Urban communities books

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The Contested Metropolis: Six Cities at the Beginning of the 21st Century

The Contested Metropolis: Six Cities at the Beginning...

Author: INURA
ISBN: 9783764300869
Format: Paperback
$163.55

An examination of seven western cities, considering both the positive and negative aspects of success. Striking...  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: 9780807744345
Format: Hardback
$142.56

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

Urban Avant-Gardes: Art, Architecture and Change

Urban Avant-Gardes: Art, Architecture and Change

Author: Malcolm Miles
ISBN: 9780415266888
Format: Paperback
$84.00

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Urban Ethnicity

Urban Ethnicity

Author: Abner Cohen
ISBN: 9780415329828
Format: Hardback
$265.00

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Urban Avant-Gardes: Art, Architecture and Change

Urban Avant-Gardes: Art, Architecture and Change

Author: Malcolm Miles
ISBN: 9780415266871
Format: Hardback
$322.00

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The Great Village: The Economic and Social Welfare of Hanuabada, an Urban Community in Papua

The Great Village: The Economic and Social Welfare of...

Author: Cyril S. Belshaw
ISBN: 9780415330503
Format: Hardback
$265.00

This book is the first systematic study of the urban Papuan and analyses, among other things, the family, household...  Read More >>

Urbanization as a Social Process: An essay on movement and change in contemporary Africa

Urbanization as a Social Process: An essay on movement...

Author: Kenneth Little
ISBN: 9780415329941
Format: Hardback
$235.00

Urbanization is probably the most important process taking place in African countries. This book provides a lucid...  Read More >>

Family and Social Change in an African City: A Study of Rehousing in Lagos

Family and Social Change in an African City: A Study...

Author: Peter Marris
ISBN: 9780415329958
Format: Hardback
$265.00

This book is a study of the pattern of social life which developed in the slums of central Lagos; and of the effects...  Read More >>

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

Alternative Urban Futures: Planning for Sustainable...

Author: Raquel Pinderhughes
ISBN: 9780742523678
Format: Paperback
$61.95

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

Race, Ethnicity, and the Politics of City Redistricting: Minority-Opportunity Districts and the Election of Hispanics and Blacks to City Councils

Race, Ethnicity, and the Politics of City Redistricting:...

Author: Joshua G. Behr
ISBN: 9780791459959
Format: Hardback
$151.80

Nationwide study of the proposal and adoption of minority-opportunity districts at the local level.  Read More >>

Ciudad Inclusiva

Ciudad Inclusiva

Author:
ISBN: 9789213222591
Format: Paperback
$35.95

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Cosmopolis II: Mongrel Cities of the 21st Century

Cosmopolis II: Mongrel Cities of the 21st Century

Author: Leonie Sandercock
ISBN: 9780826464637
Format: Paperback
$98.00

This text presents a global tour of contemporary cities - from Birmingham to Rotterdam, Frankfurt to Berlin, Sydney...  Read More >>

The Future of the Historic Inner City of Amsterdam

The Future of the Historic Inner City of Amsterdam

Author: Leon Deben ,  Willem Salet
ISBN: 9789052600963
Format: Paperback
$129.36

The quality of Amsterdam's inner city is deeply rooted in and associated with its historical setting. But despite...  Read More >>

The Opening of the Cybernetic Frontier: Cities of the Prairie

The Opening of the Cybernetic Frontier: Cities of the...

Author: Daniel Elazar ,  Daniel Elazar
ISBN: 9780765802019
Format: Hardback
$323.44

The Opening of the Cybernetic Frontier is the third in-J  Read More >>

Building/Art

Building/Art

Author: Andrew King ,  Jocelyn Belisle
ISBN: 9781552381052
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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African American Urban Experience: Perspectives Form the Colnial Period to the Present

African American Urban Experience: Perspectives Form...

Author: Joe W Trotter ,  Tera Hunter (Carnegie Mellon University)
ISBN: 9786611364441
Format: Electronic book text
$533.28

From the early years of the African slave trade to America, blacks have lived and laboured in urban environments....  Read More >>

Race, Ethnicity, and the Politics of City Redistricting: Minority-Opportunity Districts and the Election of Hispanics and Blacks to City Councils

Race, Ethnicity, and the Politics of City Redistricting:...

Author: Joshua G. Behr
ISBN: 9780791459966
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Nationwide study of the proposal and adoption of minority-opportunity districts at the local level.  Read More >>

Urban Culture: Exploring Cities and Cultures

Urban Culture: Exploring Cities and Cultures

Author: Alan Turley
ISBN: 9780130416940
Format: Paperback
$116.00

This innovative text uses the lens of culture to examine the various theoretical perspectives and paradigms of urban...  Read More >>

Whose Detroit?: Politics, Labor, and Race in a Modern American City

Whose Detroit?: Politics, Labor, and Race in a Modern...

Author: Heather Ann Thompson
ISBN: 9780801488849
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Heather Ann Thompson focuses in detail on the struggles of Motor City residents during the 1960s and early 1970s...  Read More >>

Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age...

Author: Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
ISBN: 9780743254434
Format: Paperback
$52.80

The result of over ten years of immersion reporting, ""Random Family"" charts atumultuous decade in which girls...  Read More >>

Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age...

Author: Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
ISBN: 9781680656152
Format: Hardback
$76.03

The result of over ten years of immersion reporting, Random Family charts atumultuous decade in which girls become...  Read More >>

Toward the Livable City

Toward the Livable City

Author: Emilie Buchwald
ISBN: 9781571312716
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Toward the Livable City is intended for commuters, suburbanites, and city dwellers concerned about making their...  Read More >>

Immigrants in the Lands of Promise: Italians in Buenos Aires and New York City, 1870–1914

Immigrants in the Lands of Promise: Italians in Buenos...

Author: Samuel L. Baily
ISBN: 9780801488825
Format: Paperback
$73.79

Most studies of immigration to the New World have focused on the United States. Samuel L. Baily's eagerly awaited...  Read More >>

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