Urban communities books

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The Blackwell City Reader

The Blackwell City Reader

Author: Gary Bridge (University of Bristol, UK) ,  Sophie Watson (The Open University, UK)
ISBN: 9781405189828
Format: Paperback
$63.95

Updated to reflect the most current thinking on urban studies, The Blackwell City Reader , Second Edition features...  Read More >>

New Worlds: An Introduction to College Reading

New Worlds: An Introduction to College Reading

Author: Joe Cortina ,  Janet Elder
ISBN: 9780073407173
Format: Paperback
$252.12

Offers an effective way to approach college reading assignments. This title introduces the skills needed to master...  Read More >>

We All Need a Little Help, the Face of Homelessness- Book 2

We All Need a Little Help, the Face of Homelessness-...

Author: Jeremy Reynalds Ph D
ISBN: 9781606939031
Format: Hardback
$59.40

THE HOMELESS ARE ALL AROUND US... He stands on the hot asphalt holding up a handwritten cardboard sign that reads,...  Read More >>

Urbanization in a Federalist Context

Urbanization in a Federalist Context

Author: Roscoe Martin
ISBN: 9780202363301
Format: Paperback
$92.99

The emergence of America as a metropolitan-urban society has had profound consequences for every phase of national...  Read More >>

One Country, Two Societies: Rural-Urban Inequality in Contemporary China

One Country, Two Societies: Rural-Urban Inequality in...

Author: Martin King Whyte ,  Jennifer Adams
ISBN: 9780674036307
Format: Hardback
$153.12

A collection of essays that analyzes China's foremost social cleavage: the rural-urban gap. It examines the historical...  Read More >>

The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America

The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the...

Author: Khalil Gibran Muhammad
ISBN: 9780674035973
Format: Hardback
$97.68

Following the 1890 census, the first to measure the generation of African Americans born after slavery, crime statistics,...  Read More >>

The Blackwell City Reader

The Blackwell City Reader

Author: Gary Bridge (University of Bristol, UK) ,  Sophie Watson (The Open University, UK)
ISBN: 9781405189835
Format: Hardback
$182.95

Updated to reflect the most current thinking on urban studies, The Blackwell City Reader , Second Edition features...  Read More >>

Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools

Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools

Author: Jonathan Kozol ,  Mark Winston
ISBN: 9781441856098
Format: Mixed media product
$118.77

USA National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol presents his account of the American educational system in...  Read More >>

The Public and Its Possibilities: Triumphs and Tragedies in the American City

The Public and Its Possibilities: Triumphs and Tragedies...

Author: John D Fairfield
ISBN: 9786613531971
Format: Electronic book text
$82.21

<p>In his compelling reinterpretation of American history, The Public and Its Possibilities, John Fairfield argues...  Read More >>

Phoenix cities: The fall and rise of great industrial cities

Phoenix cities: The fall and rise of great industrial...

Author: Anne Power ,  Jorg Ploger
ISBN: 9781847426857
Format: Electronic book text
$277.20

This book explores economic, social and environmental transformations in Europe and the USA to inform the regeneration...  Read More >>

Die Jugendkultur der Ultras. Zur Entstehung einer neuen Generation von Fu�ballfans

Die Jugendkultur der Ultras. Zur Entstehung einer neuen...

Author: Marcus Sommerey
ISBN: 9783838200514
Format: Paperback
$103.24

Mit bunten, spektakul�ren Choreographien, �berdimensionalen Fahnen und Spruchb�ndern, lautstarken Ges�ngen und Anfeuerungsrufen,...  Read More >>

A Neighborhood That Never Changes: Gentrification, Social Preservation, and the Search for Authenticity

A Neighborhood That Never Changes: Gentrification, Social...

Author: Japonica Brown-Saracino
ISBN: 9780226076638
Format: Paperback
$65.95

Drawing on ethnographic research in four distinct communities - the Chicago neighborhoods of Andersonville and Argyle...  Read More >>

Untimely Ruins: An Archaeology of American Urban Modernity, 1819-1919

Untimely Ruins: An Archaeology of American Urban Modernity,...

Author: Nick Yablon
ISBN: 9780226946641
Format: Paperback
$57.95

American urban ruins have become increasingly prominent, whether in debates about home foreclosures, images of 9/11,...  Read More >>

Housing Boom and Bust: Owner Occupation, Government Regulation and the Credit Crunch

Housing Boom and Bust: Owner Occupation, Government...

Author: Peter King (De Montfort University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415553148
Format: Paperback
$101.00

Outlining how the current crisis in housing markets has arisen, this sharp analysis considers the considers the...  Read More >>

Who You Claim: Performing Gang Identity in School and on the Streets

Who You Claim: Performing Gang Identity in School and...

Author: Robert Garot
ISBN: 9780814732137
Format: Paperback
$64.99

The color of clothing, the width of shoe laces, a pierced ear,...  Read More >>

Negotiating Urban Space: Urbanization and Late Ming Nanjing

Negotiating Urban Space: Urbanization and Late Ming...

Author: Si-yen Fei
ISBN: 9780674035614
Format: Hardback
$118.80

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Hong Kong: Migrant Lives, Landscapes, and Journeys

Hong Kong: Migrant Lives, Landscapes, and Journeys

Author: Caroline Knowles ,  Douglas Harper
ISBN: 9780226448565
Format: Hardback
$163.95

In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city's status as one of the last remnants...  Read More >>

A Neighborhood That Never Changes: Gentrification, Social Preservation, and the Search for Authenticity

A Neighborhood That Never Changes: Gentrification, Social...

Author: Japonica Brown-Saracino
ISBN: 9780226076621
Format: Hardback
$198.95

Drawing on ethnographic research in four distinct communities - the Chicago neighborhoods of Andersonville and Argyle...  Read More >>

Staying Italian: Urban Change and Ethnic Life in Postwar Toronto and Philadelphia

Staying Italian: Urban Change and Ethnic Life in Postwar...

Author: Jordan Stanger-Ross
ISBN: 9780226770741
Format: Hardback
$80.95

By situating malleable ethnic bonds in the context of political economy and racial dynamics, this work offers a...  Read More >>

Untimely Ruins: An Archaeology of American Urban Modernity, 1819-1919

Untimely Ruins: An Archaeology of American Urban Modernity,...

Author: Nick Yablon
ISBN: 9780226946634
Format: Hardback
$163.95

American urban ruins have become increasingly prominent, whether in debates about home foreclosures, images of 9/11,...  Read More >>

Intercultural Cities: Towards a Model for Intercultural Integration

Intercultural Cities: Towards a Model for Intercultural...

Author: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287167323
Format: Paperback
$132.00

Intercultural cities introduces a new model of local governance and policy in the age of diversity: the model of...  Read More >>

Who You Claim: Performing Gang Identity in School and on the Streets

Who You Claim: Performing Gang Identity in School and...

Author: Robert Garot
ISBN: 9780814732120
Format: Hardback
$184.00

The color of clothing, the width of shoe laces, a pierced ear,...  Read More >>

The Tennessee-Virginia Tri-Cities: Urbanization in Appalachia, 1900-1950

The Tennessee-Virginia Tri-Cities: Urbanization in Appalachia,...

Author: Tom Lee
ISBN: 9781572337077
Format: Paperback
$73.79

In 1900, the Appalachian region of northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia began to change. The inhabitants were...  Read More >>

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