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  • "No One Helped"

    Kitty Genovese, New York City, and the Myth of Urban Apathy

    In "No One Helped" Marcia M. Gallo examines one of America’s most infamous true-crime stories: the 1964 rape and murder of Catherine "Kitty" Genovese in a middle-class neighborhood of Queens, New York. Front-page reports in the New York Times incorrectly identified thirty-eight indifferent witnesses to the crime, fueling fears of apathy and urban decay. Genovese’s life, including her lesbian ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • "They Are Rioting in Sanctuary Cities!"

    Countering the Emerging Anti-Sanctuary Movement

    While the concept of cities and places of refuge, or sanctuary cities, is as ancient as history itself, the past few years has given rapid rise to a new, related phenomenon in the U.S.: the anti-sanctuary city movement. As of 2018, over 500 U.S. municipalities and several states have adopted anti-sanctuary city policies.How do we explain the rapid rise of this movement?This book examines the ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • "Und das ungeheure Bild der Landschaft…“

    The Genesis of Landscape Understanding in the German-speaking Regions

    Series series RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft
    The understanding of landscape in the German-speaking area has some similarities with the discussions of the topic in other European languages and scientific communities, but there are some specifics. These specifics can be found both in the common sense understanding of landscape and in the history of scientific conceptualization. Special features of the common sense understanding lie on the one ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • #BlackInSchool

    A young Black woman documents the systemic racism in her high school diary and calls for justice and educational reform.The prevalence of anti-Black racism and its many faces, from racial profiling to police brutality, in North America is indisputable. How do we stop racist ideas and violence if the very foundation of our society is built upon white supremacy? How do we end systemic racism if the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • #QNPV  - Quartiers non prioritaires de la politique de la ville

    Series series Essai
    Plus de dix ans après la publication de mon premier livre « Flic d’élite dans les cités », l’idée, bientôt devenue un besoin, d’écrire ce nouvel ouvrage a émergé de mes constats en tant que président-fondateur de l’association Raid Aventure, sur la dégradation constante des relations entre les jeunes issus des quartiers populaires et la police, qui m’est apparue assez rapidement comme le symptôme ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • 'City of the Future'

    Built Space, Modernity and Urban Change in Astana

    Series Book 14 - Integration and Conflict Studies
    Astana, the capital city of the post-Soviet Kazakhstan, has often been admired for the design and planning of its futuristic cityscape. This anthropological study of the development of the city focuses on every-day practices, official ideologies and representations alongside the memories and dreams of the city’s longstanding residents and recent migrants. Critically examining a range of approaches ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • 'Difficult Heritage' in Nation Building

    South Korea and Post-Conflict Japanese Colonial Occupation Architecture

    Series series Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict
    This book explores South Korean responses to the architecture of the Japanese colonial occupation of Korea and the ways that architecture illustrates the relationship between difficult heritage and the formation of national identity. Detailing the specific case of Seoul, Hyun Kyung Lee investigates how buildings are selectively destroyed, preserved, or reconstructed in order to either establish or ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • 'Race', Culture and the Right to the City

    Centres, Peripheries, Margins

    Adopting a perspective inspired by Henri Lefebvre, this book considers the spread of multiculture from the central city to the periphery and considers the role that 'race' continues to play in structuring the metropolis, taking London, New York and Paris as examples. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • 'Race,’ Space and Multiculturalism in Northern England

    The (M62) Corridor of Uncertainty

    Series series Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series
    This book challenges the narrative of Northern England as a failed space of multiculturalism, drawing on a historically-contextualised discussion of ethnic relations to argue that multiculturalism has been more successful and locally situated than these assumptions allow.The authors examine the interplay between ‘race’, space and place to analyse how profound economic change, the evolving nature ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • (Re)Discovering Proximity

    Generating New Urbanity—An Action Research for Milan

    Series series SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
    This book explores the topic of proximity and its relations in the design of contemporary urban fabrics and public spaces. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and reflections on the future of cities have lately shed light on the concept of proximity, which is intended as the relationship between communities and urban functions and as relations among people, built spaces, and open spaces. The ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • (Re)Generating Inclusive Cities

    Poverty and Planning in Urban North America

    As suburban expansion declines, cities have become essential economic, cultural and social hubs of global connectivity. This book is about urban revitalization across North America, in cities including San Francisco, Toronto, Boston, Vancouver, New York and Seattle. Infrastructure projects including the High Line and Big Dig are explored alongside urban neighborhood creation and regeneration ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • (Re-) Konstruktion von lokaler Urbanität

    Die städtische Lebensweise ist für unseren Alltag längst selbstverständlich. Und sie ist – weltweit – hoch attraktiv. Studierende, Singles, junge Familien, Geflüchtete, Menschen jeder Altersgruppe und jeglicher Herkunft wollen urban leben. Die städtische Lebensweise hat sich zu einer Lebenskonstruktion, zu einem Urbanitätsnarrativ entwickelt, aufgeladen mit Erwartungen für ein besseres Leben, mehr ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • (Sub)Urban Sexscapes

    Geographies and Regulation of the Sex Industry

    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    (Sub)Urban Sexscapes brings together a collection of theoretically-informed and empirically rich case studies from internationally renowned and emerging scholars highlighting the contemporary and historical geographies and regulation of the commercial sex industry. Contributions in this edited volume examine the spatial and regulatory contours of the sex industry from a range of disciplinary ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • (Un)Settled Sojourners in Cities

    Challenges of “Temporariness” among Migrants and Asylum Seekers

    Edited by Elizabeth Chacko, Marie Price ...
    Series series Research in Ethnic and Migration Studies
    Temporary migration is a human response to uncertain economic, ecological, political and socio-cultural environments. This book provides an important contribution to the literature on the rights, lived experiences and trajectories of temporary migrants. It focuses on the precarity of temporary migrants at different scales in urban settings, varying from the household, institution, and ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • (Under)Represented Latin@s in STEM

    Increasing Participation Throughout Education and the Workplace

    Series Book 19 - Critical Studies of Latinxs in the Americas
    (Under)Represented Latin@s in STEM: Increasing Participation Throughout Education and the Workplace presents a critical investigation into Latin@ underrepresentation in STEM throughout the education pipeline and workforce. (Under)Represented Latin@s in STEM highlights nationally relevant research related to the creation of opportunities for Latin@ students in STEM and the ways in which these ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • 100 historier fra Frederiksberg

    by Nikolaj Bøgh ...
    Fortællingerne om 100 af de mest interessante bygninger, monumenter, statuer og steder af særlig betydning for Frederiksbergs historie. Om Frederiksberg Have, Bakkehuset, K.B. Hallen, teatre, kirkegårde, gadebelysning, lindetræer, bænke og meget mere.Siden 2016 har forfatter og politiker Nikolaj Bøgh jævnligt skrevet historiske klummer for Lokalavisen Frederiksberg og Frederiksberg Bladet. I denne ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • 100 Per Cent Renewable

    Energy Autonomy in Action

    Edited by Peter Droege ...
    The greatest challenge of our time is to build a world based on the sustainable use of renewable power. Our massive dependence on fossil fuels has upset the very climatic system that made human evolution possible. The global economy and its financial system are in jeopardy, running hot on overtly cheap yet increasingly costly and fast depleting oil. A 100% renewable world is seen by many as an ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • 2,000 Years of Manchester

    by Kathryn Coase ...
    An enlightening and entertaining portrait of the English city’s history, legends, and lore, including photos and quotations: “Excellent.” —NB MagazineThis is not a chronological history of Manchester filled with names and dates and figures. Rather, it is an eclectic mix of fact, fiction, legend, and myth that presents the history of Manchester from its beginnings as a Roman settlement, then as an ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 2018 State of Black Louisville

    The State of Black Louisville report is a collection of essays from engaged community members around Louisville, Kentucky. The report depicts how African Americans in Louisville are doing. The report is packed with data, reflective commentary, and insightful analysis from leading figures and field experts. The State of Black Louisville is a road-map to address longstanding inequities and, more ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • 2020

    One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed

    **A meticulously reported, character-driven, unforgettable investigation of a time when nothing was certain and everything was at stake, by the acclaimed sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg“A gripping, deeply moving account of a signal year in modern history, told through the stories of seven ordinary people. Klinenberg’s narrative shows how the legacy of that year continues to ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • 2020 Ferrara città d'arte. Virtuale o Reale?

    libri Asino Rosso

    *Interviste a cura di R. Guerra a: Carlo Andreoli (Alo), Lorenzo Barbieri, Pier Francesco Betteloni, Bruno Corticelli, Marcello Darbo, Federico Felloni, Zairo Ferrante, Claudio Fochi, Sylvia Forty, Raimondo Galante, Maurizio Ganzaroli, Sergio Gessi, Sergio GnudI, Davide Grandi, Luca Grigoli, Pier Luigi Guerrini, Pasquale Nappi, Maria Letizia Paiato, Rita Pasqualini, Alfredo Pini, Claudio Pisapia, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 2084

    Eine Zeitreise durch den Klimawandel. Mit einem Vorwort von Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker

    Das Jahr 2019 war das wärmste seit Beginn der Wetteraufzeichnung. Noch nie in der Geschichte der Menschheit sind Klimaschwankungen so rapide abgelaufen. In welcher Welt werden wir in Zukunft leben? Der renommierte Wissenschaftler James Powell nimmt uns mit auf eine Zeitreise durch den Klimawandel: Die Alpen schneefrei, Australien, Spanien und weite Teile der USA verwüstet und verbrannt, westliche ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • 24-Hour Cities

    Real Investment Performance, Not Just Promises

    by Hugh F. Kelly ...
    Winner of the Gold Award in the Tenth Annual Robert Bruss Real Estate Book Competition24 Hour Cities is the very first full length book about America’s cities that never sleep. Over the last fifty years, the nation’s top live-work-play cities have proven themselves more than just vibrant urban environments for the elite. They are attracting a cross-section of the population from across the U.S. ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • 365 Reasons to be Proud to be a Londoner

    London – one of the world's most exciting cities. Teeming with life, bursting with history, it houses over 8 million people, and has thousands of stories to tell.365 Reasons to be Proud to be a Londoner is a quirky, fun exploration of the people and events that make London so special, with an entry for every day of the year. From the building of London's frankly awe-inspiring sewer system to the ... Read more

    $2.49 USD $0.99 USD