Urban Studies
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Building Chicago: Suburban Developers and the Creation of a Divided Metropolis
by Ann Durkin Keating  Publisher Comments An in-depth account of the birth and growth of Chicago's suburbs and the governments that developed to service them....
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Suburbs Under Siege: Race, Space, and Audacious Judges
by Charles M Haar Publisher Comments In Suburbs under Siege Charles Haar argues passionately that all people--rich or poor, black or white--have a constitutional right to live in the suburbs and that a socially responsible judiciary should vigorously uphold that right. For various reasons...
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Splintering Urbanism: Networked Infrastructures, Technological Mobilities and the Urban Condition
by Stephen Graham Publisher Comments This work offers a path-breaking analysis of the nature of the urban condition at the start of the new millennium. Adopting a global and interdisciplinary perspective, it reveals how new technologies and increasingly privatised systems of infrastructure...
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Postcolonial Urbanism: Southeast Asian Cities and Global Processes
by John Phillips Publisher Comments A common assumption about cities throughout the world is tht they are essentially an elaboration of the Euro-American model. "Postcolonial Urbanism" demonstrates the narrowness of this vision. Cities in the postcolonial world, the book shows, are...
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New Urban Paradigm
by Joe R Feagin Publisher Comments In this book, Joe R. Feagin assesses urban questions from the new urban sociology perspective that has developed since the 1980s. One of the leading figures in this tradition of thought, Feagin places class and racial domination at the heart of the...
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The Politics of Housing: Power, Consumers and Urban Culture
by Peter Shapely Publisher Comments Exploring the politics of housing during 1890-1990, The Politics of Housing examines the interaction of national and local politics and key issues such as civic culture, key local players, local discourse, and geographical and demographic problems. It...
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Theatre of Urban : Youth and Schooling in Dangerous Times (07 Edition)
by Kathleen Gallagher Book News Annotation Classrooms reflect the drama about them, and in an urban setting there are plenty of dramas from which to choose. Add to this the drama inherent in being of secondary school age in North America and the mix is volatile indeed. Gallaher (education, U...
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Community Power Structure: A Study of Decision Makers
by Floyd Hunter Publisher Comments In this study of busy, complex Regional City--and it is a real city--the author has analyzed the power structure from top to bottom. He has searched out the men of power and, under fictitious names, has described them as they initiate policies in their...
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Forging a More Perfect Union: For a Grand Harmony of Cities, Democracy, Ecology
by Kenneth R Schneider Publisher Comments Cities today are the weakest link of both democracy and modern affluence. Their explosive sprawl wastes land that promotes both urban social crises and environmental decay through mass auto movement on outrageously costly freeways--contradicting the...
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On the Nature of Cities: Toward Enduring and Creative Human Environments
by Kenneth R. Schneider Publisher Comments Kenneth Schneider's achievement . . . is to have written a highly intelligent book that is at the same time both stimulating and readable---a rare occurrence. Overall, this is one of the most thought-provoking books that I have read on our modern...
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Settlement Houses Under Siege (02 Edition)
by Fabricant Publisher Comments This book focuses on the externally driven difficulties of service workers and agencies in shaping services -- such as the consequences of recent conservative social policies on agency life and the way in which the present political environment...
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Urbanisation: Changing Environments (UK Edition)
by David Flint Synopsis An updated and expanded edition of the text on urbanization for the A Level Geography specification. It covers: urbanization; historical perspective of the growth of cities; urban settlement patterns; the internal structure of cities; and the latest...
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Urban America : Process and Problems (00 Edition)
by John M. Levy Publisher Comments Refreshingly unbiased, this comprehensive, multi-perspective study on urban America provides an historic overview of the field, emphasizes economic, financial, political, and administrative considerations, and explores some of today's most critical urban...
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From Warfare To Welfare : Defense Intellectuals and Urban Problems in Cold War America (03 Edition)
by Jennifer Light Publisher Comments During the early decades of the cold war, large-scale investments in American defense and aerospace research and development spawned a variety of problem-solving techniques, technologies, and institutions. From systems analysis to reconnaissance...
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Living in a City (Communities)
by Lisa Trumbauer Publisher Comments Pebble Books Features<BR>- Full-color photographs<BR>- Table of contents, glossary, bibliography, index/word list<BR>- Reinforced library binding<BR>- 24 pages, size: 6" x 7"<BR>- Close photo-text matches<BR>- Extended...
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Contested Space
by Alison (edt) Brown Publisher Comments The importance of public space in supporting city economies and in contributing to poverty reduction is rarely recognized. Instead, public space is more often an arena for contest--between municipal governments or other vested interests, and street...
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Cities, Politics, and Policy
by John P. (edt) Pelissero Book News Annotation Intended as an introduction to the field of urban politics in the United States, this volume addresses major topics of urban research using systems analysis, including political participation, power, urban government institutions, and public policy...
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Imagining the Modern City
by James Donald Publisher Comments Paris, Berlin, London, Singapore, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles -- these define "the city" in the world's consciousness. James Donald takes us on a psychic journey to these places that have inspired artists, writers, architects, and filmmakers for...
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The Millennial City: A New Urban Paradigm for 21st-Century America
by Myron Magnet Publisher Comments A penetrating collection of articles drawn from the pages of City Journal, the quarterly magazine that has established a reputation for groundbreaking analytical reports on the urban scene....
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Urban Lawyers (05 Edition)
by John P. Heinz Publisher Comments Over the past several decades, the number of lawyers in large cities has doubled, women have entered the bar at an unprecedented rate, and the scale of firms has greatly expanded. This immense growth has transformed the nature and social structure of the...
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