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The cosmopolitan canopy : Race and civility in everyday life
Abstract from the publisher : An acclaimed sociologist illuminates the public life of an American city, offering a major reinterpretation of the racial dynamics in America. Following his award-winning work on inner-city violence, Code of the…
African cities : Alternative visions of urban theory and practice
Abstract from the publisher : As African societies come to live more and more in cities, they do so in ways that challenge prevailing theories and models of urban development in geography, sociology, anthropology, and planning. In this…
Shanghai et le dispositif du Lotus Bleu
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Le "Lotus Bleu" est composé entre 1934 et 1935 par Hergé et Tchang Tchong-jen. La Shanghai des années trente, des concessions et de l’occupation japonaise y est le théâtre principal des aventures de Tintin. Shanghai…
Le "Lotus Bleu" est composé entre 1934 et 1935 par Hergé et Tchang Tchong-jen. La Shanghai des années trente, des concessions et de l’occupation japonaise y est le théâtre principal des aventures de Tintin. Shanghai…
The other global city
What is a Global City? Who authorizes the World Class City? This edited volume interrogates the "global cities" literature, which views the city as a shimmering, financial "global network." Through a historical-ethnographic…
Cultural diversity in Russian cities : The urban landscape in the Post-Soviet era
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Cultural diversity — the multitude of different lifestyles that are not necessarily based on ethnic culture — is a catchphrase increasingly used in place of multiculturalism and in conjunction with…
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.…
Ottoman Izmir: The rise of a cosmopolitan port, 1840-1880
Abstract from the publisher: Between 1840 and 1880, the Eastern Mediterranean port of Izmir (Smyrna) underwent unprecedented change. A modern harbor that welcomed international steamships and new railway lines that transported a cornucopia of…