Urban communities books

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Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City: William Julius Wilson and the Promise of Sociology

Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City: William Julius...

Author: Frank Harold Wilson
ISBN: 9780791460153
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Exploring the scholarship of William Julius Wilson and the controversies surrounding his work, the author shows...  Read More >>

Brave New Neighborhoods: The Privatization of Public Space

Brave New Neighborhoods: The Privatization of Public...

Author: Margaret Kohn
ISBN: 9780415944625
Format: Hardback
$232.00

Brave New Neighborhood considers what can be done to protect and revitalize our public spaces.  Read More >>

Firehouse

Firehouse

Author: David Halberstam ,  Mel Foster
ISBN: 9781593353513
Format: Audio
$103.62

Through the kind of intimate portraits that are Halberstam's trademark, readers see a typical day in a firehouse...  Read More >>

Urban Lifescape: Space, Lifestyle, Consumption

Urban Lifescape: Space, Lifestyle, Consumption

Author: Jeremy Rose ,  OLE Michael Jensen
ISBN: 9788773076873
Format: Paperback
$87.12

This anthology focuses on the physical and social spaces of urban welfare. In a collage of chapters and reflections,...  Read More >>

City of Quarters: Urban Villages in the Contemporary City

City of Quarters: Urban Villages in the Contemporary...

Author: Mark Jayne ,  David Bell
ISBN: 9780754634140
Format: Paperback
$145.00

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The Bronx

The Bronx

Author: Evelyn Gonzalez
ISBN: 9780231121149
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Presenting a history of the Bronx, this book describes how the once-infamous New York City borough underwent one...  Read More >>

Clouds Of Glory: A Childhood in Hoxton

Clouds Of Glory: A Childhood in Hoxton

Author: Bryan Magee
ISBN: 9780712635608
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Hoxton today is one of the most fashionable parts of inner London, yet before the Blitz, it was the capital's most...  Read More >>

Urban Economics and Land Use in America: The Transformation of Cities in the Twentieth Century: The Transformation of Cities in the Twentieth Century

Urban Economics and Land Use in America: The Transformation...

Author: Alan Rabinowitz
ISBN: 9780765614117
Format: Paperback
$88.99

This is a book about the reality of place in America, the events and influences that led to the America we recognize...  Read More >>

City matters: Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governance

City matters: Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governance...

Author: Martin Boddy ,  Michael Parkinson
ISBN: 9781847425911
Format: Electronic book text
$316.80

Offers a review of the findings of one of the largest ever programme of cities research in the UK, the Economic...  Read More >>

Urban Growth and the Medieval Church: Gloucester and Worcester

Urban Growth and the Medieval Church: Gloucester and...

Author: Nigel Baker ,  Richard Holt
ISBN: 9780754602668
Format: Hardback
$273.00

In this interdisciplinary study of early town development in England the authors assess the extent to which Church...  Read More >>

The Seduction of Place: The History and Future of the City

The Seduction of Place: The History and Future of the...

Author: Joseph Rykwert (Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture Emeritius at the University of Pennsylvania)
ISBN: 9780192805546
Format: Paperback
$33.95

Joseph Rykwert explores the great cities of the modern world, examining their fabric and assessing how successfully...  Read More >>

Global Cities

Global Cities

Author: Mark Abrahamson (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, University of Connecticut, Storrs)
ISBN: 9780195142044
Format: Paperback
$189.95

Global Cities examines the enormous changes that have been wrought on urban life in the wake of globalization.  Read More >>

Malaysia, Modernity and the Multimedia Super Corridor: A critical geography of intelligent landscapes

Malaysia, Modernity and the Multimedia Super Corridor:...

Author: Tim Bunnell
ISBN: 9780415256346
Format: Hardback
$183.00

Based on fieldwork in Malaysia, this book provides a critical examination of the country's main urban region.  Read More >>

Studium der Umweltwissenschaften: Ingenieurwissenschaften

Studium der Umweltwissenschaften: Ingenieurwissenschaften...

Author: Michael F. Jischa ,  Edmund Brandt
ISBN: 9783540419518
Format: Paperback
$211.07

Das Buch führt auf anschauliche Weise in die Grundlagen der Ingenieurwissenschaften und in die Gedankenwelt und...  Read More >>

Building the South Side: Urban Space and Civic Culture in Chicago, 1890-1919

Building the South Side: Urban Space and Civic Culture...

Author: Robin F. Bachin
ISBN: 9780226033938
Format: Hardback
$163.95

Explores the struggle for influence that dominated the planning and development of Chicago's South Side during the...  Read More >>

Alternative Urban Futures: Planning for Sustainable Development in Cities throughout the World

Alternative Urban Futures: Planning for Sustainable...

Author: Raquel Pinderhughes
ISBN: 9780742523661
Format: Hardback
$253.44

Alternative Urban Futures challenges the existing models of urban development and promotes alternative paradigms,...  Read More >>

Second Metropolis: Pragmatic Pluralism in Gilded Age Chicago, Silver Age Moscow, and Meiji Osaka

Second Metropolis: Pragmatic Pluralism in Gilded Age...

Author: Blair A. Ruble
ISBN: 9781930365155
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Churches and Urban Government: Detroit and New York, 1895-1994

Churches and Urban Government: Detroit and New York,...

Author: Henry J. Pratt
ISBN: 9780814331729
Format: Paperback
$71.15

This study analyses the relationship between two powerful forces - church organizations and urban politics - within...  Read More >>

Cities Transformed: Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World

Cities Transformed: Demographic Change and Its Implications...

Author: Mark R. Montgomery ,  Richard Stren
ISBN: 9781844070916
Format: Hardback
$96.95

Most low-income countries will become more urban than rural. Understanding demographic trends in the cities of the...  Read More >>

Spillovers and Innovations: Space, Environment, and the Economy

Spillovers and Innovations: Space, Environment, and...

Author: Gunther Maier ,  Sabine Sedlacek
ISBN: 9783211206836
Format: Hardback
$147.95

Innovation processes and related spillovers are of eminent importance in a modern economy. How do they relate to...  Read More >>

Verandahs of Power: Colonialism and Space in Urban Africa

Verandahs of Power: Colonialism and Space in Urban Africa...

Author: Garth Andrew Myers
ISBN: 9780815629979
Format: Paperback
$52.67

This work focuses on the creation of, and struggle over, urban order in four cities in Eastern and Southern Africa,...  Read More >>

Walking the Road: Race, Diversity and Social Justice in Teacher Education

Walking the Road: Race, Diversity and Social Justice...

Author: Marilyn Cochran-Smith ,  James A. Banks
ISBN: 9780807744338
Format: Paperback
$73.79

Marilyn Cochran-Smith guides the reader through the conflicting visions and ideologies surrounding educating teachers...  Read More >>

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