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Representing Modern Istanbul: Urban History and International Institutions in Twentieth Century Beyoglu by Enno Maessen 9780755637508
£29.35Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul would lose its position as capital yet remain a crucial urban centre in the new Turkish republic. Since the 1950s it has undergone a metamorphosis from a mid-sized city to a megapolis. Beyoglu,... -
Urban Pest Management in Australia by Ion Staunton 9780868408941
RRP: £44.95£42.03No pest control operator in Australia should be without a copy of this book. This book has been the major reference for pest control practitioners for over 23 years. This new edition is completely updated and restructured to keep up with a continually... -
Environment and Community Empowerment by Dan A. Chekki 9780762302727
£94.70This volume presents research focusing on environmental issues, local community and global changes resulting from socioeconomic and political forces in advanced industrialized societies. Some of the changing perceptions of technology in the environmental... -
Representing Modern Istanbul: Urban History and International Institutions in Twentieth Century Beyoglu by Enno Maessen 9780755637461
RRP: £90.00£89.88Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul would lose its position as capital yet remain a crucial urban centre in the new Turkish republic. Since the 1950s it has undergone a metamorphosis from a mid-sized city to a megapolis. Beyoglu,... -
Urban Policy Problems: Federal Policy and Institutional Change by Mark S. Rosentraub 9780275921200
£83.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780275921200Author Mark S. RosentraubFormat HardbackPage Count 270Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
The Other Bostonians by Stephan Thernstrom 9780674433939
£55.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674433939Author Stephan ThernstromFormat HardbackPage Count 361Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 689g -
The Abuses of Punishment by R. Adams 9780333648469
RRP: £89.99£89.87This book argues that abusive punishments are particularly deeply rooted in authoritarian states and in some Western countries such as Britain and the USA, from which they have been exported over past centuries. The book surveys a variety of... -
Migration and Cultural Inclusion in the European City by William J. V. Neill 9780230007642
RRP: £89.99£89.87Cultural diversity and difference is increasing in European cities, driven by economic integration, migration and EU enlargement, but against a background of cultural friction. This book is concerned with how governance approaches to urban management and... -
Ordering the City: Land Use, Policing, and the Restoration of Urban America by Nicole Stelle Garnett 9780300124941
£44.98This timely and important book highlights the multiple, often overlooked, and frequently misunderstood connections between land use and development policies and policing practices. In order to do so, the book draws upon multiple literatures - especially... -
The Urbanists, 1865-1915 by Dana F. White 9780313252563
£83.64Based on a reading of almost 6,000 entries from 37 periodicals published between the years 1865 and 1900, The Urbanists offers an insightful analysis of the development of an urban frame of mind. Drawing on the writings of such major figures of... -
Urban Land Uses by Harland Bartholomew 9780674186248
RRP: £54.95£54.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674186248Author Harland BartholomewFormat HardbackPage Count 190Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 576g -
City People: The Rise of Modern City Culture in Nineteenth-Century America by Gunther Barth 9780195031942
RRP: £14.99£12.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780195031942Author Gunther BarthFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 245g -
Border Lives: Fronterizos, Transnational Migrants, and Commuters in Tijuana by Sergio Chavez 9780199380589
RRP: £30.49£28.50Although Tijuana has historically been one of the primary crossing points between Mexico and the United States for undocumented migrants, representations of the city primarily focus on its reputation for sex, drugs, and crime, excluding its significance... -
The Abuses of Punishment by R. Adams 9780312176174
RRP: £89.99£89.87This book argues that abusive punishments are particularly deeply rooted in authoritarian states and in some Western countries such as Britain and the USA, from which they have been exported over past centuries. The book surveys a variety of... -
Small Cities USA: Growth, Diversity, and Inequality by Jon Norman 9780813552781
RRP: £29.99£21.43While journalists document the decline of small-town America and scholars describe the ascent of such global cities as New York and Los Angeles, the fates of little cities remain a mystery. What about places like Providence, Rhode Island; Green Bay,... -
The Social Organisation of Death: Medical Discourse and Social Practices in Belfast by Lindsay Prior 9780333464359
RRP: £44.99£44.97A study of the way in which death is socially organized in the city of Belfast. It analyzes the responses to 415 deaths registered here in 1981, tracing the social, medical, legal, religious and political responses made to those deaths from the time... -
Urbanization in Africa: A Handbook by James D. Tarver 9780313277603
£72.57This reference work provides a summary of historical and contemporary aspects of urbanization in Africa. The volume is organized in three parts. The first part provides a historical overview of urbanization in Africa from ancient civilizations to the... -
The Urban Community: Housing and Planning in the Progressive Era by Roy Lubove 9780313227318
£65.53This book explores the aspects of American history and the process of interpreting historical evidence. Professor Lubove discusses phases of urbanization in the progressive era, the attitude toward cities, the role of government, and public and private... -
Symbols of Change: Urban Transition in a Zambian Community by Bennetta Jules-Rosette 9780893910648
£83.24Based on a four-year longitudinal study of urban adaptation in Lusaka, Zambia, this book offers both a theoretical analysis and a case study of African urbanization as a social process. The author's unique approach to this topic lies in her exploration... -
Metroburbia, USA by Paul L. Knox 9780813543574
RRP: £31.00£22.81Knox addresses key areas of concern and importance to today's urban planners and suburban residents including McMansions, traffic disasters, house design, homeowner's associations, exclusionary politics, and big box stores. Through the inclusion of... -
The New Criminology Revisited by Ian Taylor 9780333654583
RRP: £89.99£89.87In 1973 The New Criminology was published and quickly established itself as a key textbook in criminology, casting a major influence over a generation of scholars. It has remained in print ever since. This volume, published twenty-five years later,... -
Housing: Who Decides? by Peter King 9780333760079
RRP: £89.99£89.87Housing: Who Decides ? consists of a debate between a political theorist and an economist on decision-making in housing. Each author develops a normative argument linking theoretical and policy analyses to establish the abilities of the state and... -
Simmel and 'the Social' by Olli Pyyhtinen 9780230236172
RRP: £89.99£89.87This book argues for the centrality of Georg Simmel's social theory to the relational and processual emphases that are often considered as much more recent developments in social theory. Situating Simmel's work in particular with respect to New Vitalism... -
New York and Los Angeles: The Uncertain Future by David Halle 9780199778379
RRP: £47.49£33.17This book provides in-depth comparative studies of the two largest cities and metropolitan areas in the United States: New York City and Los Angeles. The chapters, written by leading experts and based upon the most current information available from the... -
Government Intervention and Suburban Sprawl: The Case for Market Urbanism by Michael Lewyn 9781349957439
£50.51This book shows how suburban sprawl is at least partially a consequence of government spending and regulation, and suggests anti-sprawl policies that can make government smaller and/or less intrusive. Thus, the book responds to the widely held view that... -
From Chicago to L.A.: Making Sense of Urban Theory by Michael Dear 9780761920953
RRP: £103.00£90.41From Chicago to L.A. critically examines some of the major precepts of what some refer to as the `Los Angeles School' of urban theory. The contributors to this book break new ground in defining an alternative agenda for urban studies. Just as the Chicago... -
A Neighborhood Politics of Last Resort: Post-Katrina New Orleans and the Right to the City: Volume 10 by Stephen Danley 9780773554894
RRP: £22.99£20.01The steep rise in neighborhood associations in post-Katrina New Orleans is commonly presented in starkly positive or negative terms - either romanticized narratives of community influence or dismissals of false consciousness and powerlessness to elite... -
Urban Neighborhoods: Research and Policy by Ralph B. Taylor 9780275920173
£83.64Those involved in urban neighborhood and community research with an applied focus will find in this volume a number of useful and practical examples of how to do it. . . . The modesty with which some of the results is presented is refreshing, and the... -
The Fate of Cities: Urban America and the Federal Government, 1945-2000 by Roger Biles 9780700617685
RRP: £59.00£39.88By the end of the twentieth century, decaying inner cities in America continued to lose ground despite the best efforts of local and federal officials. By then the investment in urban revitalization begun during the activist 1960s had become a romantic... -
Embodying Cape Town: Engaging the City through its Built Edges and Contact Zones by Shannon M. Jackson 9781137587107
£101.23This book examines the reciprocity that exists between the body and the urban built environment. It will draw on archival and ethnographic research as well as an interdisciplinary literature on cultural materialism, semiotics, and aesthetics to challenge... -
City on the Verge: Atlanta and the Fight for America's Urban Future by Mark Pendergrast 9780465054732
£37.70Atlanta is on the verge of either tremendous rebirth or inexorable decline. The perfect storm for failed American urban policies, Atlanta has the highest income inequality in the entire country; urban renewal attempts that unwittingly destroyed... -
The Culture of Property: Race, Class, and Housing Landscapes in Atlanta, 1880-1950 by LeeAnn Lands 9780820329796
RRP: £98.00£77.00This is a history of the cultural biases undergirding housing segregation. This history of the idea of 'neighborhood' in a major American city examines the transition of Atlanta, Georgia, from a place little concerned with residential segregation,... -
Urban Environments in Emerging Economies by David L. McKee 9780275949389
£83.24Those concerned with growth and development at national or local levels must pay significantly more attention to the physical structure of urban settings which house many of the leading sectors of the economies of nations. These metropolitan areas must... -
The Paradox of Urban Space: Inequality and Transformation in Marginalized Communities by S. Sutton 9780230103917
RRP: £44.99£44.97As racially-based inequalities and spatial segregation deepen, further strained by emergent problems associated with climate change, ever-widening differences between wealth and poverty, and the economic crisis, this book issues a timely call for just,... -
The Insecure City: Space, Power, and Mobility in Beirut by Kristin V. Monroe 9780813574622
RRP: £31.00£22.38Fifteen years after the end of a protracted civil and regional war, Beirut broke out in violence once again, forcing residents to contend with many forms of insecurity, amid an often violent political and economic landscape. Providing a picture of what... -
Invisible Crimes: Their Victims and their Regulation by Pamela Davies 9780333741610
RRP: £89.99£89.87Invisible Crimes is an edited volume containing a collection of articles from a distinguished panel of academics. The book explores many features of 'invisible' crimes and in doing so provides numerous examples of hidden crimes and victimisations. The... -
Criminology: Past, Present and Future: A Critical Overview by Ezzat A. Fattah 9780333683101
RRP: £46.00£45.96Written by an internationally renowned authority in the field, the founder of the highly regarded School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, the book draws heavily on research done on three Continents: North America, Europe and Australia, to trace... -
Invisible Crimes: Their Victims and their Regulation by Pamela Davies 9780333794173
RRP: £89.99£89.87Invisible Crimes is an edited volume containing a collection of articles from a distinguished panel of academics. The book explores many features of 'invisible' crimes and in doing so provides numerous examples of hidden crimes and victimisations. The... -
Ethnoburb: The New Ethnic Community in Urban America by Wei Li 9780824830656
RRP: £75.00£70.69This innovative work provides a new model for the analysis of ethnic and racial settlement patterns in the United States and Canada. Ethnoburbs - suburban ethnic clusters of residential areas and business districts in large metropolitan areas - are... -
Contemporary Women's Poetry and Urban Space: Experimental Cities by Zoe Skoulding 9780230292789
RRP: £44.99£44.97This book focuses on the role of the city, and its processes of mutual transformation, in poetry by experimental women writers. Readings of their work are placed in the context of theories of urban space, while new visions of the contemporary city and...