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Cécile Armand
Between Public and Market

Between Public and Market: A Spatial History of Advertising in Modern Shanghai (1905-1949) unveils the silent revolution advertising brought to Shanghai's press and urban life during the pre-communist era…

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The Cambridge Urban History of Europe: Volume 3, Modern and Contemporary Europe

Volume III uncovers the radical transformations of European cities from 1850 until the twenty-first century. The volume explores how modern developments in urban environments, socio-cultural dynamics, the…

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Lei Zhang
Water Lords

Water Lords presents the untold story of drinking water and its carriers in Beijing from the imperial Qing to the Republican period. It adds an ecological perspective to existing studies by foregrounding …

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Phillip Prodger,
Mark Cohen: Trespass

This bold and vibrant volume celebrates the analog color work of one of America's greatest street photographers.Gritty and unflinching, the photographs of Mark Cohen depict raw, fragmented details of urba…

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Sven Popovich,
Last Night

"Candid and unfettered, Sven Popoviâc's Last Night is a playfully existential meditation on youth and the search for the self. Acclaimed in his native Croatia, Popoviâc's unique blend of intimacy and…

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Yishan Wang
Nature-Watching and Affective Encounters with More-Than-Human Beings in Post-Reform Beijing

This study investigates ordinary Beijingers' urban encounters with more-than-human beings through the simple yet powerful act of nature-watching (ziran guancha ¿¿¿¿)-such as bird-watching and plant observ…

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Benjamin M Schierer
Perpich

The story of Minnesota's longest-serving governor and his role in propelling the state to the global stage, woven together from interviews with influential civic leaders.Rudy Perpich was one of a kind. As…

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Anne Bertrand, Elizabeth Gand, Freya Field-Donovan, Joel Sternfeld
Helen Levitt

Published to accompany a major touring exhibition, this is the most comprehensive survey to date of the groundbreaking American photographer Helen Levitt.Over six decades, Helen Levitt (1913-2009) explore…

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Urban Agriculture in Public Space

This open access book discusses urban agriculture initiatives integrated in public space of dense inner-city neighbourhoods, thereby ensuring its accessibility for large and diverse segments of urban popu…

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Simon Baker
Issei Suda (Photofile)

An illuminating introduction to little-known photographer Issei Suda, who captured the soul of Japan old and new.The work of Issei Suda (1940-2019) is distinct in contemporary avant-garde Japanese photogr…

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Jayanta Dey,
Home in the Dark

When civility is just a mask, what happens when it slips? This collection of gripping stories pries open the cracks in urban life, revealing the chaos and cruelty beneath.Home in the Dark peels back the p…

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Ellison Tjirera
Writing Windhoek

"Small" cities have something to offer in terms of theoretical resources and re- newing our understanding of urban life. In other words, all cities do matter and are therefore worthy of drawing …

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Giselle Montgomery
The Bus Ride Ballads

In "The Bus Ride Ballads," embark on a lyrical journey that encapsulates the fleeting moments and vivid encounters of urban life. Each poem offers a window into the diverse tapestry of humanity,…

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Ends of the Global City

"Ends of the Global City offers an unsurpassed guide to the underlying causes of the urban polycrisis. The essays in the collection survey the terrain of contemporary urban life, parsing the new affe…

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Benjamin H Bradlow
Urban Power

Why some cities are more effective than others at reducing inequalities in the built environmentFor the first time in history, most people live in cities. One in seven are living in slums, the most exclud…

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Jack London
The Valley of the Moon

The Valley of the Moon is a novel by Jack London, published in 1913. It tells the story of Billy and Saxon Roberts, a working-class couple in Oakland, California, during the early 20th century. The novel …

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Damarice Amao, Duncan Forbes, Walter Moser, Audrey Sands
Lisette Model

Featuring over 200 exquisite reproductions of Model's most iconic works, this stunning volume celebrates a mid-twentieth century visionary whose photography captured the raw, dynamic spirit of urban life …

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Turu Khan
State of Dogs

In the heart of Ulaanbaatar, where the ancient winds of the steppes collide with the cold edges of urban life, State of Dogs unfolds a story unlike any other-a tale of a stray dog named Sharik who rejects…

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Giselle Montgomery
The Bus Ride Ballads

In "The Bus Ride Ballads," embark on a lyrical journey that encapsulates the fleeting moments and vivid encounters of urban life. Each poem offers a window into the diverse tapestry of humanity,…

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Alistair Swale
A Cultural History of Late Meiji Japan

Scholarship on Japan¿s development from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century has, perhaps quite understandably, been dominated by attention given to Japan¿s emergence as a world powe…

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