Urban communities books

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Fragmented Dhaka: Analysing Everyday Life with Henri Lefebvre's Theory of Production of Space

Fragmented Dhaka: Analysing Everyday Life with Henri...

Author: Elisa T Bertuzzo
ISBN: 9783515094047
Format: Paperback
$234.96

Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka is one of the world's fastest growing cities, passing from a population of one million...  Read More >>

Beyond Multiculturalism: Views from Anthropology

Beyond Multiculturalism: Views from Anthropology

Author: Giuliana B. Prato ,  Italo Pardo
ISBN: 9780754671732
Format: Hardback
$305.00

While anthropology initially shied away from it, multiculturalism has been widely debated within the fields of political...  Read More >>

From the Ground Up: Translating Geography into Community through Neighbor Networks

From the Ground Up: Translating Geography into Community...

Author: Rick Grannis
ISBN: 9780691140254
Format: Hardback
$94.99

Where do neighborhoods come from and why do certain resources and effects such as social capital and collective...  Read More >>

Ageing in urban neighbourhoods: Place attachment and social exclusion

Ageing in urban neighbourhoods: Place attachment and...

Author: Allison E. Smith
ISBN: 9781847422729
Format: Electronic book text
$316.80

This unique book addresses the shortfall in knowledge regarding older people's attachment to deprived neighbourhoods...  Read More >>

Boomburbs: The Rise of America's Accidental Cities

Boomburbs: The Rise of America's Accidental Cities

Author: Robert E. Lang ,  Jennifer B. LeFurgy
ISBN: 9780815703037
Format: Paperback
$44.95

A glance at a list of America's fastest growing 'cities' reveals quite a surprise: most are really overgrown suburbs....  Read More >>

My Day in the City

My Day in the City

Author: Jory Randall
ISBN: 9781435824690
Format: Paperback
$21.25

This captivating book focuses on the sights, architecture, and activities kids might enjoy on a visit to the city....  Read More >>

African City Textualities

African City Textualities

Author: Ranka Primorac (University of Southampton, UK)
ISBN: 9780415481557
Format: Hardback
$284.00

A path-breaking collection of essays on city texts and cultures, this anthology merges the concerns of urban, cultural...  Read More >>

African American Urban History since World War II

African American Urban History since World War II

Author: Kenneth L. Kusmer ,  Joe W. Trotter
ISBN: 9780226465104
Format: Paperback
$65.95

Focuses on black migration and Latino immigration, examining tensions and alliances that emerged between African...  Read More >>

Die amalgame Stadt: Orte. Netze. Milieus

Die amalgame Stadt: Orte. Netze. Milieus

Author: Oliver Frey ,  Oliver Schwank
ISBN: 9783531163802
Format: Paperback
$129.35

"""Die ehemalige Schraubenfabrik im 2. Bezirk ... die ehemalige...  Read More >>

From Diversity to Unity: Southern and Appalachian Migrants in Uptown Chicago, 1950-1970

From Diversity to Unity: Southern and Appalachian Migrants...

Author: Roger Guy
ISBN: 9780739118344
Format: Paperback
$58.95

From Diversity to Unity is a community study of settlement and adaptation of Southern and Appalachian migrants to...  Read More >>

Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life

Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in...

Author: Mario Luis Small (Associate Professor of Sociology, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago)
ISBN: 9780195384352
Format: Hardback
$133.95

"While social capital theorists have studied the consequences of having effective social networks, few have examined...  Read More >>

Everyday Multiculturalism

Everyday Multiculturalism

Author: A. Wise ,  S. Velayutham
ISBN: 9780230210370
Format: Hardback
$154.00

This book explores everyday lived experiences of multiculturalism in the contemporary world. Drawing on place-based...  Read More >>

Foundations of Governance: Municipal Government in Canada's Provinces

Foundations of Governance: Municipal Government in Canada's...

Author: Andrew Sancton ,  Robert A. Young
ISBN: 9780802097095
Format: Hardback
$270.00

In Foundations of Governance, experts from each of Canada's provinces come together to assess the extent to which...  Read More >>

Becoming Places: Urbanism / Architecture / Identity / Power

Becoming Places: Urbanism / Architecture / Identity...

Author: Kim Dovey
ISBN: 9780415416375
Format: Paperback
$73.00

Deals with the practices and politics of place and identity formation - the slippery ways in which who we are becomes...  Read More >>

African American Urban History since World War II

African American Urban History since World War II

Author: Kenneth L. Kusmer ,  Joe W. Trotter
ISBN: 9780226465098
Format: Hardback
$183.95

Focuses on black migration and Latino immigration, examining tensions and alliances that emerged between African...  Read More >>

The Integration Debate: Competing Futures For American Cities

The Integration Debate: Competing Futures For American...

Author: Chester Hartman ,  Gregory Squires (George Washington University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415994606
Format: Paperback
$59.00

Racial integration, and policies intended to achieve greater integration, continue to generate controversy in the...  Read More >>

Place, Race, and Story: Essays on the Past and Future of Historic Preservation

Place, Race, and Story: Essays on the Past and Future...

Author: Ned Kaufman (Pratt Institute, USA)
ISBN: 9780415965408
Format: Paperback
$64.00

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Urban Canada

Urban Canada

Author: Harry Hiller (Professor of Sociology, University of Calgary)
ISBN: 9780195430110
Format: Paperback
$158.40

Urban Canada provides a succinct discussion on urban issues with a specifically Canadian focus and context. Topics...  Read More >>

Gated Communities in China: Class, Privilege and the Moral Politics of the Good Life

Gated Communities in China: Class, Privilege and the...

Author: Choon-Piew Pow
ISBN: 9780415478106
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This book examines the nature and dynamics of gated communities within the specificities of reform Shanghai, a city...  Read More >>

Informal Work in Developed Nations

Informal Work in Developed Nations

Author: Enrico Marcelli ,  Colin C. Williams (University of Sheffield, UK)
ISBN: 9780415777797
Format: Hardback
$180.00

The authors of this volume take the orthodox view of 'informal work' and dismantle it piece by piece, presenting...  Read More >>

Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City

Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's...

Author: Mr Anthony Flint
ISBN: 9781400066742
Format: Hardback
$71.28

Originally published in hardcover in 2009.  Read More >>

StadtGestalten: Visionen Allianzen Wege

StadtGestalten: Visionen Allianzen Wege

Author: Jürg Sulzer
ISBN: 9783939633747
Format: Hardback
$55.63

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Creative Urban Milieus: Historical Perspectives on Culture, Economy, and the City

Creative Urban Milieus: Historical Perspectives on Culture,...

Author: Martina He¿ler ,  Clemens Zimmermann
ISBN: 9783593385471
Format: Paperback
$102.95

Fashion Week in Paris and London, the Venice Biennale, and the nineteenth-century Viennese scientific community...  Read More >>

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