Urban communities / city life Books

Book SynopsisAn ethnographic study of Chinese urban life in the Mongolian city of Huhhot. The text is organized around specific elements of culture, moving from public domains to the private issues of sex and gender, family life and religion.Trade ReviewA comprehensive coverage of... aspects of the beliefs and practices among the people of Huhhot [the capital of Inner Mongolia]. Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

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Book SynopsisOpens a window on the experiences of urban people living through one of Africa's most dramatic economic declines in the postcolonial era by focusing on such broad themes as household dynamics, gender politics, and informal economy in Mtendere.

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Book SynopsisThe black church has always played a vital role in urban US settings. This study examines the impact of the church on blacks and the church's efforts to meet the arduous demands and sacrifices of urban life. It explores the ministers' role of leadership in African-American communities.Trade ReviewThis detailed history surveys a vital force within the Bedford-Stuyvesant community, showing how 19th-century black churches emulated the white mainstream. Pentecostalism became a major force in the early 20th century, and civil rights issues came to the fore. Library Journal

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Book SynopsisHenkin explores the influential but little-noticed role reading played in New York City's public life between 1825 and 1865. The "ubiquitous urban texts"--from newspapers to paper money, from street signs to handbills--became both indispensable urban guides and apt symbols for a new kind of public life that emerged first in New York.Trade ReviewA strikingly original account of a new kind of literacy in mid-nineteenth century New York City. -- Konstantin Dierks Journal of the Early RepublicTable of ContentsIntroduction: Public Reading, Public Space Brick, Paper, and the Spectacle of Urban Growth: The Rise of a New Metropolis Commerical Impudence and the Dictatorship of the Perpendicular: Signs of the City Word on the Streets: Bills, Boards, and Banners Print in Public, Public in Print: The Rise of the Daily Paper Promiscuous Circulation: The Case of Paper Money Epilogue: Words of War

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Book SynopsisHenkin explores the influential but little-noticed role reading played in New York City's public life between 1825 and 1865. The "ubiquitous urban texts"--from newspapers to paper money, from street signs to handbills--became both indispensable urban guides and apt symbols for a new kind of public life that emerged first in New York.Trade ReviewA strikingly original account of a new kind of literacy in mid-nineteenth century New York City. -- Konstantin Dierks Journal of the Early RepublicTable of ContentsIntroduction: Public Reading, Public Space Brick, Paper, and the Spectacle of Urban Growth: The Rise of a New Metropolis Commerical Impudence and the Dictatorship of the Perpendicular: Signs of the City Word on the Streets: Bills, Boards, and Banners Print in Public, Public in Print: The Rise of the Daily Paper Promiscuous Circulation: The Case of Paper Money Epilogue: Words of War

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Book SynopsisEdward T. O'Donnell's exploration of Henry George's life and times merges labor, ethnic, intellectual, and political history to illuminate the early labor movement in New York during the Gilded Age. George's accessible, forward-thinking ideas on democracy, equality, and freedom have tremendous value for contemporary debates.Trade ReviewThis social biography of Henry George is a beautifully written, deeply researched, carefully argued, and analytically nuanced book. O'Donnell's own prodigious research, as well as his talent for synthesizing the findings of other scholars, makes this a social and political history of Gilded Age America as seen through the lens of Henry George's extraordinary life. -- Daniel Czitrom, Mount Holyoke College We have long needed a modern account of the ideas of Henry George, one set in the context of the vast inequalities of wealth in the Gilded Age, the rise and fall of a powerful labor movement, and George's campaign for mayor of New York City in 1886. Edward O'Donnell has now provided it in a fascinating book that shows how the social realities and conflicts of that era speak to our own unequal times. -- Eric Foner, Columbia University At a time when issues of social inequality have moved again to the forefront of political debate, it is good to remind ourselves that, throughout the past two centuries, Americans have passionately contested the severe inequalities that went along with the spectacular economic development of the nation. In the nineteenth century, few voices were as powerful-and had as lasting an impact-as that of Henry George. O'Donnell's political biography is a brilliant introduction to George's life, ideas, and politics, showing that inequality can generate political movements that challenge the rich and powerful. Highly recommended. -- Sven Beckert, Harvard University A captivating portrait of the struggle between labor and capital during a formative period in the quest for workers' rights. Kirkus Reviews Timely and accessible. -- Sam Roberts The New York Times A detailed examination of Henry George and his radical critique of the Gilded Age economy... Recommended. Choice A persuasive piece of history. -- Steve Fraser H-Socialisms A fascinating, if perplexing work... O'Donnell effectively and vividly captures the episodes of George's amazing life. The University Bookman One can hardly sing enough praise about Edward O'Donnell's remarkable biography of Henry George. O'Donnell takes readers on a well-paced and engrossing journey. American Catholic StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I: The Making of a Radical, 1839-1879 1. "To Be Something and Somebody in the World" 2. "Poverty Enslaves Men We Boast Are Political Sovereigns": Progress and Poverty and Henry George's Republicanism Part II: The Emergence of "New Political Forces," 1880-1885 3. "New York Is an Immense City": The Empire City in the Early 1880s 4. "Radically and Essentially the Same": Irish-American Nationalism and American Labor 5. "Labor Built This Republic, Labor Shall Rule It" Part III: The Great Upheaval, 1886-1887 6. "The Country Is Drifting into Danger" 7. "To Save Ourselves from Ruin" 8. "Your Party Will Go Into Pieces" Epilogue Notes Index

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Book SynopsisPresenting a history of the Bronx, this book describes how the once-infamous New York City borough underwent one of the most successful and inspiring community revivals in American history. It shows how the Bronx interacted with and was affected by the rest of New York City as it grew from a small colony in Manhattan into a sprawling metropolis.Trade ReviewGonzalez's reporting and research are excellent, and scholars will appreciate the extensive bibliography... recommended for public and academic libraries. Library Journal Gonzalez has given New York and the Bronx a historical snapshot of the sometimes forgotten borough inThe Bronx. New York Resident Ms. Gonzalez has created a text, not only of historic value, but also one that should serve as a contemporary study of urbanization... for serious students and teachers of Bronx history or urban studies. Every library should have a copy... It's well worth a read. Bronx Times Reporter This is must reading for any historian interested in exploring the process of suburbanization's impact on New York City...Recommended. -- T. D. Beal Choice A soberly thoughtful, statistic-filled study of that neglected borough, replete with maps and charts. -- Phillip Lopate New York Times Book Review This book tells a thoughtful story of urbanization in a place that most Americans know only stereotypically. -- Darrel E. Bigham American Historical Review A superior book, well worth reading. -- Lloyd Ultan The Bronx County Historical Society Journal Evelyn Gonzalez and Columbia University Press earn warm praise for this valuable book. -- Joeseph Dorinson H-Urban An excellent account of a place and its people. -- Brian Purnell Urban HistoryTable of ContentsList of Maps List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. The Bronx and Its Neighborhoods 2. Early Beginnings 3. The Changing Landscape 4. Emerging Neighborhoods 5. Boosting a Borough 6. Urban Neighborhoods 7. The South Bronx 8. The Road Back Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA rich anthology of the history, ethnicity, language and culture of a city with the largest and most diverse Hispanic population in the country. -- Sam Roberts New York Times A significant milestone in Nueva York studies as an interdisciplinary, multinational field with hemispheric and transatlantic scope. -- Catharine E. Wall World Literature Today ...should be required reading for anyone interested in the study of people of Latin American descent in New York. -- Ramona Hernandez Latino StudiesTable of ContentsForeword, by Andrew Delbanco Note on the Selections Acknowledgments Introduction: New York City and the Emergence of a New Hemispheric Identity, by Claudio Ivan Remeseira 1. People and Communities Historical Perspectives The Evolution of the Latino Community in New York: Nineteenth Century to Late Twentieth Century, by Gabriel Haslip-Viera A Vindication of Cuba Our America, by Jose Marti Memoirs of Bernardo Vega: A Contribution to the History of the Puerto Rican Community in New York (excerpts), by Bernardo Vega Halfway to Dick and Jane: A Puerto Rican Pilgrimage, by Jack Agueros New York: Teetering on the Heights, by Roberto Suro The Hispanic Impact Upon the United States, by Theodore S. Beardsley Jr. In Search of Latinas in U.S. History, 1540-1970s, by Virginia Sanchez Korrol The Spanish Element in Our Nationality, by Walt Whitman Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Religion Racial Themes in the Literature: Puerto Ricans and Other Latinos, by Clara E. Rodriguez The Emergence of Latino Panethnicity, by Milagros Ricourt and Ruby Danta Creole Religions of the Caribbean, by Margarite Fernandez Olmos and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert 2. Cultural Hybridizations Language and Literature: A Bilingual Tradition New York City: Center and Transit Point of Hispanic Cultural Nomadism, by Dionisio Canas Puerto Rican Voices in English, by Carmen Dolores Hernandez Spanish in New York, by Ana Celia Zentella Spanish in New York: A Moving Landscape, by Antonio Munoz-Molina Music and Art: Latino, Latin American, American New York's Latin Music Landmarks, by Frank M. Figueroa The Story of Nuyorican Salsa, by Ed Morales Mariachi Reverie, by Paul Berman The Art of Babel in the Americas, by Luis Perez-Oramas The Life and Passion of Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Frances Negron-Muntaner A Splendid Outsider: Archer Milton Huntington and the Hispanic Heritage in the United States, by Claudio Ivan Remeseira Carlos Gardel in New York: The Birth of a Hispanic American Myth, by Claudio Ivan Remeseira Further Reading Contributors Index of Names Index of Subjects

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA rich anthology of the history, ethnicity, language and culture of a city with the largest and most diverse Hispanic population in the country. -- Sam Roberts New York Times A significant milestone in Nueva York studies as an interdisciplinary, multinational field with hemispheric and transatlantic scope. -- Catharine E. Wall World Literature Today ...should be required reading for anyone interested in the study of people of Latin American descent in New York. -- Ramona Hernandez Latino StudiesTable of ContentsForeword, by Andrew Delbanco Note on the Selections Acknowledgments Introduction: New York City and the Emergence of a New Hemispheric Identity, by Claudio Ivan Remeseira 1. People and Communities Historical Perspectives The Evolution of the Latino Community in New York: Nineteenth Century to Late Twentieth Century, by Gabriel Haslip-Viera A Vindication of Cuba Our America, by Jose Marti Memoirs of Bernardo Vega: A Contribution to the History of the Puerto Rican Community in New York (excerpts), by Bernardo Vega Halfway to Dick and Jane: A Puerto Rican Pilgrimage, by Jack Agueros New York: Teetering on the Heights, by Roberto Suro The Hispanic Impact Upon the United States, by Theodore S. Beardsley Jr. In Search of Latinas in U.S. History, 1540-1970s, by Virginia Sanchez Korrol The Spanish Element in Our Nationality, by Walt Whitman Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Religion Racial Themes in the Literature: Puerto Ricans and Other Latinos, by Clara E. Rodriguez The Emergence of Latino Panethnicity, by Milagros Ricourt and Ruby Danta Creole Religions of the Caribbean, by Margarite Fernandez Olmos and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert 2. Cultural Hybridizations Language and Literature: A Bilingual Tradition New York City: Center and Transit Point of Hispanic Cultural Nomadism, by Dionisio Canas Puerto Rican Voices in English, by Carmen Dolores Hernandez Spanish in New York, by Ana Celia Zentella Spanish in New York: A Moving Landscape, by Antonio Munoz-Molina Music and Art: Latino, Latin American, American New York's Latin Music Landmarks, by Frank M. Figueroa The Story of Nuyorican Salsa, by Ed Morales Mariachi Reverie, by Paul Berman The Art of Babel in the Americas, by Luis Perez-Oramas The Life and Passion of Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Frances Negron-Muntaner A Splendid Outsider: Archer Milton Huntington and the Hispanic Heritage in the United States, by Claudio Ivan Remeseira Carlos Gardel in New York: The Birth of a Hispanic American Myth, by Claudio Ivan Remeseira Further Reading Contributors Index of Names Index of Subjects

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSoffer has written a fascinating biography of New York City Mayor Ed Koch--but he has done so much more than that. He skillfully uses Koch's reign to tell the story of the city from 1978 to 1990, a rags-to-riches saga with many lessons for today's cities as they cope with enormous financial pressure. Whether or not you are a New Yorker, this marvelously told tale of a mayor and his city will grip you. -- Lizabeth Cohen, Harvard University, author of A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America Soffer is able to bring Ed Koch into critical focus through his narrative gaze, clean writing style, and expert use of a dazzling array of sources. By using such a colorful character as Koch, Soffer illuminates the way neoliberalism has made, remade, and unmade our urban landscape. He illuminates the importance of Koch in local and national politics and represents a larger phenomenon in America life. By thoroughly examining the politics and policies of his mayoralty, he allows us to see more clearly the world in which we live. -- Richard Greenwald, Drew University, author of The Triangle Fire, the Protocols of Peace, and Industrial Democracy In Progressive Era New York 'How'm I doin'?', Ed Koch's tagline, promised New Yorkers accountability and order after a fiscal crisis that brought the city to the verge of bankruptcy, the Son of Sam serial murders, and the racial mayhem of the July 1977 blackout. Brilliant and witty, jovial and magnetic, Koch was also a mean, stubborn, and polarizing figure. Jonathan Soffer brilliantly navigates us through the sea of local, national, and international events that created the phenomenon that is 'Hizzoner.' -- Craig Steven Wilder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, author of A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn Jonathan Soffer's is now the go-to book on Ed Koch and his mayoralty. Critical yet even-handed, it is lucidly written, theoretically sophisticated, and solidly sourced in interviews and archives. And it offers fresh perspectives on many aspects of New York's history in the 1960s-1990s, notably the neoliberal turn, the fiscal crisis, racial and religious relations, and the interlinked trinity of gentrification, homelessness, and redevelopment. -- Mike Wallace, City University of New York, coauthor of the Pulitzer-Prize winning Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 New York admirers will find much to relish here, while those interested in learning how municipal governments work, especially during financial crisis, will be especially during financial crisis, will be especially enlightened by Soffer's efforts. Library Journal This fascinating, entertainingly written and illuminating book, the best piece of contemporary urban history I've read in a long time, is a marvel of even-handedness and balance.The Millions -- Phillip Lopate The Millions Provides an invaluable resource for urbanists, historians, scholars of New York, and anyone interested in this extraordinary subject, city, and time. -- Miriam Greenberg Journal of American History In his evenhanded treatment of the confrontational and controversial mayor, Soffer endorses the liberal indictment and fully acknowledges Koch's shortcomings. At the same time, however, the author presents a compelling brief for Koch that underscores the desperate condition of New York City in the late 1970s and argues convincingly for the mayor's decision to employ draconian measures. -- Roger Biles American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Struggling to Be Middle Class: Ed Koch's Early Life 3. It Takes a Village (1949-58) 4. "Rhymes with Notch" (1959-64) 5. The Man Who Beat Carmine De Sapio 6. A Rebel with Reason 7. Koch's Corridor (1969-76) 8. "A Liberal with Sanity": Koch as the Anti-Bella 9. New York: Divided and Broke (1973-77) 10. The 1977 Mayoral Election 11. The Critical First Term (1978-81) 12. The Politics of Race and Party 13. Shake-up (1979-80) 14. Controlled Fusion: Or, to Koch or Not to Koch (1980-81) 15. Governor Koch? (1982-83) 16. Larger Than Life (1984-85) 17. A New Spatial Order: Gentrification, the Parks, Times Square 18. Homelessness 19. The Koch Housing Plan (1986-89) 20. AIDS 21. Crime and Police Issues (1978-84) 22. The Ward Years: Police, Crime, and Police Crimes (1984-89) 23. Don't Follow County Leaders, and Watch Your Parking Meters (1986) 24. Koch's Endgame (1988-89) 25. Epilogue Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An excellent read about an enormous and highlycommendable public health effort in a poor, multi-cultural, and beleagueredcommunity." -- Toba Schwaber Kerson, DSW, PhD, Bryn Mawr College this is an excellent read about an enormous and highly commendable public health effort in a poor, multi-cultural, and beleaguered community. -- Toba Schwaber Kerson Social Work in Health CareTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Foreword by Gail Christopher Acknowledgments Part I: Beginnings Introduction: The Northern Manhattan Community Voices Collaborative Allan J. Formicola and Lourdes Hernandez-Cordero 1. Creating the Collaborative Foundation Allan J. Formicola, Moises Perez, and James McIntosh 2. The Collaborative Structure and the Challenges We Faced Sandra Harris Part II: Promoting Health and Primary Care 3. Community Health Workers: A Successful Strategy for Restoring the Health of a Community Moises Perez, Jacqueline Martinez, and Laura Frye 4. Asthma Basics for Children (ABC): Building an Asthma Support System from the Ground Up Sally E. Findley with Gloria Thomas, Rosa Madera-Reese, Maria Lizardo, Mario Drummonds, and Benjamin Ortiz 5. Start Right Coalition: Building on Community Initiatives for Childhood Immunization Promotion Sally E. Findley with Martha Sanchez, Miriam Mejia, Mario Drummonds, and Matilde Irigoyen 6. The Legacy Smoking-Cessation Project Cheryl Ragonesi, Martin Ovalles, and Daniel F. Seidman Part III: Strengthening the Safety Net 7. Salud a Su Alcance (SASA): Health Within Your Reach Anita Lee 8. Health Information Tool for Empowerment (HITE): Making Health Care Resources a Mouse Click Away Yisel Alonzo 9. HealthGap and the NMCVC's Effort to Cover the Uninsured Harris K. (Ken) Lampert 10. Healthy Choices: Mobilizing Community Assets to Combat the Twin Epidemic of Obesity and Diabetes Jacqueline Martinez and Yisel Alonzo Part IV: Providing Dental and Mental Health Care 11. Columbia Community DentCare Program Stephen Marshall, David Albert, and Dennis Mitchell 12. Mental Health Policy Paper: Giving Voice to a Neglected Epidemic Lourdes Hernandez-Cordero 13. The Thelma C. Davidson Adair Medical/Dental Center Allan J. Formicola Part V: Summing Up and Scaling Up 14. Summing Up Allan J. Formicola and Lourdes Hernandez-Cordero 15. Scaling Up Lourdes Hernandez-Cordero, Susan Sturm, Kathleen Klink, and Allan J. Formicola Epilogue Acronyms Used in the Book List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisRichard McGahey explores how cities can foster equitable economic growth despite the obstacles in their way. Drawing on extensive experience as well as historical analysis, he examines the failures of public policy and conventional economic wisdom that have led to the neglect of American cities and highlights opportunities for reform.Trade ReviewRichard McGahey’s book shows what many economists and pundits get wrong in both downplaying and justifying the severe inequality of power, resources, and outcomes, which is clearly tied to race and racism, within America’s cities and metro regions. Unequal Cities will help policy makers and change advocates avoid the mistakes of the past and devise solutions for more inclusive futures. -- Darrick Hamilton, founding director, Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy, The New SchoolUnequal Cities offers a definitive account of anti-city bias in federal and state policy. The meticulously researched analysis of how activists and elected officials in Detroit, Los Angeles and New York attempted to pursue policies to create a more equitable city reveals that cities cannot accomplish structural changes, including addressing racism, in an environment in which policy is stacked against them. -- Joan Fitzgerald, author of Greenovation: Urban Leadership on Climate ChangeAmerica’s cities drive economic growth, but at the unfair price of pervasive inequality. Richard McGahey’s book shows us that’s no accident. His economic analysis shows equality and growth can be linked, and the book’s case studies and policy ideas can help change makers and philanthropic leaders in their fight for shared prosperity. -- Michelle DePass, former CEO and past president, Meyer Memorial TrustAs a sophisticated observer and influential participant in urban policy making, McGahey makes a powerful case that inequality hampers and warps urban economic development and offers fruitful insights as to its sources and possible remedies. He offers a frank assessment of how economic thinking can (or cannot) guide us on ways to improve policies and outcomes. -- John Mollenkopf, coeditor of Unsettled Americans: Metropolitan Context and Civic Leadership for Immigrant IntegrationUnequal Cities offers a superb and clear argument, pointing out the cities drive the economy but also are sites of inequality. Its three rich case studies allow us to understand the heterogeneity of the urban experience. It really gets so much right. -- Manuel Pastor, coauthor of Solidarity Economics: Why Mutuality and Movements MatterA very accessible depiction of some of the key issues facing the people of the United States today, providing rich detail for those interested in urban policy and for especially for readers in the case-study cities. * EH.net *Table of Contents1. Cities, the Economy, and Inequality2. America’s Hostility Toward Cities: “Pestilential to the Morals, the Health, and the Liberties of Man”3. Isolating America’s Cities: From the Economic “Golden Age” to “Two Societies—One Black, One White”4. New York City: From Social Democracy to “A Tale of Two Cities”5. Detroit: From the “Arsenal of Democracy” to Record-Breaking Bankruptcy6. Los Angeles: Progressive Coalitions in a Changing Economy7. Economics and Equity8. Economics and Policy: What Can Cities Do?9. Epilogue: Can Cities Fight Inequality On Their Own?AcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewExiled in America is a keen, well-written study of the powerful social forces of inequality as they are shaped by cultural issues and social institutions. Christopher P. Dum provides an unusual glimpse of a unique population living in a difficult and hazardous place-a nuanced and important work. -- Terry Williams, author of The Con Men: Hustling in New York City Living in a poverty motel that houses the most marginalized and scrutinized populations in the United States, Dum documents the lived drama of managed stigma, the eruptive proclivities of a caring fragile community of 'social refugees,' the tragedy of public indifference, and the humanity of capitalism's newly rendered 'huddled masses.' It is a story that can only be told through immersive ethnography. -- Timothy Black, author of When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers On and Off the Streets It is not often, after forty years in the field, that I actually get excited by a new scholar's tone-that I find it so fascinating, so rich, so theoretically and analytically thick, that I go agog over it. Such is the case with Dum's work. -- Peter Adler, University of Denver Dum digs down deep inside the darkness of marginality and exclusion to find the lives that others willfully ignore. Amidst that darkness he discovers hard living and plenty of hurt but something else as well: little flowerings of courage and community. An exemplar of engaging ethnography, Exiled in America is a book that I've now read twice and will no doubt read again-it's that good. -- Jeff Ferrell, author of Empire of Scrounge: Inside the Urban Underground of Dumpster Diving, Trash Picking, and Street Scavenging Exiled in America is a compelling and compassionate look at people living at society's margins. Dum details the evolution of the 'no tell' Boardwalk Motel, the people who live there, and the social dynamics among themselves and the surrounding community, illustrating our 'dystopian cultural response to inequality.' Ethnography at its best! -- Andrea Leverentz, author of The Ex-Prisoner's Dilemma: How Women Negotiate Competing Narratives of Reentry and Desistance [A] revealing, rigorously academic work... [Dum] places the painful experiences of these residents in the larger societal context: rising rates of incarceration, foreclosures, evictions, and homelessness have in recent years turned many nonchain motels into shelters for the marginalized. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) [A] fine, vivid and disturbing ethnography. Times Higher Education This book, Dum's debut, is a lively evocation of a precarious, misunderstood community's rhythms, textures, and tools for living together. It also contains a nicely potted history of American motels, once symbols of freedom for car-owning travelers, now disreputable, last-ditch options for the transient and marginalized-living monuments to what happens when massive social problems run up against a national desire for Band-Aid solutions. -- Peter C. Baker Pacific Standard Eye-opening, necessary work Lit Rant Exiled in America is on the whole an exemplary piece of social reportage and analysis. Inside Higher Ed Recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Biography of a Residential Motel 2. Pathways to Motel Life 3. Managing Stigma and Identity 4. Community, Conflict, and Fragility 5. Interactions with the Community Conclusion: Policy Failure in the Age of Social Sanitization Appendix 1. List of Participants Appendix 2. A Reflection on Method Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn The Soft City, the ethnographer Terry Williams ventures deep into the underground world of sex in New York. The book explores different aspects of the “perverse space” of the city: porn theaters, sex shops, peep shows, restroom cruising, sadomasochism clubs, swingers’ events, and many more.Trade ReviewThe Soft City is a time-machine ride to a vanished New York, one in which the sex trade was wide open—at once brazen and furtive, anonymous and eccentric, mundane and bizarre, outrageous and straitjacketed by repression. The impressive level of detail steeps the reader in all the sights, sounds, and even smells that cannot be experienced in today’s world of distanced online pornography. -- Lucy Sante, Bard College, author of Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New YorkThe Soft City, a magnificent synthesis of public spaces where sex takes place, is a compelling collage ethnography of the invisible part of New York City. Williams takes the reader to parts of the city that are not mapped and places where the lives of 'disposable' people unfold. Through a complex and vividly written narrative, consisting of storiettes, the reader is exposed to experiences with sexuality among people from numerous walks of life. As new insights emerge, the reader is challenged not to judge. Peeking through a lens that is focused on desire, the reader becomes both a spectator and eyewitness of sexual communities and the public spaces where sex takes place. Williams’ important and provocative work emphasizes how much is not apparent unless we look for it. A powerful reminder for all. -- Claire E. Sterk, President Emerita and Charles Howard Candler Professor of Public Health, Emory UniversityTerry Williams and his team of (apprentice) ethnographers chart the Soft City, or the sexual underground of New York City, via four decades of field notes. These vignettes expose a vast variety of perspectives—different epochs of the Soft City, a diverse set of scholars, a variety of venues, and the cast of characters who dwell in these temporal locations—through which the reader is treated to an understanding of human sexuality as heterogeneous as the city itself. -- Beverly Yuen Thompson, Siena CollegeAn incredible ethnographic exploration of public sex in one of the world's most diverse cities: New York. Sociologist Terry Williams offers a brilliant micro-sociological analysis of the ways in which desire, pleasure, sexuality, and gender are socially organized and experienced in contemporary societies. -- Ana Cárdenas Tomažič, Ludwig-Maximillians-Universitat, MunchenI met Professor Terry Williams in the mid-1990s when together, along with a varied cadre of sociology students, embarked into unveiling the softness of the city's sexual fabric. During those amazing outings, my hard core (as a young Latina immigrant at the time) melted into the faintness of our study participants' stories that would become alive at sex shops, peep shows, topless bars, gay and transgender cabarets, and BDSM clubs. Underlying the political economy of desire, the soft city revealed to me in what Williams calls the 'erotic poetry of pain,' and via our communal need to be welcomed by strangers in almost unexpected ways.In this book, Williams masterfully unveils his own trajectory, and that of his sociology apprentices, coming of age as acutely sensitive—yet vulnerable—fieldworkers, all inhabitants of a sexually malleable urban hub. Together, they perfected the ethnographic métier by diving into the rough corners of the city's lubricious pores. With painstaking rigor, Williams brings decades of fieldwork to fruition, revealing the cosmopolitan aesthetics of a sensuous underground milieu. A must-read for anyone eager to hone the craft of engaged ethnography, this book will also appeal to those interested in the subversive, albeit commoditized geography of transgressed desire in a globalized world. -- Anahí Viladrich, Queens College, City University of New YorkRich with theory and story, The Soft City reveals a New York that many overlook. Williams is no detached researcher. By weaving himself into the settings and scenes he describes he uses the power of ethnography to argue for the honoring of desire and protecting of personal freedom. -- Elizabeth Anne Wood, Nassau Community CollegeRequired reading for students of New York City history, as well as the history of sexuality. * Gotham Center for New York City History Blog *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Soft City Encounters2. Topless and Bottomless Bars3. Gender Play4. Peep Shows5. Escorts and Clients6. Smell, Touch, and Participation7. Sadomasochism and Bondage8. Orgies and Swinger Events9. Lesbian and Gay Spaces10. The Future of the Soft CityAcknowledgmentsAppendix: Methodological EthicsGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisJonathan Bach examines the afterlife of East Germany following the fall of the Berlin Wall, as things and places from the socialist past continue to circulate and shape the politics of memory. What Remains traces the effects of these artifacts, arguing for a rethinking of the role of the everyday as a site of reckoning with difficult pasts.Trade ReviewWhat Remains is a perceptive and - perhaps more crucially - a very sympathetic account of multiple ways through which ordinary people try to take hold of their politically controversial past. Bach creates an intricate but highly accessible story about the past that is not quite gone. -- Serguei Oushakine, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University Jonathan Bach weaves his way elegantly and insightfully through Berlin's post-unification landscape, highlighting the absences, unsettlements and inheritances from the past. In doing so, he shows not only the potency of what remains but also the creativity with which it is addressed and new futures forged. This is a wonderful, highly readable yet deeply sophisticated book. -- Sharon Macdonald, Institut fur Europaische Ethnologie, Humboldt-Universitat zu BerlinTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "The Taste Remains" 2. Collecting Communism 3. Unbuilding 4. The Wall After the Wall Epilogue: Exit Ghost Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisJonathan Bach examines the afterlife of East Germany following the fall of the Berlin Wall, as things and places from the socialist past continue to circulate and shape the politics of memory. What Remains traces the effects of these artifacts, arguing for a rethinking of the role of the everyday as a site of reckoning with difficult pasts.Trade ReviewIn this wonderful book, Jonathan Bach shows the complexity of East Germans' adjustment to their new reality. Examining preferred consumption items, personal museums of things from the past, demolitions and rebuildings, and memorializations of the Wall, he goes well beyond fashionable invocations of "nostalgia" to explore unification's assaults on personhood and identity, on senses of place and history. A must read! -- Katherine Verdery, the Graduate Center of the City University of New YorkWhat Remains is a perceptive and—perhaps more crucially—a very sympathetic account of multiple ways through which ordinary people try to take hold of their politically controversial past. Bach creates an intricate but highly accessible story about the past that is not quite gone. -- Serguei Oushakine, Princeton UniversityJonathan Bach weaves his way elegantly and insightfully through Berlin’s postunification landscape, highlighting the absences, unsettlements, and inheritances from the past. In doing so, he shows not only the potency of what remains but also the creativity with which it is addressed and new futures forged. This is a wonderful, highly readable, yet deeply sophisticated book. -- Sharon Macdonald, Institut für Europäische Ethnologie, Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinWhat Remains traces a quarter century of present pasts—a minefield of forced dispossessions and reappropriations in the struggles of forging German unification. It offers a vibrant encounter with the residues of Germany’s first socialist state and concludes with a moving tribute to a current generation of Nachgeborenen haunted by the failures and the promises of the past. -- Andreas Huyssen, Columbia University[What Remains] weaves together theories of representation, time, and memory to examine the complicated legacy of East Germany’s material culture. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Jonathan Bach’s superb analysis of how state and non-state actors make sense of, display, and appropriate the material remains of the GDR in What Remains: Everyday Encounters with the Socialist Past in Germany could not be more timely. His careful attention to materials that became obsolete almost overnight — consumer goods, the Berlin Wall, the “People’s Palace” — has enormous relevance for the pressing questions regarding the schism(s) in German memory. -- Benjamin Nienass * Public Seminar *Jonathan Bach makes an important contribution to the scholarship on the politics of memory in Germany. . . . Eloquently but accessibly written, with expert translations of sometimes very difficult-to-translate German terms. . . . This book illustrates the importance of delving deeply into everyday culture in order to develop a sophisticated understanding of politics. -- Jenny Wüstenberg * Perspectives on Politics *This study in material culture succeeds in walking us through, at times literally, what reads like a magical landscape in which the trash, desiderata, and fragments of yesteryear . . . become visual feasts and official memories. . . . Thought-provoking . . . refreshing and incisive. -- Andrew Lass * American Anthropologist *This highly readable account weaves together public and private, the big and the small, to offer a fresh take on the politics of memory in united Germany. . . . As an insightful, innovative take on this important topic, What Remains is likely to endure. -- Kyrill Kunakhovich * German Studies Review *Bach’s book takes the reader on a dazzling journey through selective aspects of the German past and present. It dwells little on the study of political agents and organizational structures, and perhaps because, and not in spite, of that, it makes for stimulating material and a highly recommended reading. -- Lutz Kaelber * American Journal of Sociology *Insightful, original, beautifully written, and richly illustrated with documentary photographs...The book will be of interest for memory-studies scholars, as well as social scientists taking the role of material culture in social processes seriously. * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. "The Taste Remains"2. Collecting Communism3. Unbuilding4. The Wall After the WallEpilogue: Exit GhostNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisLance Freeman traces the evolving role of predominantly black neighborhoods in northern cities from the late nineteenth century through the present day. He reveals the forces that caused the ghetto’s role as haven or hell to wax and wane.Trade Review[An] informative sociohistorical analysis . . . For readers of urban history and black history, this is an excellent look at the ghetto’s multifaceted place in American history. * Publishers Weekly *Immensely valuable. -- Prentiss A. Dantzler, Georgia State University * Journal of Urban Affairs *A critical read at a time when gentrification is viewed as threatening the black identity of many urban neighborhoods, this book offers a rich and nuanced history of the ghetto’s role in black American life from the late nineteenth century to the present. Resisting a simple characterization, Freeman shows that while the ghetto has sometimes served as an instrument of subjugation and institutional neglect, it has also offered a refuge that has helped to nurture black culture, institutions, and ideas. -- Ingrid Gould Ellen, coeditor of The Dream Revisited: Contemporary Debates About Housing, Segregation, and OpportunityThrough rigorous sociohistorical analysis, Lance Freeman provides insight into how black ghettos developed and then changed over time, giving readers a good sense of the complicated trajectory of 'the ghetto' in America. A Haven and a Hell is a highly accessible and necessary book for a broader and richer understanding of urban black America. -- Marcus Anthony Hunter, coauthor of Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American LifeWith diligent care, Lance Freeman weighs the hurts and capacities of ghetto life in the United States. In a field grown thick with pronouncement, his steadfast empirical commitment and reasoned analyses correct past misperceptions and open new vistas. -- Harvey Molotch, coauthor of Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of PlaceIn A Haven and a Hell, Lance Freeman seeks to amplify the relationship between 'the ghetto' as a place, policy, and idea and as a black experience, source of resistance, and community. Using multiple places and narratives, this book renders 'the ghetto' as not only multifaceted but also critical to understanding the contemporary conditions of urban black America. -- John Hipp, University of California, IrvineFreeman’s rich historical account illustrates how pernicious processes of racial domination and exclusion created predominantly Black neighborhoods in Northern U.S. cities. Yet he also shows how these same processes created the conditions of possibility for autonomous Black social institutions and collective identities. Freeman seamlessly combines statistical and archival data with the voices of Black artists, activists, intellectuals, and business and political leaders across nearly 150 of U.S. history for an account that is at once soaring and surprisingly intimate. -- Adam Reich, co-author of Working for Respect: Community and Conflict at WalmartFor those wholly unfamiliar with the history of the formation of the African-American ghetto, this book is an essential read. Its prosaic style makes it very reader friendly. As such, its biggest draw may be for undergraduate students and others who have little understanding of the historical and social conditions that gave rise to what appear today as blighted urban spaces. * American Journal of Sociology *Freeman adds necessary perspective to our understanding of the role of the ghetto in American life. * Contemporary Sociology *An eloquently written and captivating book. * Journal of Planning Education and Research *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Embryonic Ghetto2. The Age of the Black Enclave3. The Federally Sanctioned Ghetto4. World War II and the Aftermath: The Ghetto Diverges5. The Ghetto Erupts: The 1960s6. The Last Decades of the Twentieth Century7. The Ghetto in the Twenty-First CenturyConclusion: How to Have a Haven but No Hell in the Twenty-First CenturyNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisMary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen assemble an international team of scholars to examine cities as sites of contemporary warfare and insecurity. They develop new insight into how cities and their residents encounter instability and conflict, as well as the ways in which urban forms provide possibilities for countering violence.Trade ReviewConflict, armed violence, and military interventions are brutal facts of life in cities throughout the world. While some commentators proclaim that cities can take up governance where states fail, or even that mayors might rule the world, reality is more complex. This book is a crucial guide to the reality of urban insecurity—and urban capabilities to cope with insecurity. Its cases come mainly from less rich countries with more or less manifest wars—but the issues considered matter everywhere. -- Craig Calhoun, Arizona State University and the London School of EconomicsSobering but with seams of hope, Cities at War brings together a state-of-the-art collection providing rich analysis of diverse contemporary cities embattled by insecurity, not just as urban theaters of violence or sites of broader conflicts but rather as places of human hankering and ingenious inventiveness and where cities themselves 'talk back.' -- Jo Beall, London School of Economics and Political ScienceUrbanization is spreading and conflict in urban areas changes the nature of war. Urbanists, peacekeepers, and military strategists should read this book. There are positive and negative lessons to be learned. -- Rt. Hon. Clare ShortThinking about war is too often trapped by the idea of a 'battlefield'—literally an open space in which social geographies are suspended for the duration of an armed contest. In this innovative volume, Mary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen fuse the paradigms of 'new war' and 'urban capabilities' to illuminate how urbanization transforms the conduct of war, societal survival during war, and resistance to war. -- Alex de Waal, World Peace FoundationCities at War places important questions about how contemporary wars are affecting cities on the intellectual map via a well-chosen collection of case studies that convey the variety of urban experiences of warfare, violence, and avoidance of violence in the twenty-first century. This effective study offers a rich contribution to the field. -- Martin Shaw, author of Genocide and International Relations: Changing Patterns in the Transitions of the Late Modern WorldKaldor and Sassen bring a powerful analysis of the urbanization of warfare as a multi-scalar and transnational process. The book will be of particular interest to researchers working on conflict-ridden cities who intend to understand the working of political violence in all its complexity. * Ethnic & Racial Studies *this book is a highly valuable resource for scholars in the fields of Urban Studies as well as Security, War and Peace Studies. The richness of the empirical material, the individual chapters that speak to each other so well and the insights into patterns of urbanity provide excellent inputs into discussions of power, resistance, inequality and violence. * Global Policy Journal *Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Global Insecurity and Urban Capabilities, by Mary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen1. Bamako, Mali: Danger and the Divided Geography of International Intervention, by Ruben Andersson2. Kabul: Bridging the Gap Between the State and the People, by Florian Weigand3. Baghdad: War and Insecurity in the City, by Ali Ali4. A Tale of Two Cities: Ciudad Juárez, El Paso, and Insecurity at the U.S.–Mexico Border, by Mary Martin5. Responding to, or Perpetuating, Urban Insecurity? Enclave-Making in Karachi, by Sobia Ahmad Kaker6. Violent Conflict and Urbanization in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: The City as a Safe Haven, by Karen Büscher7. Navigating Security in Bogotá, by Johannes Rieken, Efraín García-Sánchez, and Daniel Bear8. “On the Margins of All Margins”: Explaining (In)Security in Novi Pazar, Serbia, by Vesna Bojicic-DzelilovicConclusion: Spaces for Tactical Urbanism, by Saskia Sassen and Mary KaldorContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisVice, Crime, and Poverty traces the untold history of the concept of the underworld and its representations in popular culture. From the Parisian demimonde to Victorian squalor, from the slums of New York to the sewers of Buenos Aires, Dominique Kalifa deciphers the making of an image that has cast an enduring spell on its audience.Trade ReviewDominique Kalifa is one of the best French cultural historians of his generation and a worthy successor to Alain Corbin at the Sorbonne. Vice, Crime, and Poverty examines the urban ‘underworld,’ not in the twentieth-century sense of organized crime but as an imaginary shaped discursively in the nineteenth century by a widespread if morbid fascination with the apparent dangers of urban life. -- Edward Berenson, author of Europe in the Modern WorldThis is a lively and fun read. More than tracing the evolution of living conditions of the poor and indigent, Vice, Crime, and Poverty also represents an important contribution to the histoire des mentalités, telling us how different eras viewed the poor in terms of social changes at those times. The transnational aspect greatly enhances this study, making it a significant contribution to the field by offering insights into both European and American history. -- Venita Datta, author of Heroes and Legends of Fin-de-Siècle France: Gender, Politics, and National IdentityKalifa is the leading historian still teaching and writing about modern French history in France. In Vice, Crime, and Poverty, he shows how the lowest of the lower classes came to be represented by, or analogized with, indigenous colonized peoples. He offers interesting reflections on the successors of the inhabitants of the bas-fonds and the emergence of new designations for them, along with the internationalization of crime. Yet again, Kalifa provides much to discuss. -- John Merriman, author of Ballad of the Anarchist Bandits: The Crime Spree that Gripped Belle Epoque ParisKalifa’s research is virtuosic, incorporating every type of source under the sun—poetry, sociology, films, popular songs, literature, journalism—and is endlessly entertaining. -- Hadley Suter * Los Angeles Review of Books *An expertly drawn picture of a lost myth. . . . This accessible work should find ready use in the classroom and among a wide readership . . . interested in urban history, class, and nineteenth-century culture. * American Historical Review *A rich book. . . . Kalifa makes the case for the abundant possibilities in study of the social imaginary. * Journal of Social History *Kalifa extensively catalogs the language, imagery, and discursive forms in which the underworld has been evoked over time. * Journal of Modern History *In theory, we've left those ideas behind. In practice, the poor, the mentally ill, and those classified as deviant are all still seen too often as a single stigmatized mass, to be cured, saved, policed, condescended to, and enjoyed as lurid entertainment by those who consider themselves their social superiors. * Pacific Standard *A blurring of any distinction between the place and the population runs throughout the texts Kalifa draws on, which include novels, police memoirs, newspaper articles by undercover reporters and pleas by social reformers. * Inside Higher Ed *The breadth of insights contained in Vice, Crime, and Poverty is breathtaking. . . . Engaging, methodologically sophisticated, and thought-provoking. * H-France *Colorfully written, jargon free, and nicely translated, this volume suggests that every generation gets the underworld it needs. * Choice *Beautiful book, rich of literature, anecdotes, stories. . . . Highly recommended. * Al Femminile *Kalifa insightfully demonstrates how languages and vocabularies originating in the descriptions of the underworld by nineteenth-century contemporaries created inaccurate, misinformed, exaggerated, and sensationalized images of the poor and socially marginal. * Labor *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForewordIntroductionPart I: The Advent of the Lower Depths1. In the Den of Horror2. Courts of Miracles3. “Dangerous Classes”Part II: Scenarios of Society’s Underside4. Empire of Lists5. The Disguised Prince6. The Grand Dukes’ Tour7. Poetic FlightPart III: Ebbing of an Imaginary8. Slow Eclipse of the Underworld9. Persistent Shadows10. Roots of FascinationConclusionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisVice, Crime, and Poverty traces the untold history of the concept of the underworld and its representations in popular culture. From the Parisian demimonde to Victorian squalor, from the slums of New York to the sewers of Buenos Aires, Dominique Kalifa deciphers the making of an image that has cast an enduring spell on its audience.Trade ReviewDominique Kalifa is one of the best French cultural historians of his generation and a worthy successor to Alain Corbin at the Sorbonne. Vice, Crime, and Poverty examines the urban ‘underworld,’ not in the twentieth-century sense of organized crime but as an imaginary shaped discursively in the nineteenth century by a widespread if morbid fascination with the apparent dangers of urban life. -- Edward Berenson, author of Europe in the Modern WorldThis is a lively and fun read. More than tracing the evolution of living conditions of the poor and indigent, Vice, Crime, and Poverty also represents an important contribution to the histoire des mentalités, telling us how different eras viewed the poor in terms of social changes at those times. The transnational aspect greatly enhances this study, making it a significant contribution to the field by offering insights into both European and American history. -- Venita Datta, author of Heroes and Legends of Fin-de-Siècle France: Gender, Politics, and National IdentityKalifa is the leading historian still teaching and writing about modern French history in France. In Vice, Crime, and Poverty, he shows how the lowest of the lower classes came to be represented by, or analogized with, indigenous colonized peoples. He offers interesting reflections on the successors of the inhabitants of the bas-fonds and the emergence of new designations for them, along with the internationalization of crime. Yet again, Kalifa provides much to discuss. -- John Merriman, author of Ballad of the Anarchist Bandits: The Crime Spree that Gripped Belle Epoque ParisKalifa’s research is virtuosic, incorporating every type of source under the sun—poetry, sociology, films, popular songs, literature, journalism—and is endlessly entertaining. -- Hadley Suter * Los Angeles Review of Books *An expertly drawn picture of a lost myth. . . . This accessible work should find ready use in the classroom and among a wide readership . . . interested in urban history, class, and nineteenth-century culture. * American Historical Review *A rich book. . . . Kalifa makes the case for the abundant possibilities in study of the social imaginary. * Journal of Social History *Kalifa extensively catalogs the language, imagery, and discursive forms in which the underworld has been evoked over time. * Journal of Modern History *In theory, we've left those ideas behind. In practice, the poor, the mentally ill, and those classified as deviant are all still seen too often as a single stigmatized mass, to be cured, saved, policed, condescended to, and enjoyed as lurid entertainment by those who consider themselves their social superiors. * Pacific Standard *A blurring of any distinction between the place and the population runs throughout the texts Kalifa draws on, which include novels, police memoirs, newspaper articles by undercover reporters and pleas by social reformers. * Inside Higher Ed *The breadth of insights contained in Vice, Crime, and Poverty is breathtaking. . . . Engaging, methodologically sophisticated, and thought-provoking. * H-France *Colorfully written, jargon free, and nicely translated, this volume suggests that every generation gets the underworld it needs. * Choice *Beautiful book, rich of literature, anecdotes, stories. . . . Highly recommended. * Al Femminile *Kalifa insightfully demonstrates how languages and vocabularies originating in the descriptions of the underworld by nineteenth-century contemporaries created inaccurate, misinformed, exaggerated, and sensationalized images of the poor and socially marginal. * Labor *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForewordIntroductionPart I: The Advent of the Lower Depths1. In the Den of Horror2. Courts of Miracles3. “Dangerous Classes”Part II: Scenarios of Society’s Underside4. Empire of Lists5. The Disguised Prince6. The Grand Dukes’ Tour7. Poetic FlightPart III: Ebbing of an Imaginary8. Slow Eclipse of the Underworld9. Persistent Shadows10. Roots of FascinationConclusionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisBrian Calfano and Valerie Martinez-Ebers examine the history and current efforts of human relations commissions in promoting positive intergroup outcomes and enforcing antidiscrimination laws. Drawing on a wide range of theories and methods, they assess policy approaches, successes, and failures in four cities.Trade ReviewHuman Relations Commissions provides historical and practical details on beginning, continuing, and expanding human relations commissions. Calfano and Martinez-Ebers aptly highlight the tools necessary for engaging and identifying potential partners to promote good relations in any community. -- Beverly Watts, former president of the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies and executive director of the Tennessee Human Rights CommissionCalfano and Martinez-Ebers have provided needed focus on local policy making by turning to human relations commissions and examining the effects of their work—not just on the communities they are created to serve but also on the leaders themselves who invest so greatly in the effort of making our pluralistic society more congenial. This is important work. -- Gary Segura, dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLAHuman Relations Commissions presents an important application of bureaucracy and public administration literatures. This in-depth assessment demonstrates that staffers embody values that are critical in making both governments and neighborhoods fair and responsive to diverse constituencies. This book should be required reading for those interested in equity, public values, and the role of local governments. -- Kenneth J. Meier, coauthor of The Politics of African American Education: Representation, Partisanship, and Educational EquityFilling a canyon-like void in political science, urban studies, policy and administration, and more, Human Relations Commissions opens a whole new world to the relationship of HRCs and municipal governments. The synthesis of the authors’ varied methodologies and research orientations has created a fascinating book. -- John Bretting, University of Texas at El PasoTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Too Big a Task?1. Human Relations Commissions: Creativity in Constraint2. The History of Intergroup Relations in America3. Origins and Development of Organized Human Relations Efforts4. The Humans Who Must Relate5. Experimenting with the Dynamics of Intergroup Identity6. Reporting and Responding to Community7. Imagining Human Relations for the FutureAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisKevin Loughran explores the High Line in New York, the Bloomingdale Trail/606 in Chicago, and Buffalo Bayou Park in Houston to offer a critical perspective on the rise of the postindustrial park. He reveals how elites deploy the popularity and seemingly benign nature of parks to achieve their cultural, political, and economic goals.Trade ReviewParks for Profit offers a fresh take on the problem of environmental equity. Loughran deftly shows how the economic value of urban green space for capital can shrink the pool of public funds for parks and play areas in the places that need them most. He asks tough but necessary questions, and his answers are sure to spark debate. -- Eric Klinenberg, author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic LifeKevin Loughran's Parks for Profit is a beautifully written, carefully researched study of the role of green spaces in contemporary urban economic redevelopment. Loughran's richly textured and engaging book takes the reader to New York, Chicago, and Houston, demonstrating how cities reinvent their industrial pasts to serve tourists' and affluent urbanites' desire for green amenities. Parks for Profit powerfully reveals how planners and landscape architects rely on the urban industrial past to create postindustrial spaces that appeal to a new class of urban dwellers and visitors. Deeply attentive to the past, present, and future, Loughran reveals how histories of urban disinvestment, deindustrialization, White flight, and, more recently, gentrification, drive the emergence of new parks. Parks for Profit will productively challenge preconceived notions about the High Line and other new urban green spaces, and will sharpen understandings of how and why cities alter the material and cultural landscape. Loughran's book is a must-read for students of culture, urbanism, nature, and urban economies, providing a powerful example of the utility of multi-sited research and of the value of historically informed analyses of contemporary dynamics. -- Japonica Brown-Saracino, author of A Neighborhood That Never Changes: Gentrification, Social Preservation, and the Search for AuthenticityParks for Profit asks how a generation of refurbished parks change and re-valorize the picturesque framing of nature by imagining a union of wild nature and the postindustrial landscape, and, in doing so, gives a sense of the whole park, not merely its use or its financing or construction. The manuscript’s insightful and thoughtful analysis of the parks is valuable and even lyrical. Rarely is a book of urban sociology so well written, and rarely does it stand on the merits of the author’s insights. -- Gregory Smithsimon, author of Cause: ... And How It Doesn't Always Equal EffectHow do you turn a weeded rail and disused viaduct into a celebrated garden, and then turn the garden into a growth machine, and why does it matter? From New York, to Chicago, to Houston, private corporations have turned spaces that were unused by the right kind of people into restoration projects, sprouting high end businesses and economic growth. While city boosters call these public-private partnerships win-win solutions, Parks for Profits shows us just who the losers are. Not just those who get left, or pushed, out, but also anyone who cares about the things we should all share. Parks for Profit points to what’s gone wrong and how the wrongs can be made right. An important intervention. -- Frederick F. Wherry, Princeton UniversityA timely counterargument to the urban cheerleading that promotes this model of privately funded showstopper spaces. * CityLab *At its best, Parks for Profit illuminates the disconnect between the way these projects were sold to the public with the thrill of exciting new public spaces and the gentrifying impact they had on their surrounding areas. * The Architect's Newspaper *The work is so well researched and considered. * H-Environment *Incredibly engaging and well written, moving easily from one case to the next. Students and practitioners of urban sociology, environmental design, planning, and political science will find much wisdom in these pages, as will anyone with an interest in parks, urban planning, or revitalization. * Journal of Urban Affairs *A good book that will be of useful to sociologists, urban geographers, planners, and park historians, as well as lay people interested in these subjects. * Social Forces *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsI. Introduction1. Sometime in 20092. Varieties of Urban Crisis: New York, Chicago, HoustonII. Growth Machines in the Garden3. “The Yuppie Express”4. “No More Bake Sales, Man”5. “A Piece of Crud”6. Parks for Profit or for People?III. Gardens in the Machine7. Defective Landscapes8. Imbricated Spaces9. Constructing Environmental Authenticity10. Spatial Practices and Social ControlIV. Conclusion11. After the High Line12. Abolish, Decolonize, Rot: Three Proposals for Parks EquityNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisDiving into Harvard Square’s past and present, Catherine J. Turco, an economic sociologist and longtime Harvard Square denizen, tells the crazy, complicated love story of one quirky little marketplace and in the process, reveals the hidden love story Americans everywhere have long had with their own Main Streets and downtowns.Trade ReviewTurco brings a novelist’s subtle sense of character, place, and pacing to an incisive, truly new consideration of a universal, though often invisible, fact of life: how we relate to where we live. And, on a deeper level, how we relate to change. A twenty-first-century Jane Jacobs, Turco’s intellect, compassion, and commitment come through each page. -- Lea Carpenter, author of Eleven Days and Red, White, Blue: A NovelA lovely, well-told story that will change how you think about markets, marketplaces, and perhaps even your own shopping. -- Joseph L. Badaracco, author of Step Back: How to Bring the Art of Reflection into Your Busy LifeTurco's history will forever change my daily commute of walking through Harvard Square. She provides amazing insight into the changes that have happened and will continue to happen, and clarifies that those who observe that the Square is changing are repeating an observation that has existed for centuries. -- Max H. Bazerman, Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Square is an emotionally gripping historical ethnography, powerfully connected to both the archive and to the lived experience of our attachments to a real street-level market and the people within it. -- Peter Bearman, coauthor of Working for Respect: Community and Conflict at WalmartThis book is an intellectual and emotional revelation about why street-level marketplaces—the places where people dine and shop, meet others, and feel part of the scene—mean so much to them and why this 'love story' is inherently fraught. It is original and insightful about both markets and people. -- Cecilia L. Ridgeway, author of Status: Why Is It Everywhere? Why Does It Matter?Turco uses the example of Harvard Square, a neighborhood she knows well and loves dearly, to examine the role of marketplaces in our lives. She shows how we develop affective ties to these dynamic markets, and then deplore the changes that market forces bring about. This book raises important questions about the tensions between markets and communities, and the extent to which we both crave and resist change. -- Mary Waters, Harvard UniversityYou will simply fall in love with how Turco draws you in and how she guides you to appreciate the paradox that markets are both source for, and threat to, what is sacred and intimate in our lives. -- Ezra W. Zuckerman Sivan, MIT SloanI think everyone should read this absorbing, deeply reported love story. * Cambridge Day *We are upset when market forces threaten the things we think are sacred. Turco hammers the point home: “That which gives us a sense of ontological security also takes it away. Who wouldn’t get upset by that?” * Arts Fuse *This is what Turco calls a 'crazy love' for the local marketplace — a feeling so strong it can stir a socialist. And her project is to understand its power. * Boston Globe *Turco takes a deep dive into what it is that makes a Main Street or community center special to its denizens. Her historically informed account will certainly resonate with those with fond memories of the Square’s past iterations. * Harvard Magazine *Table of ContentsAuthor’s NoteIntroductionPrologue: Sacred Sundays1. A Love Story Told from the Street LevelPart 1: A Lot of the Same, A Lot of Change2. Not What It Used to Be3. The Times They Are (Always) A-Changin’4. A Tricky RelationshipPart 2: Crazy Love5. Crazy Love6. Everybody Get Together7. Forever Young8. Outside Agitators9. Whose Square? The Battle for Control10. Pulling Away11. Different Markets, Different PerspectivesConclusion12. Our Markets, Ourselves13. Reclaiming the Street Level: COVID-19 and BeyondAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisClass turmoil, labor, and law and order in Chicago In this book, Sam Mitrani cogently examines the making of the police department in Chicago, which by the late 1800s had grown into the most violent, turbulent city in America. Chicago was roiling with political and economic conflict, much of it rooted in class tensions, and the city''s lawmakers and business elite fostered the growth of a professional municipal police force to protect capitalism, its assets, and their own positions in society. Together with city policymakers, the business elite united behind an ideology of order that would simultaneously justify the police force''s existence and dictate its functions. Tracing the Chicago police department''s growth through events such as the 1855 Lager Beer riot, the Civil War, the May Day strikes, the 1877 railroad workers strike and riot, and the Haymarket violence in 1886, Mitrani demonstrates that this ideology of order both succeeded and failed in its aims. RecasTrade Review"A fine contribution to police history. Recommended."--Choice "The author tells a compelling story. Richly researched and nicely written it can be recommended to all interested in Chicago political labor history. It shows how the police were created and developed due to immigrant workers and new ideologies finding their way in America."--Journal of Illinois History"A valuable, well-informed examination of the formative period in the development of the American police."--The Journal of American History "Sam Mitrani's excellent book, The Rise of the Chicago Police Department: Class and Conflict, 1850-1894 provides a very timely analysis of the growth of the professional police force in the United States. . . . Mitrani's analysis provides a crucial view into the 'messiness and contradictory nature of state building' and highlights how such institutions are shaped, and reshaped by specific interest in order to meet their needs. This book is a must for students of organized labor, police power, and urban development alike."--Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society"Sam Mitrani's The Rise of the Chicago Police Department: Class and Conflict, 1850-1894 offers a timely consideration of the relationship between democracy, industrial capitalism, and state building. . . . The result is a well-argued and researched analysis with important insights for those interested in questions related to the late nineteenth-century capitalism, the rise of the state, and the diminishing of democracy."--Labor"This excellent book leaves no doubt that in Chicago, 'a military-style police department' emerged not as a general manifestation of the modernization of urban services but 'to keep order in the face of the threats posed by a mobile class of wage workers.'"--The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era"A compelling story. Richly researched and nicely written it can be recommended to all interested in Chicago political and labor history. . . . Thanks to Sam Mitrani, we have a better understanding of the rise of the Chicago Police Department in nineteenth-century America."--Journal of Illinois History

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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