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Writing the modern city: Literature, architecture, modernity
Abstract from the publisher: Literary texts and buildings have always represented space, narrated cultural and political values, and functioned as sites of personal and collective identity. In the twentieth century, new forms of narrative have…
Vivre sans abri : de la mémoire des lieux à l'affirmation de soi
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On se représente communément les personnes sans abri comme déracinées, exclues du monde social, sans identité saisissable, en errance physique et psychique, hors de tout…
Urban space and national identity in early twentieth century São Paulo, Brazil : Crafting modernity
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Urban Space and National Identity in Early Twentieth Century São Paulo, Brazil focuses on how the political, cultural, and technical networks within the field of engineering provided the space within which an…
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…
Une sociologie de la petite ville
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La modernité et les phénomènes urbains exercent des pressions fortes sur la petite ville : économiques, politiques, culturelles, foncières, environnementales. Il…
Traité sur la ville
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L’esprit de ce Traité sur la ville réside dans la précision avec laquelle chaque auteur a "traité" une dimension incontournable de l’objet…
Toulouse melting-pot
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Trois Toulousains adultes sur quatre ne sont pas nés dans leur cité d'adoption. Chaque année 20 000 nouveaux venus s'installent dans l'aire urbaine qui connaît la plus forte…
The urban condition : Space, community, and self in the contemporary metropolis
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What does the Western city at the end of the twentieth century look like? How did the modern metropolis of congestion and density turn into a posturban or even postsuburban cityscape? What are edge cities and…
The time of the city : Politics, philosophy and genre
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The Time of the City is a trans-disciplinary work with a focus on genre-city relationships as they articulate the micropolitics of urban life in diverse cities. Shifting the territorial emphasis of political studies…
The spirit of cities: Why the identity of a city matters in a global age
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…
The revitalization of urban space
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Smagacz uses a comparative approach to look at two very different but related processes: what she calls the “revitalization” of two formerly peripheral and now prosper-
ous, innovative and trendy urban…
The promise of the city : Space, identity and politics in contemporary social thought
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The Promise of the City proposes a new theoretical framework for the study of cities and urban life. Finding the contemporary urban scene too complex to be captured by radical or conventional approaches, Kian Tajbakhsh…
The fundamentalist city? Religiosity and the remaking of urban space
Abstract from the publisher : The relationship between urbanism and fundamentalism is a very complex one. This book explores how the dynamics of different forms of religious fundamentalisms are produced, represented, and practiced in the city. It…
The city and the world: New York's global future
Abstract from the publisher: At first glance a study on cities and foreign policy may seem a bold leap into the future of international relations, but it represents, rather, a giant step into the present--into what is already taking place across…