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The Americas

Paperback. Presents a chronological and topical description of the founding and growth of cities in the United States, from the first European settlements until 1920, addressing the economic, social, and political aspects of urban development. This book is useful for undergraduates enrolled in American history survey courses. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Krieger Publishing Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575241654
ISBN
9781575241654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.03

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560725251
ISBN
9781560725251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.69
€ 61.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 120 colour. BIC Classification: 1KJH; AJC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 279 x 12. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Interlink Pub Group
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955603
ISBN
9781904955603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.93

Hardback. Speaking to the ongoing debate over the development of urban space and culture, this book demonstrates the centrality of the physical and social being of cities to American literature and other arts in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 324 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726450
ISBN
9780804726450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFR; JFSG; KCU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 150. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837631111
ISBN
9783837631111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.52
€ 42.56

Hardcover. This book focuses on how the political, cultural, and technical networks within the field of engineering provided the space within which an important professional middle class prospered in the city of Sao Paulo and made lasting contributions to the development of modern Brazil. Num Pages: 287 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTB; JFSG; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230103023
ISBN
9780230103023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Hardback. Urban Schools: Crisis and Revolution describes America's inner-city public schools and the failure of most to provide even a minimally adequate education for their students. With numerous examples, James Deneen and Carm Catanese argue that these failures are preventable. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610480864
ISBN
9781610480864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFR; KJMV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 204 x 11. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Urban Land Institute
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874203585
ISBN
9780874203585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.79

Paperback. Breaking with the exoticizing cast of public discourse and conventional research, Urban Outcasts takes the reader inside the black ghetto of Chicago and the deindustrializing banlieue of Paris to discover that urban marginality is not everywhere the same. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745631257
ISBN
9780745631257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226289014
ISBN
9780226289014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Paperback. The story of crippling overdevelopment in Mexico's economic and social center Num Pages: 422 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566391511
ISBN
9781566391511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.07

Hardback. The turn of the century has been a moment of rapid urbanization. Much of this urban growth is taking place in the cities of the developing world and much of it in informal settlements. This book presents cutting-edge research from various world regions to demonstrate how these trends make new forms of social and political power possible. Editor(s): Roy, Ananya; AlSayyad, Nezar. Series: Transnational Perspectives on Space and Place. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FM; 1KL; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739107409
ISBN
9780739107409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.77

Hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3J; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796118
ISBN
9780804796118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.97

Paperback. Urban girls are marginalized by poverty, ethnic discrimination, and stereotypes suggesting that they have deficits compared to their peers. This book explores the diversity of urban adolescent girls' development and the sources of support and resilience that help them to build the foundations of strength that they need as they enter adulthood. Editor(s): Leadbeater, Bonnie J. Ross; Way, Niobe. Num Pages: 381 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JFSJ1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814752135
ISBN
9780814752135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. Utilizing an ethnographic study of a public university and its users, Cicalo analyzes the practical and symbolic potential that affirmative action has to redress historically-produced and territorialized inequalities in the urban space. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFSL3; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230338524
ISBN
9780230338524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Paperback. The mere notion of examining local elections in Latin America would have produced a puzzled look and a simple question: Why? Editor(s): Dietz, Henry A.; Shidlo, Gil. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 298 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842026284
ISBN
9780842026284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.71

Hardcover. Identifying an apprehension about the nature and constitution of urbanism in North American plays, Westgate examines how cities like New York City and Los Angeles became focal points for identity politics and social justice at the end of the twentieth century, and how urban crises inform the dramaturgy of contemporary playwrights. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; DSG; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230114531
ISBN
9780230114531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.46
€ 47.09

Paperback. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Haymarket bombing of 1886, and the making and unmaking of the model town of Pullman are remarkable events. This book explores the imaginative dimensions of these events and traces the evolution of interconnected beliefs and actions that increasingly linked city, disorder, and social reality in minds of Americans. Num Pages: 403 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226764245
ISBN
9780226764245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; WBN; WJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 216. .
Publisher
Lone Star Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493025619
ISBN
9781493025619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.93

Paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226322674
ISBN
9780226322674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.27

Hardcover. Focuses on the rise of New York as both a metropolis and a food capital, opening a new window onto the intersection of the cultural, social, political, and economic transformations of the nineteenth century. This book offers accounts of public markets and private food shops; and cake and coffee shops. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 31 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226128757
ISBN
9780226128757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.17
€ 79.41

Hardback. Editor(s): Mathers, Cliff. Num Pages: 131 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634634892
ISBN
9781634634892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.09
€ 133.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448522
ISBN
9780801448522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.77

Hardback. As HIV/AIDS wreaked havoc on the worlds of some of the most marginal and disenfranchised people in New York, they came together to create a shared response, forming an organizational field within which their various efforts were coordinated. This work offers a study of how communities organize in response to threats to their lives and well being. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JKS; MJCJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742540835
ISBN
9780742540835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.64

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