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  • The Harlequin Eaters

    From Food Scraps to Modernism in Nineteenth-Century France

    by Janet Beizer ...
    How representations of the preparation, sale, and consumption of leftovers in nineteenth-century urban France link socioeconomic and aesthetic historyThe concept of the “harlequin” refers to the practice of reassembling dinner scraps cleared from the plates of the wealthy to sell, replated, to the poor in nineteenth-century Paris. In The Harlequin Eaters, Janet Beizer investigates how the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • Difference and Sameness in Schools

    Perspectives from the European Anthropology of Education

    Edited by Laura Gilliam, Christa Markom ...
    Series Book 48 - EASA Series
    Presenting European Anthropology of Education through eleven studies of European schools, this volume explores the constructing and handling of difference and sameness in the central institutions of schools. Based on ethnographic studies of schools in Greece, England, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Spain, Austria, Russia, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark, it illustrates how ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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  • Routledge Companion to Creativity and the Built Environment

    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    This book crtitically examines the reciprocal relationship between creativity and the built environment and features leading voices from across the world in a debate on originating, learning, modifying, and plagiarizing creativities within the built environment.The Companion includes contributions from architecture, design, planning, construction, real estate, economics, urban studies, geography, ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

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  • Architectural Exaptation

    When Function Follows Form

    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    Architectural Exaptation: When Function Follows Form focuses on the significance and the originality of the study of exaptation. It presents exaptation as an opportunity to extend architectural design towards more sustainable approaches aimed at enforcing urban resilience.The use of exaptation’s definition in architecture supports the heuristic value of cross-disciplinary studies on biology and ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

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  • Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics

    Mental Illness and Homelessness in Los Angeles

    by Neil Gong ...
    Sociologist Neil Gong explains why mental health treatment in Los Angeles rarely succeeds, for the rich, the poor, and everyone in between.In 2022, Los Angeles became the US county with the largest population of unhoused people, drawing a stark contrast with the wealth on display in its opulent neighborhoods. In Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics, sociologist Neil Gong traces the divide ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • Urban Labyrinths

    Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America

    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    Urban Labyrinths: Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America examines intervention initiatives in informal settlements in Latin American cities as social, spatial, architectural, and cultural processes.From the mid-20th century to the present, Latin America and other regions in the Global South have experienced a remarkable demographic trend, with millions of people ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

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  • Urban Resilience

    Lessons on Urban Environmental Planning from Turkey

    Series series Emerald Points
    Advocating for the reintroduction of natural areas and biodiverse green spaces within our cities, Urban Resilience stems from the two years’ experience living and teaching ecological planning in Turkey. What is resilience? What does it mean practically to design resilient cities?Demonstrating that the expansion of the ecological footprint of urban areas is no longer sustainable, Stefano Salata ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

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  • Pavages, garages, dallages

    La rue vue de Lyon, xixe-xxe siècles

    Series series Mobilités & Sociétés
    Les rues font partie de ces paysages du quotidien tellement banals qu'ils ont peu intéressé la recherche historique. Cet ouvrage propose une histoire de la rue aux XIXe et XXe siècles, à travers ses réalités matérielles : du lampadaire à l'abribus, en passant par le pavé et le bitume des chaussées, chaque élément de la rue a sa propre histoire. Ces divers éléments, combinés de manière plus ou ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • A Paradise of Small Houses

    The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing

    by Max Podemski ...
    From the Haitian-style “shotgun” houses of the 19th century to the lavish high-rises of the 21st century, a walk through the streets of America’s neighborhoods that reveals the rich history—and future—of urban housingThe Philadelphia row house. The New York tenement. The Boston triple-decker. Every American city has its own iconic housing style, structures that have been home to generations of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Reclaiming Democracy in Cities

    Effective urban governance is essential in responding to the challenges of inequality, migration, public health, housing, security, and climate change. Reclaiming Democracy in Cities frames the city as a political actor in its own right, exploring the city’s potential to develop deliberative and participatory practices which help inform innovative democratic solutions to modern day challenges ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • How Cities Become Brands

    Developing City Brands Purposefully and Thoughtfully

    This book explores how the fragile and lengthy process of developing a city brand can be carefully managed. Necessary background information is explained, numerous experiences are reported, and targeted city branding is inspired in a variety of ways.The dream of every brand maker: to develop a city into a strong city brand - perhaps even a myth. The creation of myths remains a curiosity. Is it ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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  • Engaging Children and Young People in Planning

    A Handbook for Transformative Practice

    Engaging Children and Young People in Planning places planners’ skills for engagement with children and young people centre stage by discussing several projects delivered or supported by planning students to young people in the Northeast of England. Urban or town and country planning is a largely unfamiliar concept to children and young people. Moreover, in England, the environment in which young ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Advancing Smart Cities

    Sustainable Practices, Digital Transformation, and IoT Innovations

    Series series Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation
    This book presents a comprehensive exploration of the transformative journey toward smart cities and the implementation of cutting-edge technologies in urban development. Divided into four distinct parts, it covers a broad range of topics that contribute to sustainable, efficient, and innovative urban living. Encompassing diverse research from IEREK's Future Smart Cities (FSC) conference, it ... Read more

    $215.99 USD

  • Designed to Fail

    Why Racial Equity in School Funding Is So Hard to Achieve

    by Roseann Liu ...
    A provocative examination of how systemic racism in education funding is sustained.For people who care about urban school districts like Philadelphia’s, addressing the challenges that these schools face often boils down to the need for more money. But why are urban districts that serve Black and Brown students still so perennially underfunded compared to majority-white ones? Why is racial equity ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Long Live Queer Nightlife

    How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution

    by Amin Ghaziani ...
    It’s closing time for an alarming number of gay bars in cities around the globe—but it’s definitely not the last danceIn this exhilarating journey into underground parties, pulsating with life and limitless possibility, acclaimed author Amin Ghaziani unveils the unexpected revolution revitalizing urban nightlife.Far from the gay bar with its largely white, gay male clientele, here is a dazzling ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Urban Food Mapping

    Making Visible the Edible City

    Edited by Katrin Bohn, Mikey Tomkins ...
    With cities becoming so vast, so entangled and perhaps so critically unsustainable, there is an urgent need for clarity around the subject of how we feed ourselves as an urban species. Urban food mapping becomes the tool to investigate the spatial relationships, gaps, scales and systems that underlie and generate what, where and how we eat, highlighting current and potential ways to (re)connect ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Regional Policy in the Southern African Development Community

    Series series Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
    This book analyses regional development policy or the lack thereof in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which forms a key trading bloc on the African continent as well as the Global South. It explores the main attributes relevant to the formulation of regional policy in terms of socio-economic policies as well as spatial planning instruments. Further, it integrates macro and ... Read more

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  • Urban Narratives: Exploring Identity, Heritage, and Sustainable Development in Cities

    Series series Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation
    This book engages readers in an enlightening exploration of cities' identities, sustainability, and urban development. Delving into the intricate interplay between art, architecture, and the urban landscape, it offers a compelling analysis of the factors that shape cities and their distinct personalities. The volume uncovers captivating stories of cities as they navigate the delicate balance ... Read more

    $215.99 USD

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  • Sarajevo

    A Bosnian Kaleidoscope

    Series series Interp Culture New Millennium
    This fascinating urban anthropological analysis of Sarajevo and its cultural complexities examines contemporary issues of social divisiveness, pluralism, and intergroup dynamics in the context of national identity and state formation. Rather than seeing Bosnia-Herzegovina as a volatile postsocialist society, the book presents its capital city as a vibrant yet wounded center of multicultural ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • An End to Inequality

    Breaking Down the Walls of Apartheid Education in America

    An eloquent and passionate call for educational reparations, from the New York Times bestselling authorWhen Jonathan Kozol’s Death at an Early Age appeared in 1967, it rocked the education world. Based on the Rhodes Scholar’s first year of teaching in Boston’s Black community, the book described the abuse and neglect of children for no reason but the color of their skin. Since that National Book ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Diario de un taxista en Zaragoza

    Anécdotas de taxistas

    Se baja la bandera y se sube el telón. Todo un repaso a las anécdotas, vivencias y reflexiones acerca de lo que ocurre en el interior de un taxi, contado en primera persona por el taxista y de una forma amena, directa y concisa. Drama, humor, romance, acción y suspense, todo a pie de calle y a manos de un volante. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Creative Practice as a Way of Life

    After Barthes

    by Eddie Tay ...
    Series series Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture
    This book combines autoethnographic reflections, poetry, and photography with the aim to bridge the gap between creative practice and scholarly research. Drawing on an innovative combination of different forms of knowledge, creative writing and street photographs are presented as means to reflect on the development of knowledge and self-knowledge through a thought-provoking dialogue with Roland ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

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  • Political Engagement in Canadian City Elections

    Series series McGill-Queen's Studies in Urban Governance
    Municipal elections in Canada don’t look much like those held at the federal and provincial levels. A key difference is a significant discrepancy in voter turnout, but relatively little is known about why far fewer people vote in city elections.Voters show less interest in local government, seeing it as less influential than other levels, yet they believe their views matter more to local ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Passenger: Mediterranean

    by AA.VV. ...
    Series series The Passenger
    Fully-illustrated, The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, art and reportage from around the world.IN THIS VOLUME: The Sea Between Lands by David Abulalfia; The Liquid Road by Leïla Slimani; The Cold One, the Hot One, the Mad One, and the Angry One by Nick Hunt • plus: the sounds and smells of the Mediterranean; the ceaseless hunt for tuna; the invention of the Mediterranean die. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD