Polis: Fordham Series in Urban Studies – serie
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16 produkter
Zonas Peligrosas
The Challenge of Creating Safe Neighborhoods in Central America
Häftad, 2018
133 kr
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Zonas Peligrosas: The Challenge of Creating Safe Neighborhoods in Central America examines indicators of orderliness and security in El Salvador, shows how policies and programs based on disorganization theory have been used, and why they might not make Salvadoran urban dwellers safer. In Latin …
Real Fake
Authenticity and the Production of Space
Häftad, 2018
133 kr
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Thames Town—an English-like village built in Shanghai—is many places at once: a successful tourist destination, an affluent residential cluster, a city of migrant workers, and a ghost town. The Real Fake explores how the users of Thames Town transform a themed space into something more than a "fake …
Urban Formalism
The Work of City Reading
Av David Faflik
Häftad, 2020
441 kr
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Urban Formalism radically reimagines what it meant to "read" a brave new urban world during the transformative middle decades of the nineteenth century. At a time when contemporaries in the twin capitals of modernity in the West, New York and Paris, were learning to make sense of unfamiliar …
Urban Formalism
The Work of City Reading
Av David Faflik
Inbunden, 2020
1628 kr
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Urban Formalism radically reimagines what it meant to "read" a brave new urban world during the transformative middle decades of the nineteenth century. At a time when contemporaries in the twin capitals of modernity in the West, New York and Paris, were learning to make sense of unfamiliar …
Roads to Hillbrow
Making Life in South Africa's Community of Migrants
Av Ron Nerio, Jean Halley
Inbunden, 2022
1509 kr
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This highly accessible portrayal of a post-apartheid neighborhood in transition analyzes the relationship between identity, migration, and place.Since it was founded in 1894, amidst Johannesburg's transformation from a mining town into the largest city in southern Africa, Hillbrow has been a …
Roads to Hillbrow
Making Life in South Africa's Community of Migrants
Av Ron Nerio, Jean Halley
Häftad, 2022
435 kr
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This highly accessible portrayal of a post-apartheid neighborhood in transition analyzes the relationship between identity, migration, and place.Since it was founded in 1894, amidst Johannesburg's transformation from a mining town into the largest city in southern Africa, Hillbrow has been a …
Medicine at the Margins
EMS Workers in Urban America
Inbunden, 2022
1509 kr
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Presents a unique view of social problems and conflicts over urban space from the cab of an ambulance.While we imagine ambulances as a site for critical care, the reality is far more complicated. Social problems, like homelessness, substance abuse, and the health consequences of poverty, are …
Medicine at the Margins
EMS Workers in Urban America
Häftad, 2022
426 kr
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Presents a unique view of social problems and conflicts over urban space from the cab of an ambulance.While we imagine ambulances as a site for critical care, the reality is far more complicated. Social problems, like homelessness, substance abuse, and the health consequences of poverty, are …
Pedagogy of a Beloved Commons
Pursuing Democracy's Promise Through Place-Based Activism
Inbunden, 2023
1376 kr
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A rare and powerful illustration of what it takes to become a sustainable, community-embedded organization that continually grows the next generation of compassionate leaders.This essential, timely book meets us at our current moment of crisis to offer hope that American democracy's stalled …
Pedagogy of a Beloved Commons
Pursuing Democracy's Promise Through Place-Based Activism
Häftad, 2023
348 kr
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A rare and powerful illustration of what it takes to become a sustainable, community-embedded organization that continually grows the next generation of compassionate leaders.This essential, timely book meets us at our current moment of crisis to offer hope that American democracy's stalled …
Postindustrial DIY
Recovering American Rust Belt Icons
Av Daniel Campo
Häftad, 2024
311 kr
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Chronicles grassroots efforts to recover, rebuild, and enjoy architecturally iconic but economically obsolete places in the American Rust Belt.A pioneering Detroit automobile factory. A legendary iron mill at the edge of Pittsburgh. A campus of concrete grain elevators in Buffalo. Two monumental …
Battle for Boston
How Mayor Ray Flynn and Community Organizers Fought Racism and Downtown Power Brokers
Av Don Gillis
Inbunden, 2025
424 kr
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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 remarkable era under Mayor Ray Flynn, whose election in 1983 marked the beginning of a profound shift …
Micro-City
Faith Encounters Super-Diversity in Queens, NY
Inbunden, 2026
1197 kr
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An on-the-ground study of how faith communities create belonging and build bridges across one of the most diverse urban landscapes in the worldMicro-City follows congregations, clergy, and everyday New Yorkers across twelve Queens neighborhoods to show how religious life both shelters difference …
Micro-City
Faith Encounters Super-Diversity in Queens, NY
Häftad, 2026
357 kr
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An on-the-ground study of how faith communities create belonging and build bridges across one of the most diverse urban landscapes in the worldMicro-City follows congregations, clergy, and everyday New Yorkers across twelve Queens neighborhoods to show how religious life both shelters difference …
Unjust Developments
Building Inequalities in Ethiopia's Capital
Inbunden, 2026
1197 kr
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Why does injustice often deepen during moments of rapid urban growth? And what does the pursuit of more just urban futures look like when the realization of alternatives seems impossible?African cities have boomed over the last two decades. Large-scale infrastructure projects, high-rises, and real …
Unjust Developments
Building Inequalities in Ethiopia's Capital
Häftad, 2026
386 kr
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Why does injustice often deepen during moments of rapid urban growth? And what does the pursuit of more just urban futures look like when the realization of alternatives seems impossible?African cities have boomed over the last two decades. Large-scale infrastructure projects, high-rises, and real …
