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The progressives and the slums: Tenement house reform in New York City, 1890-1917

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Abstract from the publisher: Contents: 1. The origins of tenement reform, 1830-1865 2. The tenement comes of age, 1866-1890 3. Jacob A. Riis: Portrait of a reformer 4. The Tenement House Committee of 1894 5. Lawrence Veiller and the New York…

Mots-clés: bidonville, dix-neuvième siècle, histoire urbaine, insalubrité, logement, Lubove Roy, mouvement social, New York, nineteenth century, pauvreté, quartier dégradé, relogement, renouvellement urbain, Riis Jacob A., tenement, twentieth century, Veiller Lawrence, vingtième siècle

The sociology of a New York city block

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Alternative link to the book via the Making of America digital library at the University of Michigan.

Mots-clés: Jones Thomas Jesse, New York, pauvreté, quartier dégradé, race, slum, sociologie urbaine, tenement

The spirit of cities: Why the identity of a city matters in a global age

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Abstract from the publisher: Cities shape the lives and outlooks of billions of people, yet they have been overshadowed in contemporary political thought by nation-states, identity groups, and concepts like justice and freedom. The Spirit of Cities…

Mots-clés: Beijing, Bell Daniel A., Berlin, de-Shalit Avner, esprit, Hong Kong, identité, Jérusalem, Montréal, New York, Oxford, Paris, Singapore, Singapour, spirit

Urban age : New York

Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'New York : Almost alright?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website. Many…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, banlieue, emploi, espace public, espace urbain, gouvernance, logement, London, Londres, mobilité, New York, planification, sécurité, transport, voisinage

Vues de New York (1860-1920)

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Présentation par l'éditeur : Cet ensemble de vues de New York, rassemblées et commentées par Gabrielle Townsend, déjà auteur d'un John Singer Sargent et d'un Winslow Homer chez le même éditeur,…

Mots-clés: gratte-ciel, images, New York, photographie, représentations, Townsend Gabrielle, urbanisme vertical, ville verticale

Welfare reform and social reproduction in New York City and Toronto

Abstract from the distributor : Simon's research employs a feminist political economy lens to examine how state and civil society groups respond to, manage, and/or mediate crisis tendencies in social reproduction resulting from the neoliberal…

Mots-clés: assistance sociale, Black Simon, feminism, féminisme, genre, gouvernance, néolibéralisme, New York, service public, société urbaine, syndicat, Toronto, travail, union, welfare

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