Urban communities books

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The Third City: Chicago and American Urbanism

The Third City: Chicago and American Urbanism

Author: Larry Bennett
ISBN: 9780226042930
Format: Hardback
$39.95

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Producing Local Color: Art Networks in Ethnic Chicago

Producing Local Color: Art Networks in Ethnic Chicago...

Author: Diane Grams
ISBN: 9780226305172
Format: Hardback
$92.95

In big cities, major museums and elite galleries tend to dominate our idea of the art world. But beyond these moneyed...  Read More >>

American Urban Politics in a Global Age: The Reader

American Urban Politics in a Global Age: The Reader...

Author: Paul P. Kantor ,  Dennis R. Judd
ISBN: 9780205745456
Format: Paperback
$241.30

Bringing together a selection of readings that represent some of the most important trends and topics in urban scholarship...  Read More >>

Urban Drama: The Metropolis in Contemporary North American Plays

Urban Drama: The Metropolis in Contemporary North American...

Author: J Chris Westgate
ISBN: 9786613158994
Format: Electronic book text
$269.28

Identifying an apprehension about the nature and constitution of urbanism in North American plays,Westgate examines...  Read More >>

Handbook of Creative Cities

Handbook of Creative Cities

Author: David Emanuel Andersson ,  Ke E Andersson
ISBN: 9786613255297
Format: Electronic book text
$1425.60

The expert contributors in this timely Handbook extend their insights with a varied set of theoretical and empirical...  Read More >>

Speaking for a Long Time: Public Space and Social Memory in Vancouver

Speaking for a Long Time: Public Space and Social Memory...

Author: Adrienne L Burk
ISBN: 9786613335371
Format: Electronic book text
$313.63

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Perverse Cities: Hidden Subsidies, Wonky Policy, and Urban Sprawl

Perverse Cities: Hidden Subsidies, Wonky Policy, and...

Author: Pamela Blais
ISBN: 9786613335715
Format: Electronic book text
$313.63

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The Comparative Guide to American Suburbs, 2011/12: Covers 2,795 Suburban Communities in the 75 Largest Metro Areas-With Rankings

The Comparative Guide to American Suburbs, 2011/12:...

Author: David Garoogian
ISBN: 9786613435361
Format: Electronic book text
$595.58

The Comparative Guide to American Suburbs is a one-stop source for Statistics on the 2,000+ suburban communities...  Read More >>

Cities Full of Symbols: A Theory of Urban Space and Culture

Cities Full of Symbols: A Theory of Urban Space and...

Author: Peter J M Nas
ISBN: 9786613522733
Format: Electronic book text
$166.32

This book examines design proposals that show symbolic handling of the 9/11 attack on New York, the disaster symbolism...  Read More >>

Sex and the Revitalized City

Sex and the Revitalized City

Author: Leslie Kern
ISBN: 9786613688231
Format: Electronic book text
$313.63

Young, single women emerged in the late 1990s as powerful consumers inthe wave of real estate development that was...  Read More >>

Central Asian Village at the Dawn of Civilization

Central Asian Village at the Dawn of Civilization

Author: Fredrik Hiebert
ISBN: 9781283212465
Format: Electronic book text
$198.00

This integration of earlier and new scholarship reconceptualizes the origins of civilization, challenging the received...  Read More >>

America's Top-Rated Cities, 4 Volume Set

America's Top-Rated Cities, 4 Volume Set

Author: David Garoogian
ISBN: 9781283257145
Format: Electronic book text
$742.50

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Everyday Life in the Segmented City

Everyday Life in the Segmented City

Author: Camilla Perrone ,  Gabriele Manella
ISBN: 9781283406383
Format: Electronic book text
$356.27

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Investigating Quality of Urban Life: Theory, Methods, and Empirical Research

Investigating Quality of Urban Life: Theory, Methods,...

Author: Robert W Marans ,  Robert J Stimson, PhD
ISBN: 9781283478144
Format: Undefined
$578.16

Here is a comprehensive overview of theoretical perspectives on urban quality of life (QoL) and methodological approaches...  Read More >>

Locality, Memory, Reconstruction: The Cultural Challenges and Possibilities of Former Single-Industry Communities

Locality, Memory, Reconstruction: The Cultural Challenges...

Author: Risto Turunen ,  Jopi Nyman (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
ISBN: 9781283436496
Format: Electronic book text
$190.50

This interdisciplinary volume explores the role of culture in single-industry communities facing the loss of their...  Read More >>

Small Town China: Rural Labour and Social Inclusion

Small Town China: Rural Labour and Social Inclusion...

Author: Beatriz Carrillo Garcia (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
ISBN: 9781283103305
Format: Electronic book text
$369.60

This book, as a case study of small town China using Hongton County, Shanxi Province as its focus, suggests that...  Read More >>

Company Towns in the Americas: Landscape, Power, and Working-Class Communities

Company Towns in the Americas: Landscape, Power, and...

Author: Oliver J Dinius ,  Oliver J Dinius
ISBN: 9781282892118
Format: Electronic book text
$158.27

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Streetlife: The Untold History of Europe's Twentieth Century

Streetlife: The Untold History of Europe's Twentieth...

Author: Lecturer in European and Urban History Leif Jerram (University of Manchester)
ISBN: 9781283848305
Format: Electronic book text
$180.47

The twentieth century in Europe was an urban century: it was shaped by life in, and the view from, the street. Women...  Read More >>

Urban Youth in China

Urban Youth in China

Author: Fengshu Liu (University of Oslo, Norway)
ISBN: 9781283041317
Format: Electronic book text
$369.60

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Future of Sustainable Cities, The: Critical Reflections

Future of Sustainable Cities, The: Critical Reflections...

Author:
ISBN: 9781280380303
Format: Undefined
$290.40

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Megacities: Urban Form, Governance, and Sustainability

Megacities: Urban Form, Governance, and Sustainability...

Author:
ISBN: 9781282996168
Format: Electronic book text
$472.56

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Communities, Neighborhoods, and Health: Expanding the Boundaries of Place

Communities, Neighborhoods, and Health: Expanding the...

Author:
ISBN: 9781283085380
Format: Electronic book text
$472.56

Place is an important element in understanding health and health care disparities. More that merely a geographic...  Read More >>

Handbook of Creative Cities

Handbook of Creative Cities

Author: David Emanuel Andersson ,  Charlotta Mellander (J??nk??ping International Business School, Sweden)
ISBN: 9781283255295
Format: Electronic book text
$855.36

The expert contributors in this timely Handbook extend their insights with a varied set of theoretical and empirical...  Read More >>

Roppongi Crossing

Roppongi Crossing

Author: Roman Adrian Cybriwsky
ISBN: 9781283035132
Format: Electronic book text
$65.87

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Power of Urban Ethnic Places, The: Cultural Heritage and Community Life

Power of Urban Ethnic Places, The: Cultural Heritage...

Author: Jan Lin (Occidental College, USA)
ISBN: 9781282930247
Format: Electronic book text
$409.20

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