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City and society
Abstract from the publisher :
City and Society, the journal of the Society for Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology, is intended to foster debate and conceptual development in urban, national, and transnational anthropology,…
City and society (Vol. 22, No. 2)
Abstract from the publisher :
City & Society, the journal of the Society for Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology, is intended to foster debate and conceptual development in urban, national, and transnational anthropology,…
City and society (Vol. 23, No. 1)
From the editorial by Petra Kuppinger : City & Society 23(1) includes four articles, and Leeds Book Prize acknowledgment essays by the 2009 (Bob White) and 2010 (Philippe Bourgois) winners. While the four papers were independently submitted,…
City and society (Vol. 23, No. S1)
From the Editor's Note by Petra Kuppinger: I am pleased to present the material evidence of City & Society's long-awaited transition to a tri-annual publication. This issue, 23(S1), is published as a supplement to our regular two annual issues…
City and soul in divided societies
Abstract from the publisher: In this unique book Scott A. Bollens combines personal narrative with academic analysis in telling the story of inflammatory nationalistic and ethnic conflict in nine cities – Jerusalem, Beirut, Belfast,…
City at the center of the world: Space, history, and modernity in Quito
Abstract from the publisher: In the seventeenth century, local Jesuits and Franciscans imagined Quito, the Andean capital of Ecuador, as the “new Rome.” It was the site of miracles and home of saintly inhabitants, the origin of crusades…
City at the point : Essays on the social history of Pittsburgh
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An overview of scholarly research, both published and previously unpublished, on the history of a city that has often served as a case study for measuring social change. It synthesizes the literature and assesses how…
City in sight : Dutch dealings with urban change
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Huge social transformations and turbulent political events - 9/11 and the political murders of Pim Fortuyn and Theo van Gogh - have put urban issues high on the political agenda of the Netherlands. Against this…
City life
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Cities are more important as cultural entities than their mere function as dormitories and industrial sites. Yet, the understanding of what makes a city 'alive' and appealing in cultural terms is still hotly contested -…
City of dreams: Seminar (no. 528)
Extract from the introduction 'The Problem': Suketu Mehta - Runaway: A chronicle of metropolitan transience
City of extremes : The spatial politics of Johannesburg
Abstract from the publisher : City of Extremes is a powerful critique of urban development in greater Johannesburg since the end of apartheid in 1994. Martin J. Murray describes how a loose alliance of city builders—including real estate…
City One
Dans la série City One le regard de Vincent Fillon tourne autour et plonge dans un quartier de Hong Kong : cinquante-deux tours identiques, répétition des masses, des lignes et des ouvertures, nous sommes dans un environnement paradoxalement abstrait…
City visions 1910 / 2010 : Urban planning in Berlin, London, Paris and Chicago 1910 and 2010
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The exhibition City Visions 1910 | 2010 is a celebration of the anniversary of the General Town Planning Exhibition. It compares two key moments in time: The years around 1910 and 2010.
1910
The planning exhibition…
City, culture and society (Vol. 1, No. 1)
Extract from the editorial by Masayuki Sasaki : Global society is experiencing a transition away from the existing socio-economic system, and there is a need to question and rethink existing theories in the domains of the humanities and social…
City, culture and society (Vol. 1, No. 3)
From the editorial by Toshio Mizuuchi : The special issue on ‘‘Housing poverty, homelessness, and the transformation of urban governance in East Asian cities’’ has been designed under the initiative of the East Asian…