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23 produkter
Critical Rural Theory
Structure, Space, Culture
Av Alexander R. Thomas, Brian Lowe m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
881 kr
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Critical Rural Theory provides an exploratory foundation for anyone interested in examining the hegemonic power of urbanization and its impacts on rural people and places. This book is without parallel in the rural sociological literature for its commitment to uncovering the power of culture in …
Evolution of the Ancient City
Urban Theory and the Archaeology of the Fertile Crescent
Inbunden, 2010
1462 kr
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Urban theory and archaeology merge to create a readable discussion of how ancient cities came to be. Although many consider our modern social ills to be the consequence of Capitalism, many urban problems are traceable to pre-Capitalist times and thus are more related to Urbanization. Ancient cities …
Evolution of the Ancient City
Urban Theory and the Archaeology of the Fertile Crescent
Häftad, 2012
633 kr
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Urban theory and archaeology merge to create a readable discussion of how ancient cities came to be. Although many consider our modern social ills to be the consequence of Capitalism, many urban problems are traceable to pre-Capitalist times and thus are more related to Urbanization. Ancient cities …
Studies in Urbanormativity
Rural Community in Urban Society
Av Gregory M. Fulkerson, Alexander R. Thomas
Inbunden, 2013
1561 kr
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The world has been witnessing a long unfolding process of urbanization that not only has altered the structural basis of society in terms of political economy, but has also symbolically relegated rural people and life to a secondary or deviant status through an ideology of urbanormativity. Both …
Gilboa
New York's Quest for Water and the Destruction of a Small Town
Häftad, 2005
735 kr
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On the night of October 18, 1925, fire raged through the downtown area of the tiny Catskill Mountain Village of Gilboa, New York. Firefighters came from miles around to fight the inferno while tourists sat on the hilltops to watch the show. In the end, 18 buildings lay in smoldering ruins. Yet, …
Upstate Down
Thinking about New York and its Discontents
Av Alexander R. Thomas, Polly J. Smith
Häftad, 2009
530 kr
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Upstate New York is in a malaise. This husband and wife team of sociologists, Alexander Thomas and Polly Smith, wanted to know why. They take the reader on a tour of New York in order to diagnose the problems affecting the state and what can be done to address the issues. New York was built on the …
In Gotham's Shadow
Globalization and Community Change in Central New York
Häftad, 2003
463 kr
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Examines the effects of globalization on three New York communities—Utica, Cooperstown, and Hartwick.In what may be the first explicitly comparative study of the effects of globalization on metropolitan and rural communities, In Gotham's Shadow examines how three central New York communities …
Cities, Change, and Conflict
A Political Economy of Urban Life
Av Gregory Fulkerson, Alexander R. Thomas m. fl.
E-bok, 2024
1368 kr
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Cities, Change, and Conflict was one of the first texts to embrace the perspective of political economy as its main explanatory framework, and then complement it with the rich contributions of human ecology as well as perspectives derived from critical approaches to social theory. Although its …
Cities, Change, and Conflict
A Political Economy of Urban Life
Av Gregory Fulkerson, Alexander R. Thomas m. fl.
E-bok, 2024
1325 kr
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Cities, Change, and Conflict was one of the first texts to embrace the perspective of political economy as its main explanatory framework, and then complement it with the rich contributions of human ecology as well as perspectives derived from critical approaches to social theory. Although its …
Cities, Change, and Conflict
A Political Economy of Urban Life
Av Nancy Kleniewski, Alexander R. Thomas m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
2264 kr
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Cities, Change, and Conflict was one of the first texts to embrace the perspective of political economy as its main explanatory framework, and then complement it with the rich contributions of human ecology as well as perspectives derived from critical approaches to social theory. Although its …
Cities, Change, and Conflict
A Political Economy of Urban Life
Av Nancy Kleniewski, Alexander R. Thomas m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
1157 kr
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Cities, Change, and Conflict was one of the first texts to embrace the perspective of political economy as its main explanatory framework, and then complement it with the rich contributions of human ecology as well as perspectives derived from critical approaches to social theory. Although its …
Cities, Change, and Conflict
A Political Economy of Urban Life
Av Nancy Kleniewski, Alexander R. Thomas
Inbunden, 2019
2686 kr
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Cities, Change, and Conflict was one of the first texts to embrace the perspective of political economy as its main explanatory framework, and then complement it with the rich contributions found in the human ecology perspective. Although its primary focus is on North American cities, the book …
Cities, Change, and Conflict
A Political Economy of Urban Life
Av Nancy Kleniewski, Alexander R. Thomas
Häftad, 2019
1170 kr
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Cities, Change, and Conflict was one of the first texts to embrace the perspective of political economy as its main explanatory framework, and then complement it with the rich contributions found in the human ecology perspective. Although its primary focus is on North American cities, the book …
Reimagining Rural
Urbanormative Portrayals of Rural Life
Av Gregory M. Fulkerson, Alexander R. Thomas
Häftad, 2019
531 kr
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Reimagining Rural: Urbanormative Portrayals of Rural Life examines the ways in which rural people and places are being portrayed by popular television, reality television, film, literature, and news media in the United States. It is also an examination of the social processes that reinforce …
Reinventing Rural
New Realities in an Urbanizing World
Av Alexander R. Thomas, Gregory M. Fulkerson
Inbunden, 2016
1283 kr
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Reinventing Rural is a collection of original research papers that examine the ways in which rural people and places are changing in the context of an urbanizing world. This includes exploring the role of the environment, the economy, and related issues such as tourism. While traditionally relying …
Reinventing Rural
New Realities in an Urbanizing World
Av Alexander R. Thomas, Gregory M. Fulkerson
Häftad, 2018
631 kr
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Reinventing Rural is a collection of original research papers that examine the ways in which rural people and places are changing in the context of an urbanizing world. This includes exploring the role of the environment, the economy, and related issues such as tourism. While traditionally relying …
Urbanormativity
Reality, Representation, and Everyday Life
Av Gregory M. Fulkerson, Alexander R. Thomas
Inbunden, 2019
1212 kr
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This book investigates urbanormativity—a concept that privileges urban normalcy and desirability over rural deviance and undesirability. The “reality” section outlines its foundations—urbanization, urban-rural systems, and urban dependency. The “representation” section explores urbanormative …
Urbanormativity
Reality, Representation, and Everyday Life
Av Gregory M. Fulkerson, Alexander R. Thomas
Häftad, 2022
517 kr
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This book investigates urbanormativity—a concept that privileges urban normalcy and desirability over rural deviance and undesirability. The “reality” section outlines its foundations—urbanization, urban-rural systems, and urban dependency. The “representation” section explores urbanormative …
Inequality at the Urban–Rural Nexus
Av Alexander R. Thomas, Gregory M. Fulkerson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1141 kr
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This book examines the systemic and structural nature of social inequalities, focusing on how the urban–rural divide intersects with race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality to shape identities and access to opportunities.It offers valuable insights for sociologists and scholars of inequality …
Urban Dependency
The Inescapable Reality of the Energy Economy
Av Gregory M. Fulkerson, Alexander R. Thomas
Inbunden, 2020
1283 kr
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Urban Dependency investigates the risks of urban populations that cannot survive without the massive consumption of basic rural products like food, textiles, fossil fuels, and other energy-rich goods that are harvested by a shrinking rural base. Thomas and Fulkerson argue that though essential, …
City and Country
The Historical Evolution of Urban-Rural Systems
Av Alexander R. Thomas, Gregory M. Fulkerson
Inbunden, 2021
1759 kr
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City and Country: The Historical Evolution of Urban-Rural Systems begins with a simple assumption: every human requires, on average, two-thousand calories per day to stay alive. Tracing the ramifications of this insight leads to the caloric well: the caloric demand at one point in the environment. …
City and Country
The Historical Evolution of Urban-Rural Systems
Av Alexander R. Thomas, Gregory M. Fulkerson
Häftad, 2023
547 kr
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City and Country: The Historical Evolution of Urban-Rural Systems begins with a simple assumption: every human requires, on average, two-thousand calories per day to stay alive. Tracing the ramifications of this insight leads to the caloric well: the caloric demand at one point in the environment. …
Inequality at the Urban–Rural Nexus
Av Alexander R. Thomas, Gregory M. Fulkerson m. fl.
E-bok, 2025
1247 kr
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This book examines the systemic and structural nature of social inequalities, focusing on how the urban-rural divide intersects with race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality to shape identities and access to opportunities.It offers valuable insights for sociologists and scholars of inequality …
