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Sport in the city : Cultural connections
Abstract from the publisher : Sport is seen as an increasingly important aspect of urban and regional planning. Related programmes have moved to the forefront of agendas for cities of the present and future. This has occurred as the barriers…
Chinatowns in a transnational world : Myths and realities of an urban phenomenon
Abstract from the publisher : This book explores the history, the reality, and the complex fantasy of American and European Chinatowns and traces the patterns of transnational travel and traffic between China, South East Asia, Europe, and the…
Cultures urbaines et faits transculturels
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La cité – de la ville médiévale à la métropole moderne – est un observatoire privilégié pour l’étude des contacts interculturels ou…
Streetlife : How cities made modern Europe
Abstract from the publisher : The twentieth century in Europe was an urban century: it was shaped by life in, and the view from, the street. Women were not liberated in legislatures, but liberated themselves in factories, homes, nightclubs, and…
Cities, real and ideal : Categories for an urban ontology
Abstract from the publisher : Cities are conspicuous among settlements because of their bulk and pace: Venice, Paris, or New York. Each is distinctive, but all share a social structure that mixes systems (families, businesses, and schools), their…
The cities of Roman Africa
Abstract from the publisher : The Roman province of Africa was one of richest in the Empire and as a result has some of the most spectacular remains. "The Cities of Roman Africa" examines the development of urban space and cultural life…
The new Blackwell companion to the city
Abstract from the publisher : This book considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanisation from a range of intellectual and international perspectives. * The most interdisciplinary collection of its kind * Provides a contemporary update…
Discrimination(s), genre(s) et urbanites(s) - La communauté gaie de Rennes
Présentation par l'éditeur : La communauté lesbienne, gaie, bi et transgenre (LGBT) n'a cessé, en lien avec sa conscientisation, de développer voire de revendiquer des pratiques langagières, un langage…
Parcours urbains
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Fascinante et effrayante, anonyme mais source de promiscuité, la ville constitue l'une des sources majeures d'inspiration d'une production littéraire et artistique marquée par la…
Cultures of the city : Mediating identities in urban Latin/o America
Abstract from the publisher : Cultures of the City explores the cultural mediation of relationships between people and urban spaces in Latin/o America and how these mediations shape the identities of cities and their residents. Addressing a broad…
Suburbanization in global society
Abstract from the publisher : Most urban growth over the last several decades has been in suburban areas, but research in urban sociology and other urban disciplines has been focused on the city (the global city, the networked city, the…
Urban cultures in (post)colonial central Europe
Abstract from the publisher : Berlin, Budapest, Prague, and Warsaw are cities indelibly marked by more than forty years of Soviet influence. Urban Cultures in (Post) Colonial Central Europe explores the ways in which these major urban centers have…
Levant : Splendour and catastrophe on the Mediterranean
Abstract from the publisher : Levant is a book of cities. It describes three former centers of great wealth, pleasure, and freedom—Smyrna, Alexandria, and Beirut—cities of the Levant region along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean.…
Urban plots, organizing cities
Abstract from the publisher : By focusing on the interplay between material, social and narrative dimensions of the city, this book examines urban complexity, namely the dynamic and entangled nature of urban issues, and puts forward a notion of the…
Urban tourism and urban change : Cities in a global economy
Abstract from the publisher : Urban Tourism and Urban Change: Cities in a Global Economy provides both a sociological / cultural analysis of change that has taken place in many of the world's cities. This focused treatment of urban tourism examines…
Les anciens abattoirs de Marseille. Une aventure inédite
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Comment témoigner de tout ce qui est immatériel, garder les traces, l’esprit d’un lieu quand une ville remodèle un pan entier de son territoire ? Vaste no man’s land…
Remaking Madrid : Culture, politics, and identity after Franco
Abstract from the publisher : Remaking Madrid is the first full-length study of Madrid’s transformation from the dreary home of the Franco dictatorship into a modern and vibrant city. It argues that this remarkable transformation in the…
Urban pollution : Cultural meanings, social practices
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Re-examining Mary Douglas’ work on pollution and concepts of purity, this volume explores modern expressions of these themes in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It…
Berlin : Divided city, 1945 - 1989
Abstract from the publisher : A great deal of attention continues to focus on Berlin’s cultural and political landscape after the fall of the Berlin Wall, but as yet, no single volume looks at the divided city through an interdisciplinary…