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The Other City: People and Politics in New York and London

The Other City: People and Politics in New York and...

Author: Susanne MacGregor
ISBN: 9780391038851
Format: Paperback
$34.95

These are essays from scholars in London and New York who, as concerned citizens, have been actively involved in...  Read More >>

The Singapore House and Residential Life, 1819-1939

The Singapore House and Residential Life, 1819-1939...

Author: Norman Edwards
ISBN: 9780195889109
Format: Hardback
$100.00

A study of the residential houses of Singapore and their evolution over the period from the founding of the city...  Read More >>

Chinese Cities

Chinese Cities

Author: Victor Fung-shuen Sit ,  Feng-hseuan Hseueh
ISBN: 9780195837469
Format: Hardback
$40.00

Written by scholars from the People's Republic of China, Chinese Cities presents a comprehensive review of the evolution,...  Read More >>

The City in Modern Chinese Literature and Film: Configurations of Space, Time and Gender

The City in Modern Chinese Literature and Film: Configurations...

Author: Yingjin Zhang
ISBN: 9780804726825
Format: Hardback
$89.95

This study explores the ways in which the city and urban life have been represented in modern Chinese literature...  Read More >>

The Postcolonial Question: Common Skies, Divided Horizons

The Postcolonial Question: Common Skies, Divided Horizons...

Author: Iain Chambers ,  Lidia Curti
ISBN: 9780415108584
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Brings together renowned and emerging critical voices to respond to the questions raised by the concept of the 'post-colonial'....  Read More >>

The Postcolonial Question: Common Skies, Divided Horizons

The Postcolonial Question: Common Skies, Divided Horizons...

Author: Iain Chambers ,  Lidia Curti
ISBN: 9780415108577
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Brings together renowed and emerging critical voices to respond to the questions raised by the concept of the 'post-colonial'....  Read More >>

Smoldering City: Chicagoans and the Great Fire, 1871-1874

Smoldering City: Chicagoans and the Great Fire, 1871-1874...

Author: Karen Sawislak
ISBN: 9780226735481
Format: Paperback
$56.95

Drawing on memoirs, private correspondences and other sources, this book examines the aftermath of the Great Chicago...  Read More >>

The Cultures of Cities

The Cultures of Cities

Author: Sharon Zukin (City University of New York) ,  Sharon Zukin
ISBN: 9781557864376
Format: Paperback
$68.95

Shows how three notions of culture - as ethnicity, aesthetic, and marketing tool - reshape urban places and conflicts...  Read More >>

Breaking Away: The Future of Cities - Essays in Memory of Robert F.Wagner, Jr.

Breaking Away: The Future of Cities - Essays in Memory...

Author: Julia Vitullo-Martin ,  Martin
ISBN: 9780870783869
Format: Paperback
$31.55

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The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community and the American Dream

The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community and...

Author: Peter Calthorpe
ISBN: 9781878271686
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Regarding issues of urban sprawl Visit Sprawl Net, at Rice University. It's under construction, but it should be...  Read More >>

The Physical City: Public Space and the Infrastructure

The Physical City: Public Space and the Infrastructure...

Author: Neil L. Shumsky
ISBN: 9780815321873
Format: Hardback
$320.00

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Sex, Scams, and Street Life: The Sociology of New York City's Times Square

Sex, Scams, and Street Life: The Sociology of New York...

Author: Robert Hartmann McNamara
ISBN: 9780275953591
Format: Paperback
$48.00

For more than 60 years, Times Square has reigned as one of New York's premiere tourist attractions. The topics include...  Read More >>

Baltimore Unbound: A Strategy for Regional Renewal

Baltimore Unbound: A Strategy for Regional Renewal

Author: David Rusk
ISBN: 9780801850783
Format: Paperback
$43.99

Published by the Abell Foundation.  Read More >>

Writings on Cities

Writings on Cities

Author: Henri Lefebvre ,  Eleonore Kofman (Nottingham Trent University)
ISBN: 9780631191889
Format: Paperback
$68.95

The work of Henri Lefebvre -- the only major French intellectual of the post--war period to give extensive consideration...  Read More >>

The Making of Urban Europe, 1000–1994: With a New Preface and a New Chapter

The Making of Urban Europe, 1000–1994: With a New Preface...

Author: Paul M. Hohenberg ,  Lynn Hollen Lees
ISBN: 9780674543621
Format: Paperback
$90.95

"By tracing the large-scale processes of social, economic and political change within cities, as well as the evolving...  Read More >>

Short History of Anarchism

Short History of Anarchism

Author: Max Nettlau ,  Heiner Becker
ISBN: 9780900384899
Format: Paperback
$84.35

Max Nettlau was the most proficient, and still is the most important, chronicler of anarchism. This one volume (at...  Read More >>

Geography and Identity: Living and Exploring Geopolitics of Identity

Geography and Identity: Living and Exploring Geopolitics...

Author: Dennis Crow
ISBN: 9780944624241
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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New Middle Class and the Remaking of the Central City, The. Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies.

New Middle Class and the Remaking of the Central City,...

Author: David Ley (University of British Columbia, Canada)
ISBN: 9781280806742
Format: Electronic book text
$530.75

What factors lay behind the rehabilitation of central city districts across the world? Set against the contexts...  Read More >>

Geography and Identity: Living and Exploring Geopolitics of Identity

Geography and Identity: Living and Exploring Geopolitics...

Author: Dennis Crow
ISBN: 9780944624234
Format: Hardback
$118.67

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Urbanization and Economic Growth

Urbanization and Economic Growth

Author: Vibhooti Shukla ,  Tara Shukla
ISBN: 9780195637250
Format: Hardback
$100.00

Aiming at development economists, urban planners, environmentalists and students, Dr Shukla creates a framework...  Read More >>

Urban Education: A Workbook of Activities for Classroom Teachers

Urban Education: A Workbook of Activities for Classroom...

Author: Stephanie Evans
ISBN: 9780787220136
Format: Spiral bound
$108.11

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Sex, Scams, and Street Life: The Sociology of New York City's Times Square

Sex, Scams, and Street Life: The Sociology of New York...

Author: Robert Hartmann McNamara
ISBN: 9780275950026
Format: Hardback
$110.00

For more than 60 years, Times Square has reigned as one of New York's premiere tourist attractions. The topics include...  Read More >>

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