Urban communities / city life Books
University of Illinois Press When Tenants Claimed the City
Book Synopsis In postwar America, not everyone wanted to move out of the city and into the suburbs. For decades before World War II, New York''s tenants had organized to secure renters'' rights. After the war, tenant activists raised the stakes by challenging the newly-dominant ideal of homeownership in racially segregated suburbs. They insisted that renters as well as owners had rights to stable, well-maintained homes, and they proposed that racially diverse urban communities held a right to remain in place--a right that outweighed owners'' rights to raise rents, redevelop properties, or exclude tenants of color. Further, the activists asserted that women could participate fully in the political arenas where these matters were decided. Grounded in archival research and oral history, When Tenants Claimed the City: The Struggle for Citizenship in New York City Housing shows that New York City''s tenant movement made a significant claim to citizenship rights that came to accrue, Trade Review "Is the purchase of a single-family house in the suburbs really the only route to housing happiness? With vigorous, readable prose Roberta Gold uncovers the history of an alternative vision. In New York City, leftist men and women agitated for the rights of renters to build interracial, affordable, locally-controlled communities of apartment dwellers. As Americans contemplate the lessons of the last decade's foreclosure crisis, they would do well to consider the possibilities illuminated in When Tenants Claimed the City." --Amanda Seligman, author of Block by Block: Neighborhoods and Public Policy on Chicago’s West Side and Is Graduate School Really for You?: The Whos, Whats, Hows, and Whys of Pursuing a Master's or Ph.D. "A well-researched and written study. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice"Roberta Gold ably chronicles tenant organization in New York City from the end of World War II through the 1970s. . . . Gold shows that women played a central role in tenant activities such as fighting redevelopments schemes and defending rent control but were less central in others, such as union-sponsored cooperatives. . . . A rich account of a movement that put its stamp on modern New York City."--The Journal of American History"Gold has a good feel for the racial, ethnic, and political complexity of New York City. . . . Gold deftly weaves together activist stories, housing and community-planning history, changing social conditions, and the existing literature from many fields--including women's studies, urban policy, sociology, African American history, and labor studies--to create a compelling narrative."--American Historical Review
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MO - University of Illinois Press The Return of the Neighborhood as an Urban
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Connecting the history of urban renewal policy to the the present debates on immigration, school closings and economic mobility, The Return of the Neighborhood as an Urban Strategy>/i> provides compelling evidence on why neighborhoods are at the center of urban policy solutions."--Susana L. Vasquez, Executive Director, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Chicago"Our neighborhoods are where the rubber meets the road in urban planning and economic growth. At a time when the federal government has never been more hyperpartisan and dysfunctional, our regions, cities, and neighborhoods have become the most critical engines of economic growth. More importantly, our neighborhoods have become the centers of hope for our future. The contributors to this book capture this new reality exceedingly well. It is a must read for those of us working daily to revitalize our cities and neighborhoods and to realize their full potential and promise."--Lee Fisher, President and CEO, CEOs for Cities"Anyone involved in community and regional planning will treasure this collective exploration of neighborhoods and what makes them successful and vibrant. Mike Pagano offers out-of-the-box thinking to planners, decision makers and community and civic leaders who navigate a complex web of systems that converge at the neighborhood level." --MarySue Barrett, President, Metropolitan Planning Council
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University of Illinois Press The Age of Noise in Britain
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this intriguing study, James Mansell engages with interactions between noise, modernity, and the construction of the self in interwar Britain. . . . It is an exemplary piece of work." --Technology and Culture"James Mansell's remarkably clear, wonderfully detailed, even occasionally droll examination of the sensing self in industrial modernity makes a substantial, important contribution to historical sound studies and British studies."--John M. Picker, author of Victorian Soundscapes"In sum, Mansell's work successfully unlocks the sensory world of the past and demonstrates how one might decode the meanings of sound for those who experienced it."--Fides et Historia"Mansell has given us an exhilarating and highly original way of understanding early twentieth century Britain. He ranges confidently across a dazzlingly wide terrain--attitudes towards neurasthenia, the occult thinking of Theosophists, technocrats designing quieter homes, those aghast at the sonic assaults of the wartime Blitz--and shows how noise was more than a symbol of modern life or the bane of the highly-strung. It was regarded by a whole gamut of experts and pseudo-experts as an irritating, mysterious, troubling force dramatically reshaping the relationship between the individual and society. The Age of Noise in Britain allows us to eavesdrop on this loud and disputatious period--indeed, to question our understanding of modernity itself. It is unsettling in the very best of ways." --David Hendy, author of Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening
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University of Illinois Press Jobs and the Labor Force of Tomorrow
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University of Illinois Press The Peoples Money
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University of Illinois Press Sensing Chicago
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAward of Superior Achievement, Illinois State Historical Society, 2016. "Spices up what too often can be stale conversations about Chicago history, culture, and literature." --Chicago Tribune "Sensing Chicago is highly evocative, grabbing and keeping the readers' attention with deliciously colorful accounts of industrial Chicago's sensory life."--Senses and Society "A fascinating book. . . . Historians, prepare to reshuffle your notes!"--Indiana Magazine of History "Fills an important gap in urban social history, applying to nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Chicago the sensory attention that others have brought to bear on similar periods in cities such as New York, London, and Paris."--Journal of Social History Advance Access"Sensing Chicago is expertly researched yet accessible to readers of all backgrounds, and a welcome addition to public and college library urban history shelves."--Midwest Book Review"An exemplary weaving together of sources. . . . A testament to the conjuring power of words."--Journal of Social History"In Sensing Chicago, Mack tells the familiar story of Chicago's rise to preeminence from a different perspective. Asking the questions and employing the methods common to sensory history, Mack presents an alternative vision of life in the industrial metropolis."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Demonstrates how much of the sensory field of an earlier era can be reconstructed, and why doing so can be of interest."--Inside Higher Ed "Sensing Chicago is courageous work in a new and theoretically fraught field. It will undoubtedly serve as an important springboard for future scholarship on how people interpreted the sensations created by the new urban environment."--The Journal of American History "Sensing Chicago is a carefully crafted book that enlivens our understanding of Gilded Age and Progressive Era Chicago. Mack's book will be appealing to historians of the Midwest, and will hopefully prompt scholars to pay closer attention to sensory history and to ask new questions about the region's peoples and culture."--H-Net "A significant contribution to urban studies and a persuasive application of sensory history methods and questions to a particularly appropriate case study. It changes our understanding of the history and particularly the experience of life in the industrial city."--James R. Barrett, author of The Irish Way: Becoming American in the Multiethnic City "Adam Mack puts the senses and sensations at the center of this vivid exploration of social distinction and the regulation of the noxious in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Chicago. This highly evocative work in sensory studies highlights the politics of perception, the changing sensescape of the city, and some intriguing experiments in sensory rejuvenation."--David Howes, co-author of Ways of Sensing: Understanding the Senses in Society
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University of Illinois Press The Return of the Neighborhood as an Urban
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Connecting the history of urban renewal policy to the the present debates on immigration, school closings and economic mobility, The Return of the Neighborhood as an Urban Strategy>/i> provides compelling evidence on why neighborhoods are at the center of urban policy solutions."--Susana L. Vasquez, Executive Director, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Chicago"Our neighborhoods are where the rubber meets the road in urban planning and economic growth. At a time when the federal government has never been more hyperpartisan and dysfunctional, our regions, cities, and neighborhoods have become the most critical engines of economic growth. More importantly, our neighborhoods have become the centers of hope for our future. The contributors to this book capture this new reality exceedingly well. It is a must read for those of us working daily to revitalize our cities and neighborhoods and to realize their full potential and promise."--Lee Fisher, President and CEO, CEOs for Cities"Anyone involved in community and regional planning will treasure this collective exploration of neighborhoods and what makes them successful and vibrant. Mike Pagano offers out-of-the-box thinking to planners, decision makers and community and civic leaders who navigate a complex web of systems that converge at the neighborhood level." --MarySue Barrett, President, Metropolitan Planning Council
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University of Illinois Press The Age of Noise in Britain
Book SynopsisSound transformed British life in the age of noise between 1914 and 1945. The sonic maelstrom of mechanized society bred anger and anxiety and even led observers to forecast the end of civilization. The noise was, as James G. Mansell shows, modernity itself, expressed in aural form, with immense implications for the construction of the self. Tracing the ideas, feelings, and representations prompted by life in early twentieth century Britain, Mansell examines how and why sound shaped the self. He works at the crux of cultural and intellectual history, analyzing the meanings that were attached to different types of sound, who created these typologies and why, and how these meanings connected to debates about modernity. From traffic noise to air raids, everyday sounds elicited new ways of thinking about being modern. Each individual negotiated his or her own subjective meanings through hopes or fears for sound. As Mansell considers the different ways Britons heard their world, he reveals Trade Review"In this intriguing study, James Mansell engages with interactions between noise, modernity, and the construction of the self in interwar Britain. . . . It is an exemplary piece of work." --Technology and Culture "James Mansell's remarkably clear, wonderfully detailed, even occasionally droll examination of the sensing self in industrial modernity makes a substantial, important contribution to historical sound studies and British studies."--John M. Picker, author of Victorian Soundscapes "In sum, Mansell's work successfully unlocks the sensory world of the past and demonstrates how one might decode the meanings of sound for those who experienced it."--Fides et HistoriaTable of ContentsCoverTitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Modernity as Crisis: Noise and “Nerves”2. Re-Enchanting Modernity: Techniques of Magical Sound3. Creating the Sonically Rational: Modern Interventions in Everyday Aurality4. National Acoustics: Total Listening in the Second World WarConclusionNotesIndex
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University of Illinois Press Jobs and the Labor Force of Tomorrow
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University of Illinois Press The Peoples Money
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University of Illinois Press Are We There Yet
Book SynopsisAutonomous vehicle (AV) technology represents a possible paradigm shift in our way of life. But complex challenges and obstacles impose a reality at odds with the utopian visions propounded by AV enthusiasts in the private and public sectors. The new volume in the Urban Agenda series examines the technological questions still surrounding autonomous vehicles and the uncertain societal and legislative impact of widespread AV adoption. Assessing both short- and long-term concerns, the authors probe how autonomous vehicles might change transportation but also land use, energy consumption, mass transit, commuter habits, traffic safety, job markets, the freight industry, and supply chains. At the same time, the essays discuss opportunities for industry, researchers, and policymakers to make the autonomous future safer, more efficient, and more mobile. Contributors: Austin Brown, Stan Caldwell, Chris Hendrickson, Kazuya Kawamura, Taylor Long, and P. S. Srira.Trade Review"Recommended. All readers." --Choice"It is great to see an Illinois institution of higher learning provide thought leadership on connected, automated, shared and electric mobility. This ever-evolving ecosystem is disrupting systems, policies and behaviors which have been engrained in our culture and are ripe for enhancement. Especially when that enhancement means increased safety and increased efficiency." --Jerry Quandt, Executive Director, Illinois Autonomous Vehicles Association
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MO - University of Illinois Press Puerto Rican Chicago
Book SynopsisWinner of the Critics’ Choice Book awards of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA-CCBA) The postwar migration of Puerto Rican men and women to Chicago brought thousands of their children into city schools. These children''s classroom experience continued the colonial project begun in their homeland, where American ideologies had dominated Puerto Rican education since the island became a US territory. Mirelsie Velázquez tells how Chicago''s Puerto Ricans pursued their educational needs in a society that constantly reminded them of their status as second-class citizens. Communities organized a media culture that addressed their concerns while creating and affirming Puerto Rican identities. Education also offered women the only venue to exercise power, and they parlayed their positions to take lead roles in activist and political circles. In time, a politicized Puerto Rican community gave voice to a previously silenced group--and highlighted thaTrade Review"Puerto Rican Chicago provides an invaluable contribution to the history of education, urban history, and Latinx Studies. It reminds us that Latinx communities are richly diverse, not only located in the American West, and that their unique histories are crucial in narrating the development of twentieth-century American cities and schools." --History of Education Quarterly"Velázquez's book is needed now more than ever." --Historical Studies in Education"Puerto Rican Chicago: Schooling the City, 1940-1977 is an essential contribution to the growing scholarship on Latinos in the Midwest. It powerfully chronicles the persistent efforts of the Puerto Rican community, especially women, to advocate for their children's right to a meaningful education and a more promising future. Meticulously researched and eloquently written, Mirelsie Velázquez' book is a must read for those interested in community-based activism, education, urban history, and Puerto Rican and Latino studies."--Lourdes Torres, author of Puerto Rican Discourse: A Sociolinguistic Study of A New York Suburb"Puerto Rican Chicago innovates by taking up themes that other scholars have neglected. . . . This book shows how deeply students' encounters with schools' practices were affected by their histories." --Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ixIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. Al Brincar el Charco: Urban Response to the Puerto Rican “Problem” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252. Community Visions of Puerto Rican Schooling, 1950–1966 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573. Taking It to the Streets: The Puerto Rican Movement for Education in 1970s Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . 874. Learning to Resist, Resisting to Learn: Puerto Ricans and Higher Education in 1970s Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1055. Living and Writing in the Puerto Rican Diaspora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Conclusion: Winning Means Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
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Indiana University Press Ecologies of Faith in New York City The
Book SynopsisDescribes how religious institutions shape and are shaped by their environmentsTrade ReviewOn the whole, this is a valuable contribution to the growing field of congregational studies that places congregations and their agency on the table as one important element to understanding the changing American metropolis. One need not have any background in any of the religions represented to appreciate the work. Those working in urban studies should welcome this readable elaboration on religious ecology theory and congregational studies. * Journal of Urban Affairs *With the tremendous variety of religious groups and religious places in the New York Metropolitan Area, this book is an excellent example of religious scholarship that could be further expanded and explored. * Review of Religious Research *[T]his book offers nine essays focusing on religious institutions of New York City as they have been impacted by the social dynamics of gentrification, immigration, and entrepreneurial innovation . . . Recommended.Jan 2014 * Choice *[This book] is largely the result of research from the Ecologies of Learning Project, founded by urban religion scholar Lowell Livezey, who led the way in studying how congregations are affected by neighborhood change, yet also exercise a degree of agency in these urban processes.Jan-Feb 2013 * Religion Watch *[This book is] a solid resource for addressing entanglements of religion and urbanism. The case studies have significant richness, and the organizing decision to focus on three structural processes is effective. Scholars in congregational studies, the sociology of religion, and the inter-disciplinary study of urbanism will find value in the empirical and analytical observations2.3 * Critical Research on Religion *Overall, this is a well-developed collection of essays that does an effective job of exploring the breadth of the ecological interaction between religious institutions and their environments in New York City. . . . [T]he editors delineate a careful study of religious institutions within a contested environment, an outstanding contribution that will be used for many years as a reference for students and scholars interested in religious institutions in an urban context. * Sociology of Religion *Table of ContentsForeword \ Nancy T. AmmermanAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Ecology of Religious Institutions in New York City \ Richard Cimino and Nadia A. Mian, with Weishan HuangPart 1. Religious Institutions and Gentrification in the Religious Ecology 1. Disneyfication and Religion in Times Square \ Hans E. Tokke 2. Filling Niches and Pews in Williamsburg and Greenpoint: The Religious Ecology of Gentrification \ Richard Cimino 3. Korean American Churches and the Negotiation of Space in Flushing, Queens \ Keun-Joo Christine PaePart 2. Immigration, Religion, and Neighborhood Change 4. Diversity and Competition: Politics and Conflict in New Immigrant Communities \ Weishan Huang 5. The Brazilianization of New York City: Brazilian Immigrants and Evangelical Churches in a Pluralized Urban Landscape \ Donizete Rodrigues 6. Building and Expanding Communities: African Immigrant Congregations and the Challenge of Diversity \ Moses BineyPart 3. Entrepreneurial Innovation and Religious Institutions 7. Changing Lives One Scoop at a Time: The Creation of Alphabet Scoop on the Lower East Side \ Sheila P. Johnson 8. Navigating Property Development through a Framework of Religious Ecology: The Case of Trinity Lutheran Church \ Nadia A. Mian 9. Hinduism at Work in Queens \ Matthew WeinerContributorsIndex
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Indiana University Press Making Place Space and Embodiment in the City
Book SynopsisContributors introduce the concept of spatial ethnography, a new methodological approach that incorporates both material and abstract perspectives in the study of people and placeTrade Review"Rich, diverse, and provocative meditations on place and identity formation... it builds on the previous scholarship on bodies, memory and place while also moving our understanding of this theme in a refreshing and engaging direction: toward the embodied, performed, and lived dimension of built environment, in both historical and contemporary perspectives." -Abidin Kusno, University of British Columbia "Positioned in a growing anthropological and geographical literature that approaches social space as the product of movement, action, and experience, [and specifically] concerned with how built environments are realized as social spaces." -Stuart Rockefeller, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Embodied Placemaking: An Important Category of Critical Analysis Arijit Sen and Lisa Silverman1. Placemaking and Embodied SpaceSetha Low2. Visualizing the Body PoliticSwati Chattopadhyay3. Inside the Magic Circle: Conjuring the Terrorist Enemy at the 2001 Group of Eight SummitEmanuela Guano4. Eating Ethnicity: Spatial Ethnography of Hyderabad House Restaurant on Devon Avenue, ChicagoArijit Sen5. Urban Boundaries, Religious Experience, and the North West London EruvJennifer A. Cousineau6. "Art, Memory, and the City" in Bogotá: Mapa Teatro's Artistic Encounters with Inhabited PlacesKaren E. Till7. Jewish Memory, Jewish Geography: Vienna before 1938Lisa Silverman
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Indiana University Press Making Place Space and Embodiment in the City
Book SynopsisContributors introduce the concept of spatial ethnography, a new methodological approach that incorporates both material and abstract perspectives in the study of people and placeTrade Review"Rich, diverse, and provocative meditations on place and identity formation... it builds on the previous scholarship on bodies, memory and place while also moving our understanding of this theme in a refreshing and engaging direction: toward the embodied, performed, and lived dimension of built environment, in both historical and contemporary perspectives." -Abidin Kusno, University of British Columbia "Positioned in a growing anthropological and geographical literature that approaches social space as the product of movement, action, and experience, [and specifically] concerned with how built environments are realized as social spaces." -Stuart Rockefeller, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Embodied Placemaking: An Important Category of Critical Analysis Arijit Sen and Lisa Silverman1. Placemaking and Embodied SpaceSetha Low2. Visualizing the Body PoliticSwati Chattopadhyay3. Inside the Magic Circle: Conjuring the Terrorist Enemy at the 2001 Group of Eight SummitEmanuela Guano4. Eating Ethnicity: Spatial Ethnography of Hyderabad House Restaurant on Devon Avenue, ChicagoArijit Sen5. Urban Boundaries, Religious Experience, and the North West London EruvJennifer A. Cousineau6. "Art, Memory, and the City" in Bogotá: Mapa Teatro's Artistic Encounters with Inhabited PlacesKaren E. Till7. Jewish Memory, Jewish Geography: Vienna before 1938Lisa Silverman
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Indiana University Press Global Rome
Book SynopsisIs 21st-century Rome a global city? Is it part of Europe's core or periphery? This book examines the "real city" beyond Rome's historical center, exploring the diversity and challenges of life in neighborhoods affected by immigration, neoliberalism, formal urban planning, and grassroots social movements.Trade Review[Global Rome] is to be praised as an original, rich, and important contribution to the study of Rome. February 2015 * H-Italy *[T]his is a decidedly welcome addition to the growing body of Anglophone work on Rome. * Urban History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Changing Faces of Rome ISABELLA CLOUGH MARINARO AND BJØRN THOMASSENPart I. Rome: The Local and the Global City1. Diversely Global Rome BJØRN THOMASSEN AND PIERO VERENI 2. The Liberal, the Neoliberal and the Illiberal: Dynamics of Diversity and Politics of Identity in Contemporary Rome MICHAEL HERZFELD3: Rome as a Global City: Mapping New Cultural and Political Boundaries PIERLUIGI CERVELLI4. Housing and Homelessness in Contemporary Rome PIERPAOLO MUDU Part II. Changing Faces, Changing Places5. Torpignattara/Banglatown: Processes of Re-urbanization and Rhetorics of Locality in an Outer Suburb of Rome ALESSANDRA BROCCOLINI6. Foreign Pupils, Bad Citizens. The Public Construction of Difference in a Roman School PIERO VERENI7. Evicting Rome's Undesirables: Two Short Tales ISABELLA CLOUGH MARINARO AND ULDERICO DANIELE8. The Rootedness of a Community of Xoraxané Roma in Rome MARCO SOLIMENE9. Ways of Living in the Market City. Bufalotta and the Porta di Roma Shopping Center CARLO CELLAMAREPart III. Rome and its Fractured Modernities10. Roma, Città Sportiva SIMON MARTIN11. Football, Romanità and the Search for Stasis MARK DYAL12. Rome's Contemporary Past VALERIE HIGGINSPart IV. The Informal City13. The Self-Made City CARLO CELLAMARE14. Marginal Centers: Learning from Rome's Periphery FERRUCCIO TRABALZI15. Residence Roma: Senegalese Immigrants in a Vertical Village CRISTINA LOMBARDI DIOP16. Where is Culture in Rome? Self-Managed Social Centers and the Right to Urban Space PIERPAOLO MUDU17. Greening Rome: Rediscovering Urban Agriculture FERRUCCIO TRABALZIContributorsIndex
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Indiana University Press Global Rome
Book SynopsisIs 21st-century Rome a global city? Is it part of Europe's core or periphery? This volume examines the "real city" beyond Rome's historical center, exploring the diversity and challenges of life in neighborhoods affected by immigration, neoliberalism, formal urban planning, and grassroots social movements.Trade Review[Global Rome] is to be praised as an original, rich, and important contribution to the study of Rome. February 2015 * H-Italy *[T]his is a decidedly welcome addition to the growing body of Anglophone work on Rome. * Urban History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Changing Faces of Rome ISABELLA CLOUGH MARINARO AND BJØRN THOMASSENPart I. Rome: The Local and the Global City1. Diversely Global Rome BJØRN THOMASSEN AND PIERO VERENI 2. The Liberal, the Neoliberal and the Illiberal: Dynamics of Diversity and Politics of Identity in Contemporary Rome MICHAEL HERZFELD3: Rome as a Global City: Mapping New Cultural and Political Boundaries PIERLUIGI CERVELLI4. Housing and Homelessness in Contemporary Rome PIERPAOLO MUDU Part II. Changing Faces, Changing Places5. Torpignattara/Banglatown: Processes of Re-urbanization and Rhetorics of Locality in an Outer Suburb of Rome ALESSANDRA BROCCOLINI6. Foreign Pupils, Bad Citizens. The Public Construction of Difference in a Roman School PIERO VERENI7. Evicting Rome's Undesirables: Two Short Tales ISABELLA CLOUGH MARINARO AND ULDERICO DANIELE8. The Rootedness of a Community of Xoraxané Roma in Rome MARCO SOLIMENE9. Ways of Living in the Market City. Bufalotta and the Porta di Roma Shopping Center CARLO CELLAMAREPart III. Rome and its Fractured Modernities10. Roma, Città Sportiva SIMON MARTIN11. Football, Romanità and the Search for Stasis MARK DYAL12. Rome's Contemporary Past VALERIE HIGGINSPart IV. The Informal City13. The Self-Made City CARLO CELLAMARE14. Marginal Centers: Learning from Rome's Periphery FERRUCCIO TRABALZI15. Residence Roma: Senegalese Immigrants in a Vertical Village CRISTINA LOMBARDI DIOP16. Where is Culture in Rome? Self-Managed Social Centers and the Right to Urban Space PIERPAOLO MUDU17. Greening Rome: Rediscovering Urban Agriculture FERRUCCIO TRABALZIContributorsIndex
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Indiana University Press Jaffa Shared and Shattered Contrived Coexistence
Book SynopsisTrade Review The book's analysis of the relations between the political, the cultural, and the neoliberal economy through a historical engagement with the city of Jaffa is a significant contribution to understanding the complexity of life for Jaffa's residents. * Journal of Levantine Studies *Anybody with an interest in the politics and sociology of Israeli/Palestinian relations needs to read this book. Daniel Monterescu provides a rich and theoretically sophisticated account of urban politics in Jaffa. * Perspectives on Politics *In showing how Jaffa is both shared and shattered, the book is an important and timely contribution to ongoing debates about mutual relations between Palestinians and Israelis in the context of recurring conflict, entrenched inequality and ongoing colonisation. It is essential reading for everyone interested in contemporary Palestinian–Israeli relations and should be of particular interest to political and urban anthropologists. * Social Anthropology *For anyone who would like to understand the experience of living as a member of the minority Arab population in a 'mixed' city in Israel, then Jaffa is both the place and the study to read. . . [T]his is a well-researched, very worthwhile excursus into a complicated societal problem. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Jaffa Shared and Shattered is a rich and provocative addition to the scholarly literature on Palestine/ Israel and urban studies. * American Ethnologist *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Contrived Coexistence: Relational Histories of Urban Mix in Israel/Palestine Part I. Beyond Methodological Nationalism: Communal Formations and Ambivalent Belonging1. Spatial Relationality: Theorizing Space and Sociality in Jewish-Arab "Mixed Towns"2. The Bridled "Bride of Palestine": Urban Orientalism and the Zionist Quest for Place3. The "Mother of the Stranger": Palestinian Presence and the Ambivalence of SumudPart II. Sharing Place or Consuming Space: The Neoliberal City4. Inner Space and High Ceilings: Agents and Ideologies of Ethnogentrification5. To Buy or Not to Be: Trespassing the Gated CommunityPart III. Being and Belonging in the Binational City: A Phenomenology of the Urban 6. Escaping the Mythscape: Tales of Intimacy and Violence7. Situational Radicalism and Creative Marginality: The "Arab Spring" and Jaffa's CountercultureConclusion: The City of the Forking Paths: Imagining the Futures of Binational UrbanismNotesReferencesIndex
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Indiana University Press The Invisible Palestinians
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Important for the study of Palestinians, for the study of contemporary Israeli society, and for the field of the urban, as it shows us something important about a marginalized group that cannot act as a 'collective' that at times loves the liberal city and at times is spit out from it."—Erella Grassiani, University of Amsterdam"Hackl not only shows the limits of Israeli democracy but also the tactics that different Palestinians must undertake in order to work and live in a city that categorically stigmatizes them as outsiders."—Nadeem Karkabi, University of HaifaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Using the Settler City: Immersive Invisibility and the Palestinian Struggle for Urban Access in Tel Aviv1. A Journey without Arrival? Palestinian Mobility into the Jewish City2. A Middle-Class Gateway to Tel Aviv: Palestinian Citizens at Israel's Liberal University3. Working in the City: Palestinian Middle-Class Citizens and Labor Commuters between Anonymity and Forced Invisibility4. Playing in Tel Aviv: Leisure and Fun in the Palestinian Underground5. A Cultural Exile: Palestinian Artists in Tel Aviv between Individual Liberation and Political Cooptation6. The Urban Politics of (In)Visibility: Marginalized Activism and the Non-Recognition of Palestinian Tel Aviv7. When the Liberal Bubble Bursts: Violent Events and the Circular Temporality of Exclusion and StigmatizationConclusion: A Settler Colonial City for All its Residents? Palestinian Tel Aviv and the Future of Liberal Urbanism in Israel/PalestineBibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Invisible Palestinians
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Important for the study of Palestinians, for the study of contemporary Israeli society, and for the field of the urban, as it shows us something important about a marginalized group that cannot act as a 'collective' that at times loves the liberal city and at times is spit out from it."—Erella Grassiani, University of Amsterdam"Hackl not only shows the limits of Israeli democracy but also the tactics that different Palestinians must undertake in order to work and live in a city that categorically stigmatizes them as outsiders."—Nadeem Karkabi, University of HaifaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Using the Settler City: Immersive Invisibility and the Palestinian Struggle for Urban Access in Tel Aviv1. A Journey without Arrival? Palestinian Mobility into the Jewish City2. A Middle-Class Gateway to Tel Aviv: Palestinian Citizens at Israel's Liberal University3. Working in the City: Palestinian Middle-Class Citizens and Labor Commuters between Anonymity and Forced Invisibility4. Playing in Tel Aviv: Leisure and Fun in the Palestinian Underground5. A Cultural Exile: Palestinian Artists in Tel Aviv between Individual Liberation and Political Cooptation6. The Urban Politics of (In)Visibility: Marginalized Activism and the Non-Recognition of Palestinian Tel Aviv7. When the Liberal Bubble Bursts: Violent Events and the Circular Temporality of Exclusion and StigmatizationConclusion: A Settler Colonial City for All its Residents? Palestinian Tel Aviv and the Future of Liberal Urbanism in Israel/PalestineBibliographyIndex
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MH - Indiana University Press Privatizing Welfare in the Middle East
Book SynopsisExploring identity-based organizations, welfare, and civil societyTrade Review"Full of novel and important information... offer[s] an innovative argument." —Marc Lynch, George Washington University"Baylouny’s work covers the emerging trend of kin associations and privatisation of welfare as a global phenomenon in her theoretical approach and review of the literature.... The book maintains a flow with topics organised into chapters with a clear purpose which support the main arguments. Given the books accessibility and subject, it is a useful read for policy makers and professionals in the international development industry, as well as scholars and students with similar research areas." —Political Studies Review, May 2012Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Organizing for Security1. Welfare, Work, and Collective Action2. State and Militia Welfare and Their Demise3. Hard Times and Private-Sector Welfare Options4. Kin Mutual Aid5. Creating Kin and New Institutions6. Elites, Elections, and Civil SocietyConclusion: Insight into Identity and InstitutionsAppendix 1. Research Method and DataAppendix 2. Interview QuestionnairesNotesBibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Latino Migrants in the Jewish State
Book SynopsisIn the 1990s, thousands of non-Jewish Latinos arrived in Israel as undocumented immigrants. This book follows these workers from their decision to migrate to their experiences finding work, establishing social clubs and evangelical Christian churches, and putting down roots in Israeli society.Trade ReviewThrough the discussion of the lives of Latino migrants in Israel, [the author] illustrates how non-governmental organizations worked to earn rights for these migrants and eventually win citizenships for a limited number of migrants' children. July 2011 * Contemporary Sociology *A unique study of undocumented immigrants from Latin America living in Israel, this study brings a wealth of previously unknown data about the tribulations of a population viewed as problematic in much of the Western world. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Latino Migrants in the Jewish State: Undocumented Lives in Israel provides a rare glance at the lives of labor migrants who reached Israel from different Latin American countries, mainly from Ecuador, Columbia, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia. Based on fieldwork among Latinos in Israel, as well as among returnees, deportees and potential migrants in Ecuador, Kalir recreates in this book the full circle of migration flow from the decision making start point to the process of settling down, establishing social networks and integrating socially and culturally into the receiving society. * Journal of Jewish Identities *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction: Undocumented BelongingPart 12. Unsettling Setting: A Jewish State Dependent on Non-Jewish Labor3. Destiny and Destination: Latinos Deciding to Leave for IsraelPart 24. Shifting Strategies: From the Accumulation of Money toward the Accumulation of Belonging5. Divisive Dynamics: The Absence of Political Community and the Differentiations of the Recreational Scene6. The Religious Forms of Undocumented Lives: Latino Evangelical ChurchesPart 37. Israeli Resolution, Latino Disillusion: From Massive Deportation to Symbolic Legalization8. Conclusion: A New Assimilation?NotesBibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Urban Design Chaos and Colonial Power in Zanzibar
Book SynopsisModernity and metropolis in East AfricaTrade Review"[Achieves] a valuable contribution to the study of political discourse, violence, and the organization of space and social relationships in Zanzibar. More generally... provide[s] interesting discussions of colonialism, power, identity politics and the ideology of modernization." —Africa"This is a welcome and well-written addition to the growing academic literature on the planning history of African cities." —Planning Perrspectives"Contributes to the growing body of work in African urban history and to the study of Zanzibar.... Bissell writes beautifully and makes very good use of his archival research." —Garth Myers, University of Kansas"Bissell has provided an interesting and informative book that links urban policy in Zanzibar to broader currents in urban planning. He provides a detailed analysis of colonial bureaucracy at work, highlighting the indeterminacy caused in part by the shuffling of personnel." —American Historical Review"Bissell... has pored over a multitude of archival sources to construct a very thorough, well evidenced central argurment." —Journal of Historical Geography"Bissell’s book... contributes significantly to our understanding of colonial power and its relationship to the planned and built environment." —Intl Journal of Middle East StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Landscapes of Power and Planning1 Cosmopolitan Lives, Urbane Worlds: Space and Society in Zanzibar City2 Uncertain States: Colonial Practices and the Ambiguities of Power3 Colonial Cartographies: Struggling to Make Sense of Urban Space4 Disease, Environment, and Social Engineering: Clearing Out and Cleaning Up the Colonial City5 Development and the Dilemmas of Expertise6 Failures of Implementation: Circularity and Secrecy in the Pursuit of Planning7 Disorder by Design: Legal Confusion and Bureaucratic Chaos in Colonial PlanningConclusion: Reflections on Planning, Colonial Power, and Continuities in the PresentNotesBibliographyIndex
£18.89
Indiana University Press The Euro and Its Rivals Currency and the
Book SynopsisCurrency and culture in a European border zoneTrade ReviewPeebles adopts an anthropological approach to the question of how the roll-out of the euro has influenced the emergence of transnational regions in Europe, such as the Oresund region encompassing Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmo, Sweden. * Survival *Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction1. Imagining Utopia, Constructing Øresund: From the Nation-State to the Region2. The Arts of 'Scientific' Money: Monetary Policy as Moral Policy3. Receipts and Deceits: Currency Regulation, Black Markets and Borders4. The Mark of Money: Regulating the Flow of Subjects5. Indebted CommunitiesNotesBibliographyIndex
£17.99
Indiana University Press Ahmedabad
Book SynopsisThe history of a city and the evolution of a nationTrade Review[T]his is a story well told, a lucid and readable book about an interesting and complex city. * The Hindu *Lucidly written, beautifully illustrated and meticulously supported with facts and figures, this is an important addition to the academic literature on Gujarat. * Contemporary South Asia *[A]n important contribution to the urban histories of Asia and a must-read for anyone interested in the history of Ahmedabad and Gujarat [T]his is a compelling account of Ahmedabad, ably written by a historian whose long engagement with and affection for the city shine through without clouding his intellectual insights. Putting a human face on the city's leading figures who built the city and its institutions, caused or led movements, maintained calm or provoked violence, Spodek takes us on an engrossing rollercoaster ride through Ahmedabad's turbulent and complicated history in the twentieth century.... * H-Asia *Ahmedabad . . . provides an important contribution to the field as both an examination of a place conspicuously underrepresented in the urban history of the region and as an excellent piece of urban history that not only greatly informs our understanding of South Asian development, but also has application to a number of cities globally. * H-Urban *Because it is written in such a lucid and lively manner and because it treats so many of the critical themes of twentieth-century Indian history, Ahmedabad is also one of the books I would most strongly recommend to anyone who wants to understand South Asia's recent past. * Business History Review *Ahmedabad: Shock City of Twentieth-Century India is an important and timely history of a city that has re-emerged at the forefront of debates around India's model of economic growth. * Urban History *[This book] will be of interest to scholars of urban history, local and national politics, and popular movements in South Asia.Feb. 2014 * JRNL ASIAN STUDIES *A city of extraordinary economic growth and innovation, horrendous communal violence and appalling poverty; Howard Spodek justifiably calls Ahmedabad a 'shock city' in his . . . book Ahmedabad: Shock City of Twentieth Century India.Winter 2012 * IIAS Newsletter (Intnl Inst Asian Studies) *The strength of this first-rate, well-illustrated study is its thorough grounding in source material, an intimate knowledge of people and places, and its connections between Ahmedabad and such personalities as Gandhi, Vallabbhai Patel, and Anasuyaben Sarabhia . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *This excellent study is the culmination of a half-century of research on a city in which Spodek first lived in 1964 and to which he continues to return. Spodek's lovingly told yet critical assessment of Ahmedabad reflects his deep affection for the place and many of its prominent twentieth-century residents. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1. The Gandhian Era, 1915–1950 1. Gandhi Chooses Ahmedabad 2. Gandhi Assembles New Leadership 3. Vallabhbhai Patel Builds the Congress Political Machine 4. Anasuyaben Sarabhai Engages Ahmedabad's Working ClassesPart 2. The Westernizing City, 1950–1980 5. Ambalal Sarabhai and Kasturbhai Lalbhai Build an Industrialized, Westernized, Prosperous, Cultured, World-Class Company Town 6. Indulal Yagnik Challenges the Gandhian ConsensusPart 3. Creativity and Chaos: Economic Restructuring—Political Violence—Culture Conflict, 1969– 7. Communal Violence, 1969 8. Chimanbhai Patel Provokes the Nav Nirman Movement, 1974 9. The Mills Close, the TLA Falters, and the Municipal Corporation Goes Broke 10. Madhavsinh Solanki Invokes the Politics of Caste and Class 11. Ahmedabad 2000: The Capitalist City Out of Control 12. Godhra, the Gujarat Pogrom, and the ConsequencesGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex
£35.10
University of Texas Press The Los Angeles Plaza
Book SynopsisThe first in-depth study of Los Angeles through the lens of its original core at the old city Plaza.Trade Review"This is a much needed, much anticipated book. The entire history of Los Angeles can be told, as William Estrada has done in this superb study, through careful investigation of the city's historic Plaza. The city and its countless stories of human drama, significance, and meaning come alive in this careful, exacting investigation. The very heart of Los Angeles at last has its biographer." William Deverell, Director, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the WestTable of Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Cultural and Historical Origins Chapter 2. The Rise and Decline of the Mexican Plaza Chapter 3. From Ciudad to City Chapter 4. Homelands Remembered Chapter 5. Revolution and Public Space Chapter 6. Reforming Culture and Community Chapter 7. Parades, Murals, and Bulldozers Chapter 8. Politics and Preservation Chapter 9. The Persistence of Memory Notes Bibliography Index
£26.09
University of Texas Press Violent Acts and Urban Space in Contemporary Tel
Book SynopsisAn examination of the effects of violence on an urban center and how it shapes both the physical and cultural landscape of a city.Table of Contents Foreword by Diane E. Davis Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Political Violence and the City 1. Violent Acts and Revisioning Moments 2. Absence, Urban Space, and Civil Participation in Rabin Square: The Assassination of Prime Minister Rabin, November 4, 1995 Ideology: Urban Space and Civil Participation Memory: Everyday Life versus Traumatic Practices 3. Borders, Urban Order, and State-City Relationships along the Shoreline: The Suicide Bombing at the Dolphinarium Discothèque, June 1, 2001 Boundaries: The Role of Planning and Architecture in Constructing Urban Borders Order: State-City Relationships and Their Effect on Urban Order 4. Urbanity, Immigration, and Everyday Life in Neve Shaanan: The Suicide Bombings at the Central Bus Station, January 5, 2003 Center and Periphery: Economic Production and Urban Representation Everyday: Visibility and Temporary Urban Coalitions Conclusion: The Routine of Violence Appendix A: Key Dates and Events Appendix B: Tel Aviv in Numbers Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press The Spectacular City Mexico and Colonial Hispanic
Book SynopsisStephanie Merrim offers a dynamic interdisciplinary approach to colonial Hispanic writing based on the spectacular city, a model that encompasses three driving forces of New World literary culture: cities, festivals, and wonder.Table of Contents Preface Introduction. Road Map Chapter 1. Agile Platforms of the Spectacular City: The New World and the Old Chapter 2. Order and Concert Chapter 3. Balbuena's "La grandeza mexicana" and the Advent of the Spectacular City Chapter 4. Balbuena's Spectacular City and the Creole Cause Chapter 5. Engaging Plurality: Baroque Plenitude and the Spectacular City in Mexico Chapter 6. "To Know the All": The Spectacular Esoteric City in Mexico Chapter 7. Babel: Wild Work of the New World Baroque Appendix. Chronology of Principal Works Notes Works Cited Index
£25.19
University of Texas Press The City in Texas
Book SynopsisThe award-winning author of Texas, a Modern History and Galveston: A History presents the first comprehensive narrative of urban development in Texas from the Spanish Conquest to the present.Trade Review"Individuals interested in knowing more about the various pathways to modern Texas cities will find much worthy of exploration in McComb’s new book." * Texas Books in Review *"After finishing the book the reader will no longer be able to ignore the many contributions that the cities of Texas have made to the state...a valuable addition to the scholarship of the urban Southwest and should be read by those interested in Texas and its transformation from a rural to an urban state." * Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal *"[An] intriguing synthesis." * Pacific Historical Review *"The broad, efficient sweep of McComb's writing style is remarkable...The book represents a major accomplishment in Texas historiography and is highly readable. If you read one work in 2017 that examines the entire state, McComb's study would make a fine choice." * Central Texas Studies *"Military towns, railroad outposts, lumbering centers, river communities, and port cities all get coverage in The City in Texas . . . [A] solid introduction to Texas urban history." * The Journal of Southern History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Theories, Definitions, HistoriansPart One: First Things1. The Lay of the Land2. The Influence of the Native Americans3. The Towns of the Spanish Empire in Texas4. The Coming of the Americans5. The Towns of the Texas RevolutionPart Two: The Dirt Road Frontier, 1836–19006. Major Events7. The Dirt Road8. Migration: Gone to Texas9. The Evolution of San Antonio10. The German Towns of Texas11. The Coastal Ports12. The River Ports13. The Political Towns14. The Military Towns15. The Railroad Towns16. The Lumber Towns17. The End of the Dirt Road FrontierPart Three: The Amenities of City Life, 1900–195018. The Rural to Urban Shift19. The Great Galveston Storm20. Spindletop and Beaumont21. The Oil Towns22. The Elite Rule of the Cities23. The World War I Era24. The Entrancement of the City25. The Great Depression26. World War II27. The Immediate Postwar YearsPart Four: Great Texas Cities, 1950–201228. Population and Urban Expansion29. Suburbs and Subdivisions30. Segregation and Integration31. The Hispanic Identity32. John F. Kennedy and Dallas33. The Voting Rights Act and the Cities34. Land Transportation35. Airlines and Airports36. Urban Excellence in Texas37. Houston, a Renaissance City38. The Infrastructure for Excellence39. The City and the State: A ConundrumNotesSuggestions for Further ReadingIndex
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University of Washington Press Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest
Book SynopsisCompany town. The words evoke images of rough-and-tumble loggers and gritty miners, of dreary shacks in isolated villages, of wages paid in scrip good only at price-gouging company stores of paternalistic employers. But these stereotypes are outdated, especially for those company towns that flourished well into the twentieth century. This new edition updates the status of the surviving towns and how they have changed in the fifteen years since the original edition, and what new life has been created on the sites of the ones that were razed. In the preface, Linda Carlson reflects on how wonderful it has been to meet people who lived in these towns, or had parents who did, and to hear about their memorable experiences.
£110.48
University of Washington Press The City in Time
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Corey’s masterful monograph will be a must-read not only for Documenta visitors but also for anyone interested in global contemporary art and South East Asia." * South East Asia Research *"It is valuable asset to any syllabus of Southeast Asian contemporary art history to inspire new writings." * Art & Market *"This book invites a reflection on the affective shaping of our spatiotemporal experience of living in cities, thereby appealing to scholars in landscape studies as well as art researchers who will enjoy the original and eloquent critique of a very gratifying selection of artworks." * Journal of Vietnamese Studies *
£58.00
University of Washington Press Walls of Algiers
Book SynopsisExamines the historical processes that transformed Ottoman Algiers, the 'Bulwark of Islam', into 'Alger la blanche', the colonial urban showpiece - and, after the outbreak of revolution in 1954 - counter-model of France's global empire. This title offers a look at the social use of urban space in a North African city.Trade Review"The collection does an excellent job of demonstrating the richness of visual and material sources for urban and colonial history and will provide a valuable resource to scholars." -- Victoria E. Thompson * Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East *"The picture of Algiers that emerges from the Walls of Algiers is one that fulfills the ambitions of its authors and the book and the different contributions that are made offer much to both the casual reader and the specialist. It is a fascinating collection that should be read by anyone interested in Algeria and the multivariate processes of Algeria's colonization." * Reviews in History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction / Zeynep Celik, Julia Clancy-Smith, and Frances Terpak Part One | Peoples 1. Eroticism, Erasures, and Absence: The Peopling of Algiers, 1830-1900 / Julia Clancy-Smith 2. Medina and Modernity: The Emergence of Muslim Civil Society in Algiers between the Two World Wars / Omar Carlier Part Two | Images 3. The Promise and Power of New Technologies: Nineteenth-Century Algiers / Frances Terpak 4. A Lingering Obsession: The Houses of Algiers in French Colonial Discourse / Zeynep Celik 5. The Invisible Prison: Representing Algiers on Film / Eric Breitbart Part Three | Places 6. Masking and Unmasking the Historic Quarters of Algiers: The Reassessment of an Archive / Isabelle Grangaud 7. Historic Intersections: The Center of Algiers / Zeynep Celik Historiographies of Algiers: Critical Reflections / Patricia M. E. Lorcin Selected Bibliography Index Contributors
£38.30
Yale University Press Seeing Trees
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Dümpelmann tracks the history of the modern street tree . . . A deep, scholarly dive into urban society’s need for—and relationship with—trees that sought to return the natural world to the concrete jungle.”—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post"The book makes a convincing alternative case from the more traditional approach of "nature versus culture" dichotomy. Instead, Dümpelmann portrays street trees as an integral part of the urban fabric. Professionals in forestry, urban development, and landscape architecture, as well as readers with a strong interest in the history of the urban landscape, will find this book enlightening as we move towards resilient cities of tomorrow."—Lumi Kirk, Garten + LandschaftSeeing Trees has won the 2019 John Brinckerhoff Jackson prize, sponsored by the Foundation for Landscape Studies Winner of the 2022 Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Book Award sponsored by the Society of Architectural HistoriansFinalist for the 2019 Julia Ward Howe award for non-fiction, sponsored by The Boston Authors Club“In this imaginative and deeply researched work, Sonja Dümpelmann truly helps us to ‘see trees’ in the careful chronologies she develops and the political messages that these trees represented within their times and places.”—Keith Morgan, Boston University"In Seeing Trees the distinguished scholar Sonja Dümpelmann employs her linguistic ability, knowledge, and imaginative use of the archival resources in both Berlin and New York to extend the boundaries of landscape history.”—Kenneth Helphand, University of Oregon, author of Defiant Gardens: Making Gardens in Wartime“Sonja Dümpelmann distills a rich and textured history of street trees—the people involved, technical approaches employed, and the way street trees served as both a polemic and as a point of unification for people.”—Susan Herrington, author of Landscape Theory in Design“This meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated book chronicles the multifaceted identities of trees—as food, fuel, shelter, and defense—and offers us new ways of reading social history into the natural world.”—Jennifer S. Light, Massachusetts Institute of Technology“A signal contribution to the history of landscape design and city planning. Writing with narrative verve, Sonja Dümpelmann turns rigorous scholarship into a fascinating story of time and place for both the academic and general reader.”—Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, President, Foundation for Landscape Studies
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WW Norton & Co MidAir
Book Synopsis“[B[oth these fine novellas unfurl the kind of complicated family tapestries that every generation ends up weaving from money and love.” —Wall Street Journal Fate is explored in the fall and rise of two twentieth-century American families.Trade Review"What links the Perkinses and the Whites, apart from the fact that their trajectories are meeting “midair”? For starters, there’s Shorr’s eye for telling detail as she unreels the families’ varied experiences. And then there’s her insightful acknowledgment that those experiences are transformed as they sink into the past, that their subtle shadings will inevitably be lost." -- Alida Becker - New York Times Book Review"[An] inventive excavation of the past, this one in the form of two novellas whose themes are family and class, one an account of patrician decline and the other a tale of rags to riches. Each is a minor masterpiece.....Together they form a witty and moving portrait of American life going back a half-century or more....Ms. Shorr excels at capturing the arc of a relationship as well as of a life." -- Daniel Akst - Wall Street Journal"Victoria Shorr is a conjurer of the highest order, artfully creating apposite tales of family ruin and family success in her wry, insightful, and elegant prose." -- Lily Tuck, National Book Award–winning author of The News from Paraguay and Sisters"The two novellas in Victoria Shorr's book Mid-Air are intimate portraits of inclusion and exclusion, as well as the dangers implicit in nostalgia. Rich with an acerbic skepticism and abetted by the unexpected detail that renders something humorous, Shorr writes with a tolerance of ambiguity that is provocative as well as enlightening." -- Susanna Moore, author of Miss Aluminum"Shorr proves herself a literary mimic of the first order with these two pitch-perfect stories…[She] cleverly juxtaposes how one aspect of American society falls as another rises, and both novellas have a novellike density of detail and depth of characterization. Together, they offer rich rewards." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Shorr’s prose is fluid and supple….her insights are so keen, and her storytelling so elegant and natural….this book is a quiet accomplishment." -- Kirkus Reviews"In style and substance, Shorr summons the works of Anne Tyler as she rejoices in her characters’ day-to-day experiences, dropping pearls of insight into crystalline vignettes." -- Booklist (starred)
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Sustainable Nation
Book SynopsisThe bestselling guide to forward-looking urban planning and design Sustainable Urbanism explores and celebrates innovation in sustainable living, and calls for leadership in the design and development of urban spaces. Written by the former chair of the U.S.Table of ContentsForeword xiJanette Sadik-Khan Preface xiii Acknowledgments xviii PART ONE: Our Default World 1: Where We Are 5 Civilization Timeline 5 Global hreats 6 National hreats 8 Global Barriers 10 National Barriers 12 Global Progress 14 National Progress 16 2: Case Studies: The Future Ahead of Schedule 24 PART TWO: Our Preferred Future 3: Where We Want to Go 68 A World Advancing Together 69 India 74 China 75 Nigeria 76 United States 77 PART THREE: Theory of Change 4: Igniting Community 82 Making “More Perfect” Communities 83 Are We here Yet? 84 5: Time 92 An Urgent Pivot that Falls on Our Watch 93 Mature Changelines 100 Emergent Changelines 102 6: Acceleration Strategies 116 How We Can Attain Our Preferred Future in Four Generations 117 How We Perceive Change 118 How Markets Inluence Change 124 Campaigns 125 Communities and Networks of Practice 128 Pilgrimage Sites 135 Professional Ethics and Liability 136 PART FOUR: The Practice of Change Why patterns? 146 7: Collective Effervescence 148 Build strong relationships between people and place through hope and hard work 150Mary Nelson, PhD Use participatory art to connect to your neighbor’s humanity 152Kareeshma Ali Every neighborhood needs an anchor house, magnetized to attract assets and demonstrate possibility 154Isis Ferguson Transform every public space into a welcoming place 156Fred Kent Increase “expressive surface area” in cities and make a place for creative ecology to lourish! 158Steven Raspa Celebrate life with immersive community events guided by the principles of Burning Man 160Steve Raspa Create a unique and visible food culture in every neighborhood 162Janine de la Salle, MA, MCIP, RPP Use seasonal landscaping to connect humans with nature, and with each other 168Steve Nygren 8: Self-Governing Neighborhoods 172 Truly great neighborhoods dream, make aspirational plans, and implement them over time 174Alicia Daniels Uhlig Maintain the health of your neighborhood by holding annual planning checkups 176Jessica Millman Plan land use changes via a design charrette process that includes robust input and at least three feedback loops 178Bill Lennertz Conduct an annual “tactical intervention” that re-envisions how underutilized space can promote prosperity 180Mike Lydon Make large on-the-ground changes fast through clear vision, demonstration,and measurement 184Janette Sadik-Khan, Seth Solomonow Fill the gap in neighbourhood governance by creating an innovative business improvement district that includes residences 187Jamie Simone, AICP, LEED-AP Build immunity to gentriication 189Antwi Akom, Tessa Cruz, Aekta Shah Treat light poles as valuable public assets able to support advanced data in the future 191Nancy Clanton, P.E. Let district governance unfold over time 192Daniel Slone 9: A Theater of Life 196 People need an identiiable spatial unit to belong to 198Emily Talen, PhD Maximize contact between communities of interest by designing third places 202Aly Andrews Provide microunit housing in a “two-hour neighborhood,” with a nearby grocery, park, and indoor third place 204Patrick Kennedy Turn strangers into neighbors by diversifying dwelling types in each building 206Stefanos Polyzoides, Vinayak Bharne Mix building types within every block 208Daniel Parolek Each building should have one architectural style 210Steve Nygren 10: Vibrant Density 212 The “sweet spot” in a sustainable urban fabric is four to eight stories 214Jason F. McLennan Buildings should comprise a visible base, a middle no more than seven stories tall, and a top 216Steve Mouzon Make housing more afordable and proitable by reducing and separating parking 218John G. Ellis, AIA, RIBA, Mohammad Momin Urban parking should be considered temporary and designed to be redevelopment-ready 222Douglas Farr Build higher-density housing consistent with the average market potential: 100% in downtowns; 80% in in-towns; and 46% in outskirts 224Todd Zimmerman, Laurie Volk, Christopher Volk-Zimmerman Meet the demand for walkable living by permitting house-scale, multi-unit buildings 226Daniel Parolek Grant single-family homeowners the flexibility to add dwelling units on their lots 228Brent Toderian Welcome singles and small families by creating a market for coach houses 230Tim Kirkby, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, ND Become a developer, build incrementally, all small buildings 232R. John Anderson 11: Mobility in Walkable Places 236 Create a bikesharing network with depots located at key destinations approximately 1,000 feet apart 238Susan A. Shaheen, PhD Respect that the current carsharing market is dynamic and varies place by place 240Susan A. Shaheen, PhD Dramatically reduce residential vehicle trips by up to 90% through land use and transportation design 242David Fields, AICP Save money and reduce nonresidential car trips by up to 32% by investing in demand management rather than parking supply 244David Fields, AICP Stop inducing vehicular demand by eliminating Level of Service 246David Fields, AICP, Joshua Karlin-Resnick Urban highways should be considered temporary and only remain in use through a periodic justiication of their existence 248Andrew Faulkner, Chris Sensenig Urban highways that cannot justify their existence should be removed via the following strategies 250Andrew Faulkner, Chris Sensenig 12: Neighborhood Economy 258 Provide housing attainable by working singles and couples 260Douglas Farr Grow an economy of walk-to jobs by providing lower rent space for small-scale manufacturers 264Ilana Preuss Support neighborhood retail by scouting and cultivating entrepreneurial talent 268Daryl Rose Davis All retail should be accessible on foot 270Robert J. Gibbs Always delight pedestrians with storefront design, day and night 274Robert J. Gibbs Minimize landills by encouraging zero waste through social norms and pricing 276Gail Vittori 13: Urban Waters 280 Treat every project as an opportunity to process rainwater and stormwater 282Thomas H. Price, P.E. Demand beauty when engineering rainwater and stormwater facilities 284Thomas H. Price, P.E. Design urban waters to delight the senses 288Herbert Dreiseitl Allow private stormwater to be processed on nearby streets and lands through a local management structure 292Daniel Slone Reduce freshwater demand by 36-75% by equipping neighborhoods to use nonpotable water 294John Leys Provide enough space to select low energy-consuming wastewater treatment technologies 298John Leys Pursue the vision of clean waters for all by choosing wastewater technologies that clean more than they pollute 300Thomas E. Ennis, PE, LEED AP Design wastewater treatment plants to be resource recovery and power centers 302Debra Shore Recapture the waste heat in wastewater and use it to offset heating demand 304Brent Shraiberg 14: Stranded Carbon 310 Design all buildings for the future by designing them to be net-zero energy ready 312Matthew Mcgrane, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP Optimal glazing for buildings is a window-to-wall ratio of approximately 40% 314Sachin Anand, Sameer Divekar Build larger buildings, preferably thin,don’t sweat orientation 316Sachin Anand, Sameer Divekar Approach every project as though PHIUS+, the building energy code of the future, were in effect today 318Katrin Klingenberg Plan systems only at effective scales 320Cole Roberts, PE Reduce waste 3-27% by providing timely, relevant, and actionable data 322Clare Butterield 15: The New Health, Safety, and Welfare 324 Design the built environment to guarantee that the easy choice is the healthy choice 326Richard J. Jackson, MD Improve community health and reduce costs by investing in local, people centered wellness 328Larry Morrissey For pedestrian safety, use street design to limit vehicle speeds to no more than 20 mph 330Dan Burden, Samantha Thomas Increase both property values and time spent outdoors by illing the gaps between walk-to parks 334Grant M. Hromas In legacy cities, ensure the future of every block through landscape reuse 336Maurice Cox, James Macmillen, Erin Kelly, Alexa Bush, Omar Davis, Dan Rieden To improve public health, safety, and welfare in buildings, make at least one required ire stair open and inviting and start it in the lobby 340Scott Bernstein End the race to build the world’s tallest building 342Douglas Farr Stay connected to the night sky through minimal adjustable street-level lighting 344Nancy Clanton, PE Respect circadian rhythms for all species by eliminating blue outdoor light 346Nancy Clanton, PE Make public outdoor lighting beautiful from every angle 348Nancy Clanton, PE Epilogue 353 Glossary 355 Index 361
£62.06
John Wiley & Sons Inc Urban Economics and Real Estate
Book SynopsisThis Second Edition arms real estate professionals with a comprehensive approach to the economic factors that both define and affect modern urban areas. The text considers the economics of cities as a whole, instead of separating them. Emphasis is placed on economic theory and empirical studies that are based in economic theory.Table of ContentsPart I: Economics and Urban Areas. Chapter 1. Introduction to Urban Economics. Chapter 2. Schools of Thought in Urban Economics. Chapter 3. Location Decisions, Agglomeration Economies, and the Origins of Cities. Chapter 4. The Economic Functions of Cities. Part II: Location Patterns in Urban Areas. Chapter 5. Introduction to Urban Location Patterns: Static Analysis. Chapter 6. Using the Monocentric City Model. Chapter 7. Empirical Testing of the Moncentric City Model. Part III: Urban Housing and Real Estate. Chapter 8. Housing in Urban Areas. Chapter 9. Housing Policy in the United States. Chapter 10. Real Estate Law and Institutions. Chapter 11. Real Estate Markets. Chapter 12. Real Estate Development and Investment. Part IV: Government in Urban Areas. Chapter 13. The Public Sector in Urban Areas. Chapter 14. Urban Transportation. Part V: Urban Social Problems. Chapter 15. An Overview of Urban Social Problems. Chapter 16. Urban Poverty and Its Spatial Concentration. Chapter 17. Crime in Urban Areas. Chapter 18. Education, Labor Markets, and Migration. Part VI: Urban Growth. Chapter 19. Models of Metropolitan Economic Growth. Chapter 20. Agglomeration Economies, Technical Change, and Urban Growth. Chapter 21. Economic Development Policies for Urban Areas. Appendix: A Review of Some Mathematics and Microeconomic Theory. Answers to Selected Exercises. Index.
£121.51
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Placemaking and Policies for Competitive Cities
Book SynopsisUrban policy makers are increasingly striving to strengthen the economic competitiveness of their cities. Currently, they do that mainly in the field of the creative knowledge economy - arts, media, entertainment, creative business services, architecture, publishing, design; and ICT, R&D, finance, and law.Table of ContentsContributors xi Foreword by Professor Allen J. Scott, University of California – Los Angeles xv Preface xvii PART I INTRODUCTION 1 1 Policies and Place-making for Competitive Cities 3 Sako Musterd and Zoltán Kovács Policy progress 3 Economic sectors 7 Questions and approaches 8 References 10 2 Prevailing Policies versus New Tailored Policies 11 Sako Musterd and Zoltán Kovács Introduction 11 Infrastructure, communication, tax and cluster policies 14 Creative class debates and policy hypes related to technology, tolerance and talent (3Ts) 16 New tailored policies linked to pathways, place and personal networks (3Ps) 18 Three parts 19 References 22 PART II PATHWAYS 25 3 Policies Built upon Pathways 27 Sako Musterd and Zoltán Kovács Pathways and urban development 27 Capitalising on layers of development 30 Power centres with sustained positions 31 Post-socialist policies and the struggle with the past 32 References 33 4 Policies towards Multi-Layered Cities and Cluster Development 35 Tamás Egedy, Anne von Streit and Marco Bontje Introduction 35 Multi-layered cities 37 Path dependence of cluster development and the role of policies 39 Multi-layered cities in Western Europe and in Eastern and Central Europe 43 Conclusions 54 References 55 5 Capitalising on Position: Policies for Competitive Capital and non-Capital Cities 59 Julie Brown, Declan Redmond and Marc Pradel i Miquel Introduction 60 The function of capital versus non-capital cities 61 Selected capital and non-capital cities in the ACRE study 63 Capital cities: development pathways and policies 64 Development pathways of non-capital cities 67 Policies for competitive non-capital cities 69 Conclusions 72 References 74 6 Addressing the Legacy of Post-Socialist Cities in East Central Europe 77 Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz, Olga Gritsai, Evgenii Dainov and Tamás Egedy Introduction 78 Key features of post-socialist cities affecting urban policies 79 The role and structure of the creative and knowledge-intensive sectors 81 Challenges and policy responses 84 Policy recommendations 90 Concluding remarks 92 References 93 PART III PLACE 95 7 The Importance of Places and Place Branding 97 Zoltán Kovács and Sako Musterd Introduction 97 Sense of place and placelessness 98 Place-making, place marketing and place branding 100 Shifting focus of place-making in competitive cities 101 References 103 8 Policies towards Place Attraction and Policies for Place Retention 105 Philip Lawton, Micha³ Mêczyñski and Austin Barber Introduction: place-making and the creative knowledge economy 106 The evolution of ‘place-making’ 107 Developing policies oriented towards the retention of creative and knowledge workers 114 Policy reorientation: a focus on place retention 115 Conclusion: place-making policy formation 122 References 123 9 Urban Regeneration and Housing as Potential Tools for Enhancing the Creative Economy 127 Tamás Egedy, Declan Redmond and Kornelia Ehrlich Introduction 128 Links between urban regeneration and the creative economy 129 Housing for everyone and housing for creative people 132 How can regeneration and housing support the creative economy? 135 Conclusions 144 References 145 10 Successes and Failures in City Branding Policies 149 Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway, Caroline Chapain and Silvia Mugnano Introduction 149 Theories on place branding: the role played by cultural and creative industries 152 Some empirical evidence 154 Conclusions: evaluating city branding processes 166 Acknowledgements 169 References 169 11 Policies for Small and Large Cities 173 Marc Pradel i Miquel, Anders Paalzow and Hélène Martin-Brelot Introduction 173 City size and the creative knowledge economy 174 Does size influence the decisions of skilled employees in the creative and knowledge economy? 178 City size, governance and policy-making 183 Conclusion: different dimensions, different challenges 186 References 189 12 Creative Knowledge Strategies for Polycentric City-Regions 191 Marco Bontje and Kaisa Kepsu Introduction 191 The city-region concept 193 From mono- to polycentric city-regions 195 Geographies of creative knowledge companies 197 Geographies of creative knowledge workers 200 Towards competitive creative knowledge regions? Examples of city-regional collaboration 202 Conclusions and policy implications: the added value of city-regional collaboration 205 References 206 PART IV PERSONAL NETWORKS 209 13 Personal Networks 211 Zoltán Kovács and Sako Musterd The personal touch 211 From networks of firms to networks of people: the role of personal networks in the creative knowledge economy 212 Possible policy interventions focusing on personal networks 215 References 218 14 Networks and Mobility: the Policy Context 219 Olga Gritsai, Michel Grossetti and Denis Eckert Introduction 219 The importance of personal trajectories and personal networks 222 Cultural and institutional constraints on mobility 227 Challenges for policy-makers 229 Conclusions 235 References 236 15 Internationalisation and Policies towards Transnational Migration 239 Heike Pethe and Sabine Hafner Transnational migration of the highly skilled 239 Transnational migration of highly skilled professionals 241 Identifying and monitoring target groups for effective policies 243 Developing effective measures for highly skilled migrants – good practices 255 Conclusions 258 References 259 16 Policies Aimed at Strengthening Ties between Universities and Cities 263 Krzysztof Stachowiak, Rómulo Pinheiro, Carla Sedini and Mari Vaattovaara Introduction 263 The changing nature of university–city relations 265 From university in, to the university of or for, the city: tensions and dilemmas in university–city relations 266 The university as an enabler of the creative economy 274 Case studies 277 Challenges and bottlenecks surrounding university–city relations 282 Conclusions 284 Acknowledgements 286 References 286 17 Governance of Creative Industries: the Role of Social and Professional Networks 293 Anne von Streit and Bastian Lange Introduction 293 The creative industries: definitions and characteristics 295 Important strands of policies 297 Governance of the creative industries 299 Networks in the creative industries: theoretical approaches and empirical findings 302 Examples of promoting networks in the creative industries 304 Conclusions and suggestions 308 References 309 PART V CONCLUSIONS 313 18 Tailored – Context-Sensitive – Urban Policies for Creative Knowledge Cities 315 Sako Musterd and Zoltán Kovács Three building blocks for new urban economic policies 315 New urban policies put in context: ‘PPP-CC-T’ 318 Building on the past? 319 Tailored policies to create smart places 321 Policies building on personal networks 323 Conclusions 325 References 326 Index 329
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