Urban communities books

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Not Well Advised

Not Well Advised

Author: Peter Szanton
ISBN: 9780595177875
Format: Paperback
$42.11

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Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy

Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy

Author: Allen J Scott (University of California, Los Angeles)
ISBN: 9781280819568
Format: Electronic book text
$233.51

There are now more than three hundred city-regions around the world with populations greater than one million. These...  Read More >>

And Still We Rise:: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City Students

And Still We Rise:: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve...

Author: Miles Corwin
ISBN: 9780380798292
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Bestselling author of The Killing Season and veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Miles Corwin spent a school year...  Read More >>

Networking Neighborhoods

Networking Neighborhoods

Author: Erik Van Hove
ISBN: 9781570033858
Format: Paperback
$26.27

This study establishes a direct link between existing perceptions of cities and the persistence of urban poverty,...  Read More >>

The Immortal Class: Bike Messengers and the Cult of Human Power

The Immortal Class: Bike Messengers and the Cult of...

Author: Travis Hugh Culley
ISBN: 9780375504280
Format: Hardback
$52.67

The author went to Chicago to make a name for himself in theater, yet in his day job as a bicycle messenger, he...  Read More >>

The Color of Opportunity: Pathways to Family, Welfare, and Work

The Color of Opportunity: Pathways to Family, Welfare,...

Author: Haya Stier ,  Marta Tienda
ISBN: 9780226774206
Format: Hardback
$92.95

This work compares Chicago's inner city minorities with national populations of like race and ethnicity from a life...  Read More >>

Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy

Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy

Author: Allen J Scott
ISBN: 9786610819560
Format: Electronic book text
$256.87

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The Grow Home

The Grow Home

Author: Avi Friedman ,  Avi Friedman
ISBN: 9780773521681
Format: Hardback
$250.80

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University Architecture

University Architecture

Author: Brian Edwards
ISBN: 9780419244400
Format: Hardback
$266.00

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Home Team: Professional Sports and the American Metropolis

Home Team: Professional Sports and the American Metropolis...

Author: Michael N. Danielson
ISBN: 9780691070643
Format: Paperback
$94.99

Studies the connections between professional team sports in North America and the places where teams play. This...  Read More >>

Private Pleasure, Public Plight: Urban Development, Suburban Sprawl, And The Decline Of Community

Private Pleasure, Public Plight: Urban Development,...

Author: David Popenoe ,  David Popenoe
ISBN: 9780765807083
Format: Paperback
$77.60

This is a social and cultural analysis of community life in metropolitan areas of three nations--the United States,...  Read More >>

Stories from Below the Poverty Line: Urban Lessons for Today's Mission

Stories from Below the Poverty Line: Urban Lessons for...

Author: George D Beukema
ISBN: 9780836191431
Format: Paperback
$26.37

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Lansing at the Crossroads: A Partisan History of the Village of Lansing, New York

Lansing at the Crossroads: A Partisan History of the...

Author: Rita Smidt ,  SMIDT
ISBN: 9780595173600
Format: Paperback
$47.39

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The Challenge of Urban Government: Policies and Practices

The Challenge of Urban Government: Policies and Practices...

Author: Mila Freire ,  Richard Stren
ISBN: 9780821347386
Format: Paperback
$105.47

This volume examines wide-ranging issues confronting cites, and reviews tools, strategies and practices to address...  Read More >>

City and Country: An Interdisciplinary Collection

City and Country: An Interdisciplinary Collection

Author: Laurence S. Moss (Babson College)
ISBN: 9780631228851
Format: Paperback
$86.95

The papers in this volume examine the processes by which cities grow and how current public policy, both in the...  Read More >>

What's A Peasant To Do? Village Becoming Town In Southern China

What's A Peasant To Do? Village Becoming Town In Southern...

Author: Greg Guldin
ISBN: 9780813338002
Format: Paperback
$59.99

A multi-province study of the transformation of the Chinese countryside, as villages become more town-like and Chinese...  Read More >>

Vampires, Dragons, and Egyptian Kings: Youth Gangs in Postwar New York

Vampires, Dragons, and Egyptian Kings: Youth Gangs in...

Author: Eric C. Schneider
ISBN: 9780691074542
Format: Paperback
$87.99

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Reading Political Philosophy: Machiavelli to Mill

Reading Political Philosophy: Machiavelli to Mill

Author: Derek Matravers ,  Jonathan Pike
ISBN: 9780415211963
Format: Hardback
$196.00

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Environmental Urban Noise

Environmental Urban Noise

Author: Amando Garcia
ISBN: 9781853127526
Format: Hardback
$320.85

A study of environmental urban noise. Featuring contributions from experienced specialists, it reviews the physical...  Read More >>

Hollow City: The Siege of San Francisco and the Crisis of American Urbanism

Hollow City: The Siege of San Francisco and the Crisis...

Author: Rebecca Solnit ,  Susan Schwartzenberg
ISBN: 9781859847947
Format: Hardback
$52.80

Reporting from the frontlines of gentrification in San Francisco's Mission District, the author deplores the skyrocketing...  Read More >>

Atlanta: Race, Class And Urban Expansion

Atlanta: Race, Class And Urban Expansion

Author: Larry Keating
ISBN: 9781566398213
Format: Paperback
$73.79

Atlanta, the epitome of the New South, is a city whose economic growth has transformed it from a provincial capital...  Read More >>

Atlanta: Race, Class And Urban Expansion

Atlanta: Race, Class And Urban Expansion

Author: Larry Keating
ISBN: 9781566398206
Format: Hardback
$220.44

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The Profession of City Planning: Changes, Images, and Challenges, 1950-2000

The Profession of City Planning: Changes, Images, and...

Author: Lloyd Rodwin ,  Bishwapriya Sanyal
ISBN: 9780882851662
Format: Hardback
$210.00

In thirty-four provocative and insightful chapters, the nation's leading planners present a definitive assessment...  Read More >>

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