Urban communities books

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Creativity and Diversity: Key Challenges to the 21st Century

Creativity and Diversity: Key Challenges to the 21st...

Author: Leon Deben ,  Marcel Bontje
ISBN: 9789055892624
Format: Paperback
$85.80

"Since the 1970s, cities are changing from centers of production to centers of consumption. The question is how...  Read More >>

Art of Darkness: Ingenious Performances by Undercover Operators, Con Men, and Others

Art of Darkness: Ingenious Performances by Undercover...

Author: Sara K Schneider
ISBN: 9780979309311
Format: Hardback
$92.40

"Just like Scheherazade, undercover agents talk to save their lives. If they put in a poor performance, they don't...  Read More >>

The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space

The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space

Author: William David Estrada ,  Devra Weber
ISBN: 9780292717558
Format: Paperback
$58.95

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City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics

City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed...

Author: Alex S. Vitale
ISBN: 9780814788172
Format: Hardback
$184.00

Discusses New York's zero tolerance campaign against what was perceived to be an increase in disorder that directly...  Read More >>

City Futures: Confronting the Crisis of Urban Development

City Futures: Confronting the Crisis of Urban Development...

Author: Edgar Pieterse
ISBN: 9786611964566
Format: Electronic book text
$480.22

The 'mega-cities' of the developing world are home to over 10 million people each and even smaller cities are experiencing...  Read More >>

Organizing Urban America: Secular and Faith-based Progressive Movements

Organizing Urban America: Secular and Faith-based Progressive...

Author: Heidi J. Swarts
ISBN: 9780816648399
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Collective action through organized social movements has long expanded American citizens' rights and liberties....  Read More >>

The Handbook of Community Safety Gender and Violence Prevention: Practical Planning Tools

The Handbook of Community Safety Gender and Violence...

Author: Carolyn Whitzman
ISBN: 9781844075010
Format: Hardback
$199.00

Violence and insecurity are among the most important issues facing communities in the 21st century. This book offers...  Read More >>

Urban Geography

Urban Geography

Author: David Kaplan ,  James O. Wheeler
ISBN: 9780471798156
Format: Hardback
$449.86

* The Second Edition of Kaplan's Urban Geography text aims to uncover the excitement and richness found in cities,...  Read More >>

Now Playing: Early Moviegoing and the Regulation of Fun

Now Playing: Early Moviegoing and the Regulation of...

Author: Paul S. Moore
ISBN: 9780791474181
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Locates the origins of the mass audience and the emergence of everyday moviegoing in the culture of cities.  Read More >>

Now Playing: Early Moviegoing and the Regulation of Fun

Now Playing: Early Moviegoing and the Regulation of...

Author: Paul S. Moore
ISBN: 9780791474174
Format: Hardback
$196.68

Locates the origins of the mass audience and the emergence of everyday moviegoing in the culture of cities.  Read More >>

Fort Stanwix National Monument: Reconstructing the Past and Partnering for the Future

Fort Stanwix National Monument: Reconstructing the Past...

Author: Joan M. Zenzen
ISBN: 9780791474334
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Offers a history of the reconstruction of Fort Stanwix, New York, by the National Park Service.  Read More >>

The New Economy of the Inner City: Restructuring, Regeneration and Dislocation in the 21st Century Metropolis

The New Economy of the Inner City: Restructuring, Regeneration...

Author: Thomas A. Hutton (University of British Columbia, Canada)
ISBN: 9780415771344
Format: Hardback
$238.00

The New Economy of the Inner City presents a penetrating analysis of contemporary new industry formation and its...  Read More >>

Global Universities and Urban Development: Case Studies and Analysis: Case Studies and Analysis

Global Universities and Urban Development: Case Studies...

Author: Wim Wiewel ,  David C. Perry
ISBN: 9780765620392
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Linking the fields of urban development, higher education, and urban design, this book covers universities and communities...  Read More >>

The Urban World

The Urban World

Author: J. John Palen
ISBN: 9781594513381
Format: Paperback
$263.87

The leading text in urban sociology. Provides a comprehensive, balanced, up-to-date, cross-cultural look at cities...  Read More >>

Race, Neighborhoods, and the Misuse of Social Capital

Race, Neighborhoods, and the Misuse of Social Capital...

Author: J. Jennings
ISBN: 9781403980762
Format: Hardback
$132.00

This anthology tackles three key issues: how social capital is discussed within the contexts of racial inequality,...  Read More >>

Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life

Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy is Making...

Author: Richard Florida
ISBN: 9780465003525
Format: Hardback
$71.15

Choosing a place to live is as important as choosing a spouse or career. This advices on how to find the right place...  Read More >>

Lone Star Politics: Tradition and Transformation in Texas

Lone Star Politics: Tradition and Transformation in...

Author: Ken Collier ,  Steven E. Galatas
ISBN: 9780872895065
Format: Paperback
$158.27

How has Texas developed and flourished over the years, but failed to fully respond to these changes? This title...  Read More >>

Ireland. OECD Economic Surveys, Volume 2008 Issue 5.

Ireland. OECD Economic Surveys, Volume 2008 Issue 5....

Author:
ISBN: 9781281719775
Format: Electronic book text
$242.88

This 2008 edition of OECD's periodic survey of the Irish economy findsthat it has performanced remarkably well over...  Read More >>

Global Universities and Urban Development: Case Studies and Analysis: Case Studies and Analysis

Global Universities and Urban Development: Case Studies...

Author: Wim Wiewel ,  David C. Perry
ISBN: 9780765620408
Format: Paperback
$88.99

Linking the fields of urban development, higher education, and urban design, this book covers universities and communities...  Read More >>

Chinatown in Britain: Diffusions and Concentrations of the British New Wave Chinese Immigration

Chinatown in Britain: Diffusions and Concentrations...

Author: Wai-Ki Luk
ISBN: 9781934043868
Format: Hardback
$303.47

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The Spaces of the Modern City: Imaginaries, Politics, and Everyday Life

The Spaces of the Modern City: Imaginaries, Politics,...

Author: Gyan Prakash ,  Kevin M. Kruse
ISBN: 9780691133430
Format: Paperback
$67.99

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The Spaces of the Modern City: Imaginaries, Politics, and Everyday Life

The Spaces of the Modern City: Imaginaries, Politics,...

Author: Gyan Prakash ,  Kevin M. Kruse
ISBN: 9780691133393
Format: Hardback
$198.00

By United Nations estimates, 60 percent of the world's population will be urban by 2030. This title historicizes...  Read More >>

America's Top Rated Citites, 4 Volume Set: A Statistical Handbook

America's Top Rated Citites, 4 Volume Set: A Statistical...

Author: David Garoogian
ISBN: 9781592373499
Format: Paperback
$594.00

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