Urban communities books

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Working-Class Heroes

Working-Class Heroes

Author: Maria Kefalas
ISBN: 9781282762770
Format: Electronic book text
$84.35

Chicago's Southwest Side is one of the last remaining footholds for the city's white working class, a little-studied...  Read More >>

Voices of Decline: The Postwar Fate of US Cities

Voices of Decline: The Postwar Fate of US Cities

Author: Robert A. Beauregard
ISBN: 9780415932370
Format: Hardback
$232.00

Covers the 20th century discourse on urban decline in the US, arguing that its pervasiveness through the media shaped...  Read More >>

Globalization and Integrated Area Development in European Cities

Globalization and Integrated Area Development in European...

Author: Moulaert
ISBN: 9780199257706
Format: Paperback
$76.95

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Gotham at War: New York City, 1860-1865

Gotham at War: New York City, 1860-1865

Author: Edward K. Spann
ISBN: 9780842050579
Format: Paperback
$76.43

Gives an account of America's biggest and most powerful urban center during the Civil War.  Read More >>

The Unfinished City: New York and the Metropolitan Idea

The Unfinished City: New York and the Metropolitan Idea...

Author: Thomas Bender
ISBN: 9781565847361
Format: Hardback
$79.20

Throughout history, cities have been a powerful source of inspiration and energy, nourishing invention and intellect...  Read More >>

Working Capital: Life and Labour in Contemporary London

Working Capital: Life and Labour in Contemporary London...

Author: Nick Buck ,  Ian Gordon
ISBN: 9780415279321
Format: Paperback
$75.00

"""Working Capital"" is a 21st-century urban social survey written by five academic urban specialists. It is based...  Read More >>

Working Capital: Life and Labour in Contemporary London

Working Capital: Life and Labour in Contemporary London...

Author: Nick Buck ,  Ian Gordon
ISBN: 9780415279314
Format: Hardback
$245.00

The book provides the first substantial analysis of key economic, social and structural issues, that the new London...  Read More >>

Harlem Between Heaven And Hell

Harlem Between Heaven And Hell

Author: Monique M. Taylor
ISBN: 9780816640522
Format: Paperback
$42.95

A hard-hitting look at race, class, and black gentrification in this emblematic community. Harlem brings to mind...  Read More >>

International Handbook of Urban Systems: Studies of Urbanization and Migration in Advanced and Developing Countries

International Handbook of Urban Systems: Studies of...

Author: H. S. Geyer
ISBN: 9781840649000
Format: Hardback
$587.25

This authoritative Handbook provides a comprehensive account of migration and economic development throughout the...  Read More >>

New Money, Nice Town: How Capital Works in the New Urban Economy

New Money, Nice Town: How Capital Works in the New Urban...

Author: Leonard Nevarez
ISBN: 9780415933438
Format: Paperback
$113.39

"This work takes a close look at how the ""new economy"" led by service and high tech firms is reshaping both urban...  Read More >>

Voices of Decline: The Postwar Fate of US Cities

Voices of Decline: The Postwar Fate of US Cities

Author: Robert A. Beauregard
ISBN: 9780415932387
Format: Paperback
$88.99

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Longing for Exile: Migration and the Making of a Translocal Community in Senegal, West Africa

Longing for Exile: Migration and the Making of a Translocal...

Author: Michael C. Lambert
ISBN: 9780325070858
Format: Hardback
$244.20

Urbanization has been one of the most profound developments of the 20th century in West Africa. This is an ethnography...  Read More >>

New Money, Nice Town: How Capital Works in the New Urban Economy

New Money, Nice Town: How Capital Works in the New Urban...

Author: Leonard Nevarez
ISBN: 9780415933421
Format: Hardback
$232.00

Takes a close look at how the 'new economy' led by service and high tech firms is reshaping both urban politics...  Read More >>

Children in the City: Home Neighbourhood and Community

Children in the City: Home Neighbourhood and Community...

Author: Pia Christensen ,  Margaret O'Brien
ISBN: 9780415259255
Format: Paperback
$76.00

This work explores children's lives in contemporary cities. At a time of intense debate about the quality of life...  Read More >>

City Requiem, Calcutta: Gender And The Politics Of Poverty

City Requiem, Calcutta: Gender And The Politics Of Poverty...

Author: Ananya Roy
ISBN: 9780816639335
Format: Paperback
$45.95

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Children in the City: Home Neighbourhood and Community

Children in the City: Home Neighbourhood and Community...

Author: Pia Christensen ,  Margaret O'Brien
ISBN: 9780415259248
Format: Hardback
$280.00

This work explores children's lives in contemporary cities. At a time of intense debate about the quality of life...  Read More >>

Harlem Between Heaven And Hell

Harlem Between Heaven And Hell

Author: Monique M. Taylor
ISBN: 9780816640515
Format: Hardback
$108.00

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Married to the Streets for Better for Worse

Married to the Streets for Better for Worse

Author: Terry Moses
ISBN: 9780759688186
Format: Paperback
$40.92

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Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat: Cities in the Third Millennium

Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat: Cities in the Third...

Author: Lynn Beadle
ISBN: 9781280403903
Format: Electronic book text
$1584.00

These in-depth proceedings, bringing together the world's leading decision makers in urban development, will be...  Read More >>

City Requiem, Calcutta: Gender And The Politics Of Poverty

City Requiem, Calcutta: Gender And The Politics Of Poverty...

Author: Ananya Roy
ISBN: 9780816639328
Format: Hardback
$186.12

Uses Calcutta as a site for the exploration of persistent structures of deprivation and want. Housing developments...  Read More >>

Japanese Capitals in Historical Perspective: Place, Power and Memory in Kyoto, Edo and Tokyo

Japanese Capitals in Historical Perspective: Place,...

Author: Nicolas Fieve ,  Paul Waley
ISBN: 9780700714094
Format: Hardback
$294.00

Concentrating on Kyoto and Edo-Tokyo, the contributors to this volume weave together the links between past and...  Read More >>

City for Sale: The Transformation of San Francisco

City for Sale: The Transformation of San Francisco

Author: Chester Hartman
ISBN: 9780520086050
Format: Paperback
$52.95

San Francisco is perhaps the most exhilarating of all American cities - its beauty, cultural and political avant-gardism,...  Read More >>

Double or Quits?: The Future of Civil Nuclear Energy

Double or Quits?: The Future of Civil Nuclear Energy...

Author: Malcolm C. Grimston ,  Peter Beck
ISBN: 9781853839139
Format: Paperback
$58.99

Provides an assessment of the major disputes surrounding the future role of nuclear fuel. The issues covered include...  Read More >>

Tearing Down the Streets: Adventures in Urban Anarchy

Tearing Down the Streets: Adventures in Urban Anarchy...

Author: J. Ferrell
ISBN: 9781403960337
Format: Paperback
$84.99

This account of Ferrell's adventures as a participant and researcher inside the worlds of street musicians, homeless...  Read More >>

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