Urban communities books

In a world moving very rapidly on both urbanization and globalization, cities in the developing world face both...  Read More >>

This title outlines the mass immigration from Europe that brought throngs of people looking for housing and jobs...  Read More >>

Multidisciplinary perspectives on segregation in the United States and other developed countries.  Read More >>

For several decades, a political discourse, which incites exclusion and hatred againt those who are perceived as...  Read More >>

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Covers the full breadth and depth of the impacts of rapid urbanization on livelihoods, poverty and resources in...  Read More >>

"""A wonderful example of contemporary anthropology."" - Irene Glasser, Community Renewal Team (CRT), Hartford,...  Read More >>

"""City Politics, Canada will both irritate and please, but it should be read-it raises all the important questions...  Read More >>

The Middle Ages, from AD 500-1500, were once described as dark and stagnant--a thousand years without a bath. Now,...  Read More >>

Covers the full breadth and depth of the impacts of rapid urbanization on livelihoods, poverty and resources in...  Read More >>

Georgi unmasks economic and political theories and elements of Christian theology that have led to the demise of...  Read More >>

This title outlines the mass immigration from Europe that brought throngs of people looking for housing and jobs...  Read More >>

The eleven wide-ranging essays in this volume covering the medieval and early modern periods explore how coercive...  Read More >>

The first and only monograph available on the subject, Roman Suburbia offers a full and detailed treatment of...  Read More >>

This comprehensive study traces the history of over forty royal free towns from the sixteenth century to 1848 in...  Read More >>

Gender and Community Under British Colonialism is a study of continuity and change in village communities in the...  Read More >>

Psychogeography offers new ways of apprehending our surroundings, transforming the familiar streets into something...  Read More >>

Bringing together a group of international scholars, Directors of Urban Change in Asia examines the influence of...  Read More >>

The most widely used and most widely referenced basic book on Housing Policy in the United States has now been...  Read More >>

Tourism, Ethnic Diversity and the City fills a gap in existing research in terms of how immigration relates to urban...  Read More >>

Recognizing the pivotal role that local governments play in the high-tech economy--and filled with fresh information...  Read More >>

Four-fifths of Americans now live in the nation's sprawling metropolitan areas, and half of the world's population...  Read More >>

In this pioneering study of contemporary Chinese urban form, Duanfang Lu provides an analysis of how Chinese society...  Read More >>

Complementing a burgeoning area of interest and academic study, Roc the Mic Right explores the central role of...  Read More >>

Introduces traditional and contemporary approaches and perspectives in urban geography and examines the new geographical...  Read More >>