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Saint-Louis du Sénégal. Palimpseste d'une ville
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Quelle est cette ville d'Afrique de l'Ouest, persistant à s'appeler d'un nom très français et très chrétien alors que la population qui la compose et le pays dont elle fut…
Colonial metropolis : The urban grounds of anti-imperialism and feminism in interwar Paris
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World War I gave colonial migrants and French women unprecedented access to the workplaces and nightlife of Paris. After the war they were expected to return without protest to their homes–either overseas or…
The New York approach : Robert Moses, urban liberals, and the redevelopment of the inner city
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Joel Schwartz's major reinterpretation of urban development in New York City examines Robert Moses's role in shaping the city and demonstrates for the first time that Moses's personal and ruthless crusade to redevelop…
The mysteries of the great city: The politics of urban design, 1877-1937
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The Mysteries of the Great City examines the physical, cultural, and political transformations of the American city between the Gilded Age and the New Deal. Focusing on New York, Chicago, and Cincinnati, John Fairfield…
Ed Koch and the rebuilding of New York City
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In 1978, Ed Koch assumed control of a city plagued by filth, crime, bankruptcy, and racial tensions. By the end of his mayoral run in 1989 and despite the Wall Street crash of 1987, his administration had begun…
Muzhik and Muscovite : Urbanization in late imperial Russia
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"Dear, dirty Dublin" : A city in distress, 1899 - 1916
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Only a few cities evoke those clear images that feed the mind and imagination of successive generations or represent for posterity the spirit of an age : Johnson's London, Louis Napoleon's Paris, Brecht's Berlin. And so…
To the city : Urban photographs of the New Deal
Abstract from the publisher :
In the 1930s and 1940s, as the United States moved from a rural to an urban nation, the pull of the city was irrepressible. It was so strong that even a photographic mission designed to record the essence of rural…
Reconstruire la Maison du sultan. Ruine et recomposition de l’ordre urbain au Caire (1350-1450)
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L’histoire du Caire, l’une des plus grandes capitales de l’Islam médiéval et de tout l’Ancien monde, présente un double apogée à…
Building colonial cities of God: Mendicant orders and urban culture in New Spain
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This book tracks New Spain's mendicant orders past their so-called golden age of missions into the ensuing centuries and demonstrates that they had equally crucial roles in what Melvin terms the "spiritual…
The waters of Rome : Aqueducts, fountains, and the birth of the Baroque city
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In this pioneering study of the water infrastructure of Renaissance Rome, urban historian Katherine Rinne offers a new understanding of how technological and scientific developments in aqueduct and fountain…
Villes et organisation de l'espace en République démocratique du Congo
Présentation par l'éditeur :
On trouvera dans ce volume un dossier solide sur les villes de la République démocratique du Congo. Sur le plan historique, l'auteur montre que les villes congolaises ne sont pas des…
Kinshasa : enracinements historiques et horizons culturels
Présentation par l'éditeur :
On visitera dans ce volume les anciens villages de Kinshasa et les traces qu'ils laissent dans la mémoire collective. A travers une patiente sociographie de la ville et ses quartiers, on percevra…