author: George C.S. Lin (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
ISBN: 9780415666138
Format: Paperback
$110.00

Following the phenomenal growth and structural changes of the Chinese economy, George C.S Lin examines the important...  Read More >>

China's Urban Space: Development under market socialism

China's Urban Space: Development under market socialism...

Author: Terry McGee (University of British Columbia, Canada) ,  George C.S. Lin (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
ISBN: 9780415666473
Format: Paperback
$90.99

This book presents an overview of the radical transformation of China’s urban space since the 1970s, arguing that...  Read More >>

Gangs

Gangs

Author: Richard Swift ,  Jane Springer
ISBN: 9780888999788
Format: Paperback
$26.40

"A Booklist Editors' Choice and a Society of School Librarians International (SSLI) Honor Book Street gangs have...  Read More >>

Leisure and Power in Urban China: Everyday life in a Chinese city

Leisure and Power in Urban China: Everyday life in a...

Author: Unn Målfrid Rolandsen (University of Oslo, Norway)
ISBN: 9780415604093
Format: Hardback
$88.99

This book examines the kinds of leisure actitivites that urban Chinese engage in and the ways they talk about leisure,...  Read More >>

The New Political Economy of Urban Education: Neoliberalism, Race, and the Right to the City

The New Political Economy of Urban Education: Neoliberalism,...

Author: Pauline Lipman (University of Illinois-Chicago, USA)
ISBN: 9780415802246
Format: Paperback
$94.99

"Using Chicago as a case study of the interconnectedness of neoliberal urban policies on housing, economic development,...  Read More >>

The New Political Economy of Urban Education: Neoliberalism, Race, and the Right to the City

The New Political Economy of Urban Education: Neoliberalism,...

Author: Pauline Lipman (University of Illinois-Chicago, USA)
ISBN: 9780415802239
Format: Hardback
$305.00

"Using Chicago as a case study of the interconnectedness of neoliberal urban policies on housing, economic development,...  Read More >>

Boulevard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx

Boulevard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope...

Author: Constance Rosenblum
ISBN: 9780814777244
Format: Paperback
$64.99

A beautifully illustrated history of the Grand Concourse, New York  Read More >>

Ancient Cities: The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece and Rome

Ancient Cities: The Archaeology of Urban Life in the...

Author: Charles Gates ,  Neslihan Yilmaz
ISBN: 9780415498647
Format: Paperback
$123.95

Well illustrated with over 300 line drawings, maps and photographs, Ancient Cities surveys the cities of the Ancient...  Read More >>

Art and the City: Civic Imagination and Cultural Authority in Los Angeles

Art and the City: Civic Imagination and Cultural Authority...

Author: Sarah Schrank
ISBN: 9780812221534
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Art and the City explores the contentious relationship between civic politics and visual culture in Los Angeles....  Read More >>

White Flight/Black Flight: The Dynamics of Racial Change in an American Neighborhood

White Flight/Black Flight: The Dynamics of Racial Change...

Author: Rachael A. Woldoff
ISBN: 9780801449185
Format: Hardback
$184.67

Life of a working-class neighborhood in the aftermath of white flight.  Read More >>

Nationalism and the Reshaping of Urban Communities in Europe, 1848-1914

Nationalism and the Reshaping of Urban Communities in...

Author: William Whyte, Jr (University of Glasgow, UK) ,  Oliver Zimmer (University of Durham, Oxford University)
ISBN: 9781283124614
Format: Electronic book text
$285.12

Nationalism and the Reshaping of Urban Communities in Europe, 1848 -1914 brings together a distinguished group of...  Read More >>

Australian Cities: Issues, Strategies and Policies for Urban Australia in the 1990s

Australian Cities: Issues, Strategies and Policies for...

Author: Patrick Troy (Australian National University, Canberra)
ISBN: 9780511597183
Format: Undefined
$435.60

The problems faced by urban Australia became more prevalent in the years prior to publication of this 1995 book....  Read More >>

English and French Towns in Feudal Society: A Comparative Study

English and French Towns in Feudal Society: A Comparative...

Author: Rodney Howard Hilton (University of Birmingham)
ISBN: 9780511562464
Format: Undefined
$435.60

In this comparative study of the role of English and French towns in feudal society in the middle ages Professor...  Read More >>

The Good City: Reflections and Imaginations

The Good City: Reflections and Imaginations

Author: Allan B. Jacobs
ISBN: 9780415593533
Format: Paperback
$75.99

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The Hollywood Sign: Fantasy and Reality of an American Icon

The Hollywood Sign: Fantasy and Reality of an American...

Author: Leo Braudy
ISBN: 9780300156607
Format: Hardback
$63.36

Hollywood's famous sign, constructed of massive white block letters set into a steep hillside, is an emblem of the...  Read More >>

The Good City: Reflections and Imaginations

The Good City: Reflections and Imaginations

Author: Allan B. Jacobs
ISBN: 9780415593502
Format: Hardback
$378.00

Cities, Allan B. Jacobs contends, ought to be magnificent, beautiful places to live. They should be places where...  Read More >>

How Racism Takes Place

How Racism Takes Place

Author: George Lipsitz
ISBN: 9781439902561
Format: Paperback
$71.15

How racism shapes urban spaces and how African Americans create vibrant communities that offer models for more equitable...  Read More >>

How Racism Takes Place

How Racism Takes Place

Author: George Lipsitz
ISBN: 9781439902554
Format: Hardback
$201.96

How racism shapes urban spaces and how African Americans create vibrant communities that offer models for more equitable...  Read More >>

Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets

Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets

Author: Manuel B Aalbers (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
ISBN: 9786613204882
Format: Electronic book text
$284.96

Utilizing research from the U.S., Italy, and the Netherlands, Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets presents an...  Read More >>

Cities and Climate Change: Global Report on Human Settlements 2011

Cities and Climate Change: Global Report on Human Settlements...

Author: Un-Habitat ,  United Nations Human Settlements Program
ISBN: 9781849713702
Format: Hardback
$216.00

Examines the links between urbanization and climate change, the potentially devastating effects of climate change...  Read More >>

Hope and Despair in the American City: Why There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh

Hope and Despair in the American City: Why There Are...

Author: Gerald Grant
ISBN: 9780674060265
Format: Paperback
$43.95

Grant compares two cities—his hometown of Syracuse, New York, and Raleigh, North Carolina—in order to examine the...  Read More >>

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