Urban

This 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674333543Author Leila Tarazi FawazFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 458g

Since Papua New Guinea's Independence in the 1970s, Port Moresby has been transformed from a colonial administrative centre to a distinctively Melanesian city. However visitors often shun the capital, their perceptions coloured by unsympathetic media...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013295515Author Pablo SendraFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

In the first substantial study of mounting urban problems in the Middle East, contributors present case studies of cities in Turkey, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Oman, Yemen, Sudan, and Iran. In particular, they address problems of urban planning and...

The very definition of punishment in America has been subject to a variety of changes, and has served as the basis for much debate over the course of America's history. In Penitentiaries, Reformatories, Chain Gangs , Mark Colvin tackles the subject of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814207901Author David HamerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University Press

The recent recession is one result of how local planning laws and practices have stifled competition, discouraged innovation, and artificially pushed up prices in America's most economically vibrant regions. Economist and consultant Claude Gruen unravels...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674497030Author Martin T KatzmanFormat HardbackPage Count 255Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 558g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814250754Author Nicholas Dagen BloomFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University Press

Must the strip mall and the eight-lane highway define 21st century American life? That is a central question posed by critics of suburban and exurban living in America. Yet despite the ubiquity of the critique, it never sticks-Americans by the scores of...

This 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333382448Author M. PikeFormat HardbackPage Count 213Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 435g

This book comprises of fourteen specially commissioned essays on the theme of drug abuse and the control of drug use in Britain. It analyses and appraises the two strands of that which has been termed the 'British system' of control, namely, prescription...

While 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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674186323Author Barbara R BermanFormat HardbackPage Count 119Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 603g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981970004Author Heidi KoleFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Bohemiantheapy Music LLCPublisher Bohemiantheapy Music LLCWeight(grams) 360g

This book analyses the social and cultural status of high streets in the age of recession and austerity. High streets are shown to have long been regarded as the heart of many communities, but have declined to a state where boarded-up and vacant retail...

Chicago is the home to the third-largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States, but scholarship on the city rarely accounts for Puerto Ricans. This book is part of a revisionary effort to include Puerto Ricans in the history of Chicago. Rua...

Written by one of this country's foremost urban historians, Downtown is the first history of what was once viewed as the heart of the American city. It tells the fascinating story of how downtown--and the way Americans thought about downtown--changed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780195018998Author Gunther BarthFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Oxford University Press IncWeight(grams) 556g

A collection of original articles from a number of the world's leading authorities on imprisonment. The aim of the book is to review the current state of imprisonment around the world and to look at possible future developments. The underlying theme of...

Just as the nation witnessed the widespread decay of urban centers, there is a mounting suburban crisis in first-tier suburbs - the early suburbs to develop in metropolitan America. These places, once the bastion of a large middle class, have matured and...

Our poorest urban neighbourhoods experience economic and social difficulties that uniquely affect the lives of those who live there. This volume examines the policies and initiatives now underway on both sides of the Atlantic to revitalize those areas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674189485Author Marc FriedFormat HardbackPage Count 419Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 767g

This landmark study examines how the residents of an affluent suburb of New York City deal with conflict in their families, neighbourhoods, and community. Drawing on research, observation, and hundreds of in-depth interviews conducted over a twelve month...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791455968Author Alexander R. ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 205Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

This volume provides extensive information on the urban experience in Latin America. Following a general overview, the work includes chapters devoted to urbanization in specific countries. Each chapter begins with an introduction providing geographic...

Offers an innovative, interdisciplinary approach which opens up new ways of understanding urban culture and space. The author approaches the city as essentially a 'material' place where people live, work, and participate in social practices within...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814250211Author Roger LaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837197210Author Ernesto M. PerniaFormat HardbackPage Count 213Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

This book is a fresh and engaging analysis of the city as a central concept in contemporary social thought. It probes the contested and negotiated ways in which cities are built, understood, lived and imagined. Taking a thematic approach and drawing on a...

Christopher Law examines every aspect of the relationship between tourism and large cities, covering such issues as why tourists visit cities, why cities want tourists, how cities make tourism happen and how tourism impacts on cities and their...

This 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,...

The modern city is the nexus of culture, politics, and art. Despite the manifold problems cities face, more and more Americans are abandoning rural areas and relocating to urban centers. By the year 2000, 4 out of 5 Americans will live within one hour of...

Fifteen 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791464595Author David P. VaradyFormat HardbackPage Count 332Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

This series aims to publish research on various dimensions of communities, with discussions of theoretical and methodological issues, and empirical research. Special focus will be on cross-cultural comparative, interdisciplinary and critical studies on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674866010Author Oscar HandlinFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 454g

This extensive review of urban policy explores the interaction of urban policy with changing perspectives on urban life and social welfare. * An extensive review of urban policy since the 1960s. * Examines a broad range of issues, such as race, economic...