Urban communities books

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Cities of the World: A History in Maps

Cities of the World: A History in Maps

Author: Peter Whitfield
ISBN: 9780520265998
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Traces the historic form and special character of the world's greatest cities through a collection of maps and panoramic...  Read More >>

The Shape of the New American City

The Shape of the New American City

Author: Eugenie L Birch ,  Susan Wachter
ISBN: 9781412981934
Format: Paperback
$141.00

What does the future hold for America's cities and metropolitan areas? This volume analyzes demographic trends,...  Read More >>

The Shape of the New American City

The Shape of the New American City

Author: Eugenie L Birch ,  Susan Wachter
ISBN: 9781412981927
Format: Hardback
$116.03

What does the future hold for America's cities and metropolitan areas? This volume analyzes demographic trends,...  Read More >>

Cities, Citizens, and Technologies

Cities, Citizens, and Technologies

Author: Paula Geyh (Yeshiva University, USA)
ISBN: 9781282084476
Format: Electronic book text
$586.08

This book is about the contemporary city and those who live in it. It is thus also about the urban world of the...  Read More >>

Cohesion and Community in Contemporary Hong Kong

Cohesion and Community in Contemporary Hong Kong

Author: Ray Forrest (University of Bristol, UK) ,  Adrienne La Grange (City University of Hong Kong)
ISBN: 9780415377089
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Offers an account of Hong Kong's contemporary social and spatial structure, exploring issues of community, neighbourhood...  Read More >>

Once the American Dream: Inner-Ring Suburbs of the Metropolitan United States

Once the American Dream: Inner-Ring Suburbs of the Metropolitan...

Author: Bernadette Hanlon
ISBN: 9781592139361
Format: Hardback
$143.88

At one time, a move to the suburbs was The American Dream for many families. This title defines the suburbs' geographic...  Read More >>

Urbicide: The Politics of Urban Destruction

Urbicide: The Politics of Urban Destruction

Author: Martin Coward (University of Newcastle, UK)
ISBN: 9780415573566
Format: Paperback
$92.99

Developing the concept of urbicide – the deliberate destruction of cities – Martin Coward outlines a theoretical...  Read More >>

The Multiplex in India: A Cultural Economy of Urban Leisure

The Multiplex in India: A Cultural Economy of Urban...

Author: Adrian Athique ,  Douglas Hill
ISBN: 9780415468374
Format: Hardback
$256.00

Exploring the significance, and convergence, of economic liberalisation, urban redevelopment and the media explosion...  Read More >>

City Life from Jakarta to Dakar: Movements at the Crossroads

City Life from Jakarta to Dakar: Movements at the Crossroads...

Author: AbdouMaliq Simone (Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK)
ISBN: 9780415993227
Format: Paperback
$55.00

By showing how much of what is considered peripheral to urban life is actually critical to it, the book opens up...  Read More >>

Building Charleston: Town and Society in the Eighteenth-century British Atlantic World

Building Charleston: Town and Society in the Eighteenth-century...

Author: Emma Hart
ISBN: 9780813928678
Format: Hardback
$118.80

In the colonial era, Charleston, South Carolina, was the largest city in the American South. This title charts the...  Read More >>

Urbanization, Policing, and Security: Global Perspectives

Urbanization, Policing, and Security: Global Perspectives...

Author: Gary Cordner ,  Dilip K. Das
ISBN: 9781420085570
Format: Hardback
$208.00

Through the lens of urbanization, this book examines crime, policing, and security issues around the world. International...  Read More >>

Designing High-Density Cities: For Social and Environmental Sustainability

Designing High-Density Cities: For Social and Environmental...

Author: Edward Ng
ISBN: 9781844074600
Format: Hardback
$156.00

Compact living is sustainable living. High-density cities can support closer amenities, encourage reduced trip lengths...  Read More >>

Transport for Suburbia: Beyond the Automobile Age

Transport for Suburbia: Beyond the Automobile Age

Author: Paul Mees
ISBN: 9781844077403
Format: Hardback
$80.00

Argues that the secret of 'European-style' public transport lies in a generalizable model of network planning that...  Read More >>

City Life from Jakarta to Dakar: Movements at the Crossroads

City Life from Jakarta to Dakar: Movements at the Crossroads...

Author: AbdouMaliq Simone (Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK)
ISBN: 9780415993210
Format: Hardback
$216.00

By showing how much of what is considered peripheral to urban life is actually critical to it, the book opens up...  Read More >>

City Politics: The Political Economy of Urban America

City Politics: The Political Economy of Urban America...

Author: Dennis R. Judd ,  Todd Swanstrom
ISBN: 9780205736973
Format: Paperback
$276.14

Praised for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme, this edition brings city politics...  Read More >>

The Evolution of American Urban Society

The Evolution of American Urban Society

Author: Howard P. Chudacoff ,  Judith E. Smith
ISBN: 9780136015710
Format: Paperback
$231.79

The Evolution of American Urban History blends historical perspectives on society, economics, politics, and policy,...  Read More >>

The Situationists and the City: A Reader

The Situationists and the City: A Reader

Author: Tom McDonough
ISBN: 9781844673322
Format: Hardback
$290.40

"The Situationist International (SI), led by Guy Debord and central to the Paris uprising in May 1968, published...  Read More >>

Megacities: The Politics of Urban Exclusion and Violence in the Global South

Megacities: The Politics of Urban Exclusion and Violence...

Author: Kees Koonings ,  Dirk Kruijt
ISBN: 9781848132962
Format: Paperback
$72.00

'Megacities' around the world are becoming the scene for deprivation and exclusion. This book examines world-wide...  Read More >>

Erotic City: Sexual Revolutions and the Making of Modern San Francisco

Erotic City: Sexual Revolutions and the Making of Modern...

Author: Josh Sides (Whitsett Professor of California History and Director of the Center for Southern California Studies, California State University, Northridge)
ISBN: 9780195377811
Format: Hardback
$79.07

How San Francisco became America's capital of sexual libertinism and a potent symbol in its culture wars  Read More >>

Fixing Fuel Poverty: Challenges and Solutions

Fixing Fuel Poverty: Challenges and Solutions

Author: Brenda Boardman
ISBN: 9781844077441
Format: Paperback
$59.95

Begins by discussing the political awakening to the issue and exploring just who constitutes the fuel poor. This...  Read More >>

Megacities: The Politics of Urban Exclusion and Violence in the Global South

Megacities: The Politics of Urban Exclusion and Violence...

Author: Robert Gay ,  Professor Caroline Moser
ISBN: 9781848132955
Format: Hardback
$216.00

'Megacities' around the world are becoming the scene for deprivation and exclusion. This book examines world-wide...  Read More >>

Fixing Fuel Poverty: Challenges and Solutions

Fixing Fuel Poverty: Challenges and Solutions

Author: Brenda Boardman
ISBN: 9781844077434
Format: Hardback
$172.95

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Breadwinning Daughters: Young Working Women in a Depression-Era City, 1929-1939

Breadwinning Daughters: Young Working Women in a Depression-Era...

Author: Katrina Srigley
ISBN: 9781442640290
Format: Hardback
$145.20

Katrina Srigley argues that young women were central to the labour market and family economies of Depression-era...  Read More >>

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