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Territories of Poverty
Rethinking North and South
Av Ananya Roy, Emma Shaw Crane
Häftad, 2015
512 kr
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Territories of Poverty challenges the conventional North-South geographies through which poverty scholarship is organized. Staging theoretical interventions that traverse social histories of the American welfare state and critical ethnographies of international development regimes, these essays …
Social Justice and the City
Av David Harvey
Häftad, 2009
487 kr
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Throughout his distinguished and influential career, David Harvey has defined and redefined the relationship between politics, capitalism, and the social aspects of geographical theory. Laying out Harvey’s position that geography could not remain objective in the face of urban poverty and …
Begging as a Path to Progress
Indigenous Women and Children and the Struggle for Ecuador's Urban Spaces
Av Kate Swanson
Inbunden, 2010
1180 kr
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In 1992, Calhuasí, an isolated Andean town, got its first road. Newly connected to Ecuador’s large cities, Calhuasí experienced rapid social-spatial change, which Kate Swanson richly describes in Begging as a Path to Progress.Based on nineteen months of fieldwork, Swanson’s study pays particular …
Properties of Violence
Law and Land Grant Struggle in Northern New Mexico
Inbunden, 2013
1180 kr
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Through a compelling story about the conflict over a notorious Mexican-period land grant in northern New Mexico, David Correia examines how law and property are constituted through violence and social struggle.Spain and Mexico populated what is today New Mexico through large common property land …
Company Towns in the Americas
Landscape, Power, and Working-Class Communities
Av Oliver J. Dinius, Angela Vergara
Inbunden, 2011
1180 kr
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Company towns were the spatial manifestation of a social ideology and an economic rationale. The contributors to this volume show how national politics, social protest, and local culture transformed those founding ideologies by examining the histories of company towns in six countries: Argentina …
Begging as a Path to Progress
Indigenous Women and Children and the Struggle for Ecuador's Urban Spaces
Av Kate Swanson
Häftad, 2010
398 kr
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In 1992, Calhuasí, an isolated Andean town, got its first road. Newly connected to Ecuador’s large cities, Calhuasí experienced rapid social-spatial change, which Kate Swanson richly describes in Begging as a Path to Progress.Based on nineteen months of fieldwork, Swanson’s study pays particular …
Masculinities and Markets
Raced and Gendered Urban Politics in Milwaukee
Inbunden, 2017
1424 kr
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Studies of urban neoliberalism have been surprisingly inattentive to gender. Brenda Parker begins to remedy this by looking at the effect of new urbanism, “creative class,” and welfare reform discourses on women in Milwaukee, a traditionally progressive city with a strong history of political …
Making the San Fernando Valley
Rural Landscapes, Urban Development, and White Privilege
Inbunden, 2011
1261 kr
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In the first book-length scholarly study of the San Fernando Valley—home to one-third of the population of Los Angeles—Laura R. Barraclough combines ambitious historical sweep with an on-theground investigation of contemporary life in this iconic western suburb. She is particularly intrigued by the …
Bloomberg's New York
Class and Governance in the Luxury City
Av Julian Brash
Inbunden, 2011
1261 kr
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New York mayor Michael Bloomberg claims to run the city like a business. In Bloomberg’s New York, Julian Brash applies methods from anthropology, geography, and other social science disciplines to examine what that means. He describes the mayor’s attitude toward governance as the Bloomberg Way—a …
Tremé
Race and Place in a New Orleans Neighborhood
Inbunden, 2010
1180 kr
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Across Rampart Street from the French Quarter, the Faubourg Tremé neighborhood is arguably the most important location for African American culture in New Orleans. Closely associated with traditional jazz and “second line” parading, Tremé is now the setting for an eponymous television series …
Tremé
Race and Place in a New Orleans Neighborhood
Häftad, 2010
430 kr
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Across Rampart Street from the French Quarter, the Faubourg Tremé neighborhood is arguably the most important location for African American culture in New Orleans. Closely associated with traditional jazz and “second line” parading, Tremé is now the setting for an eponymous television series …
Making the San Fernando Valley
Rural Landscapes, Urban Development, and White Privilege
Häftad, 2011
512 kr
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In the first book-length scholarly study of the San Fernando Valley—home to one-third of the population of Los Angeles—Laura R. Barraclough combines ambitious historical sweep with an on-theground investigation of contemporary life in this iconic western suburb. She is particularly intrigued by the …
Bloomberg's New York
Class and Governance in the Luxury City
Av Julian Brash
Häftad, 2011
512 kr
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New York mayor Michael Bloomberg claims to run the city like a business. In Bloomberg’s New York, Julian Brash applies methods from anthropology, geography, and other social science disciplines to examine what that means. He describes the mayor’s attitude toward governance as the Bloomberg Way—a …
Company Towns in the Americas
Landscape, Power, and Working-Class Communities
Av Oliver J. Dinius, Angela Vergara
Häftad, 2011
463 kr
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Company towns were the spatial manifestation of a social ideology and an economic rationale. The contributors to this volume show how national politics, social protest, and local culture transformed those founding ideologies by examining the histories of company towns in six countries: Argentina …
Roppongi Crossing
The Demise of a Tokyo Nightclub District and the Reshaping of a Global City
Inbunden, 2011
1261 kr
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For most of the latter half of the twentieth century, Roppongi was an enormously popular nightclub district that stood out from the other pleasure quarters of Tokyo for its mix of international entertainment and people. It was where Japanese and foreigners went to meet and play. With the crash of …
Roppongi Crossing
The Demise of a Tokyo Nightclub District and the Reshaping of a Global City
Häftad, 2011
512 kr
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For most of the latter half of the twentieth century, Roppongi was an enormously popular nightclub district that stood out from the other pleasure quarters of Tokyo for its mix of international entertainment and people. It was where Japanese and foreigners went to meet and play. With the crash of …
Geographical Diversions
Tibetan Trade, Global Transactions
Av Tina Harris
Inbunden, 2013
1180 kr
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Working at the intersections of cultural anthropology, human geography, and material culture, Tina Harris explores the social and economic transformations taking place along one trade route that winds its way across China, Nepal, Tibet, and India.How might we make connections between seemingly …
Accumulating Insecurity
Violence and Dispossession in the Making of Everyday Life
Av Shelley Feldman, Charles Geisler m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1261 kr
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Accumulating Insecurity examines the relationship between two vitally important contemporary phenomena: a fixation on security that justifies global military engagements and the militarization of civilian life, and the dramatic increase in day-to-day insecurity associated with contemporary crises …
Accumulating Insecurity
Violence and Dispossession in the Making of Everyday Life
Av Shelley Feldman, Charles Geisler m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
528 kr
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Accumulating Insecurity examines the relationship between two vitally important contemporary phenomena: a fixation on security that justifies global military engagements and the militarization of civilian life, and the dramatic increase in day-to-day insecurity associated with contemporary crises …
They Saved the Crops
Labor, Landscape, and the Struggle over Industrial Farming in Bracero-Era California
Av Don Mitchell
Inbunden, 2012
1424 kr
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At the outset of World War II, California agriculture seemed to be on the cusp of change. Many Californians, reacting to the ravages of the Great Depression, called for a radical reorientation of the highly exploitative labor relations that had allowed the state to become such a productive farming …
Development, Security, and Aid
Geopolitics and Geoeconomics at the U.S. Agency for International Development
Av Jamey Essex
Inbunden, 2013
1180 kr
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In Development, Security, and Aid Jamey Essex offers a sophisticated study of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), examining the separate but intertwined discourses of geopolitics and geoeconomics.Geopolitics concentrates on territory, borders, and strategic political and military …
Faith Based
Religious Neoliberalism and the Politics of Welfare in the United States
Inbunden, 2012
1008 kr
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Faith Based explores how the Religious Right has supported neoliberalism in the United States, bringing a particular focus to welfare—an arena where conservative Protestant politics and neoliberal economic ideas come together most clearly. Through case studies of gospel rescue missions, Habitat for …
Faith Based
Religious Neoliberalism and the Politics of Welfare in the United States
Häftad, 2012
398 kr
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Faith Based explores how the Religious Right has supported neoliberalism in the United States, bringing a particular focus to welfare—an arena where conservative Protestant politics and neoliberal economic ideas come together most clearly. Through case studies of gospel rescue missions, Habitat for …
Black, White, and Green
Farmers Markets, Race, and the Green Economy
Inbunden, 2012
1180 kr
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Farmers markets are much more than places to buy produce. According to advocates for sustainable food systems, they are also places to “vote with your fork” for environmental protection, vibrant communities, and strong local economies. Farmers markets have become essential to the movement for …
Black, White, and Green
Farmers Markets, Race, and the Green Economy
Häftad, 2012
430 kr
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Farmers markets are much more than places to buy produce. According to advocates for sustainable food systems, they are also places to “vote with your fork” for environmental protection, vibrant communities, and strong local economies. Farmers markets have become essential to the movement for …
Fields and Streams
Stream Restoration, Neoliberalism, and the Future of Environmental Science
Av Rebecca Lave
Inbunden, 2012
1008 kr
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Examining the science of stream restoration, Rebecca Lave argues that the neoliberal emphasis on the privatization and commercialization of knowledge has fundamentally changed the way that science is funded, organized, and viewed in the United States.Stream restoration science and practice is in a …
Fields and Streams
Stream Restoration, Neoliberalism, and the Future of Environmental Science
Av Rebecca Lave
Häftad, 2012
398 kr
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Examining the science of stream restoration, Rebecca Lave argues that the neoliberal emphasis on the privatization and commercialization of knowledge has fundamentally changed the way that science is funded, organized, and viewed in the United States.Stream restoration science and practice is in a …
Beyond Walls and Cages
Prisons, Borders, and Global Crisis
Av Matt Mitchelson, Andrew Burridge
Inbunden, 2012
1261 kr
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The crisis of borders and prisons can be seen starkly in statistics. In 2011 some 1,500 migrants died trying to enter Europe, and the United States deported nearly 400,000 and imprisoned some 2.3 million people—more than at any other time in history. International borders are increasingly …
Beyond Walls and Cages
Prisons, Borders, and Global Crisis
Av Matt Mitchelson, Andrew Burridge
Häftad, 2012
512 kr
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The crisis of borders and prisons can be seen starkly in statistics. In 2011 some 1,500 migrants died trying to enter Europe, and the United States deported nearly 400,000 and imprisoned some 2.3 million people—more than at any other time in history. International borders are increasingly …
Silent Violence
Food, Famine, and Peasantry in Northern Nigeria
Häftad, 2013
756 kr
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Why do famines occur and how have their effects changed through time? Why are those who produce food so often the casualties of famines? Looking at the food crisis that struck the West African Sahel during the 1970s, Michael J. Watts examines the relationships between famine, climate, and political …
