Urban communities books

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Rethinking Los Angeles

Rethinking Los Angeles

Author: Michael Dear ,  H. Eric Schockman
ISBN: 9780803972865
Format: Hardback
$366.96

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Fundamentals of Urban Economics

Fundamentals of Urban Economics

Author: John F. McDonald
ISBN: 9780023788529
Format: Paperback
$250.80

Emphasizing urban economic growth, this text approaches the various aspects of urban economics as part of a coherent...  Read More >>

The City in Late Antiquity

The City in Late Antiquity

Author: John Rich ,  John Rich
ISBN: 9780415144315
Format: Paperback
$67.00

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Race, Poverty, and American Cities

Race, Poverty, and American Cities

Author: Judith Welch Wegner ,  Judith Welch Wegner
ISBN: 9780807845783
Format: Paperback
$110.75

Connections between race, poverty, and the condition of America's cities are drawn together in this collection of...  Read More >>

Thirdspace: Journeys to Los Angeles and Other Real-and-Imagined Places

Thirdspace: Journeys to Los Angeles and Other Real-and-Imagined...

Author: Edward W. Soja (University of California at Los Angeles)
ISBN: 9781557866752
Format: Paperback
$70.95

* A vibrant reading of postmodern feminist and postcolonial thought* By the author of Postmodern Geographies (Verso,...  Read More >>

Challenging the Growth Machine: Neighborhood Politics in Chicago and Pittsburgh

Challenging the Growth Machine: Neighborhood Politics...

Author: Barbara Ferman
ISBN: 9780700607877
Format: Paperback
$44.75

"Urban politics often features the conflict between """"pro-growth"""" coalitions, centred around downtown developments,...  Read More >>

Thirdspace: Journeys to Los Angeles and Other Real-and-Imagined Places

Thirdspace: Journeys to Los Angeles and Other Real-and-Imagined...

Author: Edward W. Soja (University of California at Los Angeles)
ISBN: 9781557866745
Format: Hardback
$205.95

* A vibrant reading of postmodern feminist and postcolonial thought* By the author of Postmodern Geographies (Verso,...  Read More >>

Courtyards, Markets, City Streets: Urban Women In Africa

Courtyards, Markets, City Streets: Urban Women In Africa...

Author: Kathleen Sheldon ,  Kathleen Sheldon
ISBN: 9780813386867
Format: Paperback
$72.99

This book brings women into the center of the urban landscape, using case studies to illustrate their contributions...  Read More >>

The Lettered City

The Lettered City

Author: Angel Rama ,  John Charles Chasteen
ISBN: 9780822317661
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Provides an overview of the power of written discourse in the historical formation of Latin American societies,...  Read More >>

Making Cities Work: The role of local authorities in the urban environment

Making Cities Work: The role of local authorities in...

Author: Herbert Girardet
ISBN: 9781853833540
Format: Paperback
$79.07

This work argues that cities can be sustainable, and that their high population density makes them good for the...  Read More >>

Liberal Dreams and Nature's Limits

Liberal Dreams and Nature's Limits

Author: James T. Lemon
ISBN: 9780195407938
Format: Paperback
$57.50

To assess the present condition of cities, this book focuses on the economy, society and politics, public services,...  Read More >>

Gender, Urban Development and Housing

Gender, Urban Development and Housing

Author: United Nations Development Programme
ISBN: 9789211260458
Format: Paperback
$15.95

This text highlights key aspects of gender and housing affecting low-income women in urban areas of developing countries....  Read More >>

Trade, Ideology and Urbanization

Trade, Ideology and Urbanization

Author: R. Champakalakshmi
ISBN: 9780195638707
Format: Hardback
$2100.00

This book studies two relatively unknown phases of urbanization in South India in the early historical (300 BC -...  Read More >>

Civilizing  Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City, 1889-1930

Civilizing Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian...

Author: Teresa Meade
ISBN: 9780271028705
Format: Paperback
$86.99

The renovation of Rio, or civilization campaign, as the government called it, made life worse for the majority...  Read More >>

The Lettered City

The Lettered City

Author: Angel Rama ,  John Charles Chasteen
ISBN: 9780822317579
Format: Hardback
$237.47

Provides an overview of the power of written discourse in the historical formation of Latin American societies,...  Read More >>

Challenging the Growth Machine: Neighborhood Politics in Chicago and Pittsburgh

Challenging the Growth Machine: Neighborhood Politics...

Author: Barbara Ferman
ISBN: 9780700607860
Format: Hardback
$92.40

"Urban politics often features the conflict between ""pro-growth"" coalitions, centred around downtown developments,...  Read More >>

A Geography of Ohio

A Geography of Ohio

Author: Leonard Peacefull
ISBN: 9780873385251
Format: Hardback
$92.40

A geographical and historical account of the evolution of Ohio. Incorporating the 1990 census data and demographic...  Read More >>

Belleville, Ottowa, and Galesburg: Community and Democracy on the Illinois Frontier

Belleville, Ottowa, and Galesburg: Community and Democracy...

Author: Kay J. Carr
ISBN: 9780809320172
Format: Hardback
$105.47

This work examines the settlement and development of three Illinois towns - Belleville, Ottowa and Galesburg - in...  Read More >>

The Lost City: The Forgotten Virtues Of Community In America

The Lost City: The Forgotten Virtues Of Community In...

Author: Alan Ehrenhalt
ISBN: 9780465041930
Format: Paperback
$39.99

In this examination of life in America in the 1950s, Alan Ehrenhalt reveals how an earlier generation fostered a...  Read More >>

The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist City

The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist...

Author: Neil Smith
ISBN: 9780415132558
Format: Paperback
$98.00

Documenting in gritty detail the conflicts that gentrification brings to the new urban 'frontiers', Neil Smith explores...  Read More >>

Subaltern Studies: v. 9

Subaltern Studies: v. 9

Author: Shahid Amin ,  Dipesh Chakrabarty
ISBN: 9780195638653
Format: Hardback
$35.50

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The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist City

The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist...

Author: Neil Smith
ISBN: 9780415132541
Format: Hardback
$322.00

Documenting in gritty detail the conflicts that gentrification brings to the new urban 'frontiers', Neil Smith explores...  Read More >>

Cities After Socialism: Urban and Regional Change and Conflict in Post-Socialist Societies

Cities After Socialism: Urban and Regional Change and...

Author: Gregory Andrusz (Middlesex University) ,  Michael Harloe (Essex University)
ISBN: 9781557861658
Format: Paperback
$55.95

"* The first significant analysis of ""Post-Socialist"" Cities and their role in the more general transition. *...  Read More >>

Cities After Socialism: Urban and Regional Change and Conflict in Post-Socialist Societies

Cities After Socialism: Urban and Regional Change and...

Author: Gregory Andrusz (Middlesex University) ,  Michael Harloe (Essex University)
ISBN: 9781557861641
Format: Hardback
$129.95

The collapse of state socialism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union and the emergence of new political, social...  Read More >>

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