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Avelardo Valdez
Homeboys Forever

What is the end of the story after a lifetime in gangs?Violence, addiction, imprisonment . . . we don't have to look hard to see the negative consequences of gang involvement. But what does it look like t…

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Joe Hoover
Living Just Enough for the City

Today, most of us call the city home. The city is also the context in which we come to understand ourselves, build relationships with others, and negotiate our collective lives. Many authors have recognis…

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Richard Hodges,
The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Towns

Reconsiders the debate about the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon towns on the occasion of the centennial of Henri Pirenne's celebrated bookMedieval Cities(1925).

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William J Glover
Reformatting Agrarian Life

"Reformatting Agrarian Life presents a stealth urban history from the countryside that foregrounds the mutual entanglements of agrarian and urban expertise. Will Glover traces an essential genealogy …

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William J Glover
Reformatting Agrarian Life

"Reformatting Agrarian Life presents a stealth urban history from the countryside that foregrounds the mutual entanglements of agrarian and urban expertise. Will Glover traces an essential genealogy …

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Edward M Epstein
Race, Real Estate and Education

Philadelphia's urban renewal efforts in the 1950s, which re-envisioned the city as a residential enclave, were an early example of gentrification. In West Philadelphia in the 1960s, a coalition of univers…

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Manissa Maharawal
Anti-Eviction

A galvanizing story of how everyday people built a powerful anti-eviction movement in gentrified San Francisco.In the early 2010s, San Francisco experienced a tech boom that created both great wealth and …

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Carrie Levan
Neighborhoods Matter

The unexpected impact of neighborhood design on civic engagementParticipation in official governmental institutions and activities has declined dramatically. Americans are less inclined to express trust i…

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Katie J Wells, Kafui Attoh, Declan Cullen
Disrupting D.C.

A panoramic account of the urban politics and deep social divisions that gave rise to UberThe first city to fight back against Uber, Washington, D.C., was also the first city where such resistance was def…

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Don Gillis
The Battle for Boston

How Mayor Ray Flynn's leadership and a coalition of activists transformed Boston, challenging established powers and setting new precedents for urban governance The Battle for Boston captures the remarkab…

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Harold Kalman
Eric Arthur

Eric Arthur (1898--1982) was a transformative figure in Canadian architecture. His many contributions extended across design, teaching, preservation, urban planning, criticism, and architectural history. …

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Pe Moskowitz
How to Kill a City

"An exacting look at gentrification" (New York Times Book Review)---and the lives devastated in the processThe term gentrification has become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighbor…

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Sharon Cornelissen
The Last House on the Block

"In the minds of many, Detroit is undergoing a renaissance. From mid-50s boom to bankruptcy bust, it is once again calling to urbanites with the promise of cheap housing and thriving culture; indeed,…

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Ned Resnikoff
Build or Die

From a leading voice of the pro-housing movement comes a blueprint for revitalizing America's major citiesCities like New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are in crisis. Chronic housing shortages are …

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Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo
Walking a City's History

Take a street-level tour of Mexico's capital and learn how one of the world's most extraordinary cities has transformed over the centuries.Walking a City's History is both a richly documented panoramic vi…

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Carlin D Nelson
Under The Skin, Above The Pavement

What happens when inequality doesn't just shape opportunity, but gets under the skin?This book examines how urban environments, structural racism, masculinity, and chronic stress converge to shape the hea…

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Marc Fryt
The Guide to Urban Fly Fishing

A one-of-a-kind guide that reveals the accessibility, affordability, community, and unique adventures that urban waters offer.While city dwellers often turn to hiking, biking, or simply enjoying a local p…

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Michael Zank,
Jerusalem

В своем исследовании Михаил Цанк показывает, как иудейские, христианские и исламские писания придают провиденциальное значение судьбе города и как современный Иерусалим терзают волны библейских фантазий, …

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Nicole C Bourbonnais
The Gospel of Family Planning

"Over the course of the twentieth century, family planning took the world by storm. Starting in the 1930s, activists, international aid organizations, and government agencies embraced the notion that…

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Tanzil Shafique
City of Desire

In this major open access contribution to Global South urban studies, Tanzil Shafique offers a new way of knowing and engaging with the most common urban environment in the Global South - informal settlem…

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