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Lost Words and Lost Worlds
Modernity and the Language of Everyday Life in Late Nineteenth-Century Stockholm
Av Allan Pred, Brian Robson m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
653 kr
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The last quarter of the nineteenth century was the most dramatic era in the social and spatial transformation of Stockholm. During this time large-scale manufacturing industry rose and eclipsed small-scale artisan sectors of production; the city's population virtually doubled and there was a rapid …
The Mediterranean City in Transition
Social Change and Urban Development
Av Lila Leontidou, Brian Robson m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
976 kr
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Postwar capitalist development has involved a transition from polarization toward diffuse urbanization and flexibility. The timing and form of this transition and its effects on spatial structures have varied, as is especially evident in the case of Mediterranean Europe. Focusing upon Greater …
Unions and Communities under Siege
American Communities and the Crisis of Organized Labor
Av Gordon L. Clark, Brian Robson
Häftad, 2006
716 kr
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The essential argument of this book is that the current crisis of US unions ought to be considered in terms of the local context of labor-management relations; that is, the communities in which men and women live and work. Whether by design or necessity, the structure of New Deal national labor …
Islands, Islanders and the World
The Colonial and Post-colonial Experience of Eastern Fiji
Av Tim Bayliss-Smith, Richard Bedford m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
764 kr
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Fiji is a country whose recent political instability can be directly traced to its distinctive colonial and post-colonial experience. For one particular region of Fiji the authors examine the environmental, social and economic aspects of this experience, at scales ranging from national and regional …
Property Companies and the Construction Industry in Britain
Av Hedley Smyth
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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This book was the first detailed and systematic account of the property and construction sectors of the British economy. Developing out of a materialist theoretical perspective, Dr Smyth provides an alternative explanation of the different characteristics of the two sectors and rejects traditional …
Phenomenology, Science and Geography
Spatiality and the Human Sciences
Av John Pickles
Häftad, 2009
557 kr
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A work of outstanding originality and importance, which will become a cornerstone in the philosophy of geography, this book asks: What is human science? Is a truly human science of geography possible? What notions of spatiality adequately describe human spatial experience and behaviour? It sets out …
Land Use Planning and the Mediation of Urban Change
The British Planning System in Practice
Av Patsy Healey, Paul McNamara m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
650 kr
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This book, originally published in 1988, provides an account of an analysis of British planning in practice, as observed through empirical research including a range of case studies. It shows how the procedures of the system have been used in the political processes through which policies come to …
Islands, Islanders and the World
The Colonial and Post-colonial Experience of Eastern Fiji
Av Tim Bayliss-Smith, Richard Bedford m. fl.
Inbunden, 1989
1928 kr
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Fiji is a country whose recent political instability can be directly traced to its distinctive colonial and post-colonial experience. For one particular region of Fiji the authors examine the environmental, social and economic aspects of this experience, at scales ranging from national and regional …
Crime, Space and Society
Häftad, 2010
569 kr
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This 1986 book offered the first detailed analysis of relationships between crime and social trends in Britain. It is innovative in focusing on the victims of crime, fear and anxiety, as well as on individual and institutional reactions to crime - an emphasis that complements the more usual focus …
The Mediterranean City in Transition
Social Change and Urban Development
Av Lila Leontidou, Brian Robson
Inbunden, 1990
2012 kr
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Postwar capitalist development has involved a transition from polarization toward diffuse urbanization and flexibility. The timing and form of this transition and its effects on spatial structures have varied, as is especially evident in the case of Mediterranean Europe. Focusing upon Greater …
Unions and Communities under Siege
American Communities and the Crisis of Organized Labor
Inbunden, 1989
1872 kr
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The essential argument of this book is that the current crisis of US unions ought to be considered in terms of the local context of labor-management relations; that is, the communities in which men and women live and work. Whether by design or necessity, the structure of New Deal national labor …
The City as Text
The Politics of Landscape Interpretation in the Kandyan Kingdom
Av James S. Duncan, Brian Robson m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
797 kr
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In this book James Duncan convincingly argues that landscapes are not only culturally produced, but that they also influence governing ideas of political and religious life. He analyzes this dialectic relationship between landscape and the pursuit of power in the royal capital of Kandy in the …
Landlords and Property
Social Relations in the Private Rented Sector
Häftad, 2005
601 kr
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The issue of private landlordism in Britain touches a raw political nerve. There is no shortage of prescription as to what should be done with the rented housing market and private landlords. Yet surprisingly little is known about the structure and diversity of private landlordism and the variety …
