Urban communities books

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Architecture and Power: The Town Hall and the English Urban Community C. 1500-1640

Architecture and Power: The Town Hall and the English...

Author: Robert Tittler
ISBN: 9786610766895
Format: Electronic book text
$462.37

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The Margins of City Life: Explorations on the French Urban Frontier, 1815-1851

The Margins of City Life: Explorations on the French...

Author: John M Merriman
ISBN: 9786610524976
Format: Electronic book text
$290.11

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Neighbourhood Policy and Programmes: Past and Present

Neighbourhood Policy and Programmes: Past and Present...

Author: Naomi Carmon
ISBN: 9780333495162
Format: Hardback
$280.00

This volume sets forth the accumulated experience directed at improving the quality of life in our cities through...  Read More >>

The Truly Disadvantaged: Inner City, the Underclass and Public Policy

The Truly Disadvantaged: Inner City, the Underclass...

Author: William Julius Wilson
ISBN: 9780226901312
Format: Paperback
$46.20

"""The Truly Disadvantaged should spur critical thinking in many quarters about the causes and possible remedies...  Read More >>

The Medieval Town in England 1200-1540

The Medieval Town in England 1200-1540

Author: Richard Holt ,  Gervase Rosser
ISBN: 9780582051287
Format: Paperback
$86.99

The aim of this reader - one of a set of four volumes on urban history covering the late 12th to early 20th centuries...  Read More >>

Urban Reform and Its Consequences: A Study in Representation

Urban Reform and Its Consequences: A Study in Representation...

Author: Susan Welch ,  Timothy Bledsoe
ISBN: 9780226893006
Format: Paperback
$49.95

Throughout this century, reformers have fought to eliminate party control of city politics. As a result, the majority...  Read More >>

Victorian Cities: Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Melbourne, London

Victorian Cities: Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Middlesbrough,...

Author: Asa Briggs
ISBN: 9780140135824
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Focuses on the cities of Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Melbourne and London, comparing and contrasting...  Read More >>

The Rough Road to Renaissance: Urban Revitalization in America, 1940-1985

The Rough Road to Renaissance: Urban Revitalization...

Author: Jon C. Teaford (Purdue University)
ISBN: 9780801841347
Format: Paperback
$73.99

A history professor at Purdue explores the fascinating topic of urbanization in America from 1940 to 1985.  Read More >>

Tackling the Inner Cities

Tackling the Inner Cities

Author: Susanne MacGregor ,  Ben Pimlott
ISBN: 9780198277378
Format: Hardback
$120.00

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Montreal in Evolution: Historical Analysis of the Development of Montreal's Architecture and Urban Environment

Montreal in Evolution: Historical Analysis of the Development...

Author: Jean-Claude Marsan
ISBN: 9780773507982
Format: Paperback
$82.80

Montreal in Evolution presents the rich and complex history of Montreal's architectural and environmental development...  Read More >>

Urbanization in History

Urbanization in History

Author: A.M. Van Der Woude ,  etc.
ISBN: 9780198286790
Format: Hardback
$145.00

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Chinese Urban Reform: What Model Now?

Chinese Urban Reform: What Model Now?

Author: Kwok Yin-Wang ,  William L. Parish
ISBN: 9780873325899
Format: Hardback
$210.00

Based on a 1987 conference on urban development at the Centre for Urban Planning and Development at Hong Kong University....  Read More >>

Urban Poverty in the Caribbean: French Martinique as a Social Laboratory

Urban Poverty in the Caribbean: French Martinique as...

Author: Michel S. Laguerre
ISBN: 9780333521724
Format: Hardback
$224.00

In this book on urban poverty in the Caribbean, Michel S. Laguerre presents an analysis of the phenomenon in urban...  Read More >>

The Classic Slum: Salford Life in the First Quarter of the Century

The Classic Slum: Salford Life in the First Quarter...

Author: Robert Roberts
ISBN: 9780140136241
Format: Paperback
$32.99

A study which combines personal reminiscences with careful historical research, the myth of the 'good old days'...  Read More >>

Borderland: Origins of the American Suburb, 1820-1939

Borderland: Origins of the American Suburb, 1820-1939...

Author: John R. Stilgoe
ISBN: 9780300048667
Format: Paperback
$70.95

Examines the American suburbs from their beginnings in the mid-1800s to the onset of World War II, focusing on their...  Read More >>

Urban Politics: New York Style

Urban Politics: New York Style

Author: J. Bellush ,  Dick Netzer
ISBN: 9780873326032
Format: Paperback
$79.99

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Building Cities That Work

Building Cities That Work

Author: Edmund P. Fowler
ISBN: 9780773508200
Format: Hardback
$250.80

In exploring how the built environment contributes to social problems, Fowler used Toronto as a case study, conducting...  Read More >>

Detroit: Race and Uneven Development

Detroit: Race and Uneven Development

Author: Joe Darden ,  Richard Child Hill
ISBN: 9780877227762
Format: Paperback
$84.35

Viewing the city in light of sociology, geography, history, and planning, this work examines the genesis of modern...  Read More >>

Making Equity Planning Work: Leadership in the Public Sector

Making Equity Planning Work: Leadership in the Public...

Author: Norman Krumholz ,  John Forester
ISBN: 9780877227014
Format: Paperback
$86.99

From 1969 to 1979, Cleveland's city planning staff under Norman Krumholz's leadership conducted a unique experiment...  Read More >>

Post-Industrial Philadelphia: Structural Changes in the Metropolitan Economy

Post-Industrial Philadelphia: Structural Changes in...

Author: William J. Stull ,  Janice Fanning Madden
ISBN: 9780812282184
Format: Hardback
$250.80

Through detailed analysis of changes in the quantity, quality, and location of employment for specific industries...  Read More >>

New Towns in the New World: Images and Perceptions of Nineteenth-Century Urban Frontiers

New Towns in the New World: Images and Perceptions of...

Author: David Hamer
ISBN: 9780231066204
Format: Hardback
$157.95

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Social Change and Development: Modernization, Dependency and World-System Theories

Social Change and Development: Modernization, Dependency...

Author: Alvin Y. So
ISBN: 9780803935471
Format: Paperback
$314.00

′Exceptionally useful ....So′s command of the relevant literature and ability to explain complex material ...makes...  Read More >>

Place, Policy and Politics: Do Localities Matter?

Place, Policy and Politics: Do Localities Matter?

Author: Michael Harloe ,  C.G. Pickvance
ISBN: 9780044455066
Format: Paperback
$84.00

Examines local political initiatives seeking to influence economic and social development in seven sharply contrasting...  Read More >>

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