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  • The Infrastructure of Play

    Building the Tourist City

    by Dennis R. Judd ...
    Using in-depth case studies, this volume shows how the infrastructure of tourism has transformed cities throughout North America. It makes clear that the modern urban environment is being thoroughly altered to emphasize the growing tourism sector in such areas as renovated waterfronts. ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • City Politics

    Cities and Suburbs in 21st Century America

    by Annika Marlen Hinze, Dennis R. Judd ...
    City Politics has received praise for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme – that urban politics in the United States has evolved as a dynamic interaction between governmental power, private actors, and a politics of identity.The book’s enduring appeal lies in its persuasive explanation, careful attention to historical detail, and accessible and elegant way of ... Read more

    $166.99 CAD

  • Private Metropolis

    The Eclipse of Local Democratic Governance

    Edited by Dennis R. Judd, Evan McKenzie, Alba Alexander ...
    Series series Globalization and Community
    Examines the complex ecology of quasi-public and privatized institutions that mobilize and administer many of the political, administrative, and fiscal resources of today’s metropolitan regionsIn recent decades metropolitan regions in the United States have witnessed the rise of multitudes of “shadow governments” that often supersede or replace functions traditionally associated with ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Chicago’s Modern Mayors

    From Harold Washington to Lori Lightfoot

    by Dick Simpson, Betty O'Shaughnessy, Xolela Mangeu, Gregory D Squires, Monroe Anderson, Costas Spirou, Dennis Judd, Kari Lydersen, Daniel Bliss0, Marco Rosaire Rossi1, Clinton Stockwell2 ...
    Political profiles of five mayors and their lasting impact on the cityChicago’s transformation into a global city began at City Hall. Dick Simpson and Betty O’Shaughnessy edit in-depth analyses of the five mayors that guided the city through this transition beginning with Harold Washington’s 1983 election: Washington, Eugene Sawyer, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emmanuel, and Lori Lightfoot. Though the ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

  • Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude

    Urbanization and Cultural Conflict in the Great Basin

    Edited by Dennis R. Judd, Stephanie L. Witt ...
    Series series The Urban West Series
    Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude explores the transformation of the largest desert in North America, the Great Basin, into America’s last urban frontier. In recent decades Las Vegas, Reno, Salt Lake City, and Boise have become the anchors for sprawling metropolitan regions. This population explosion has been fueled by the maturing of Las Vegas as the nation’s entertainment capital, the rise of Reno ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Building the City of Spectacle

    Mayor Richard M. Daley and the Remaking of Chicago

    by Costas Spirou, Dennis R. Judd ...
    By the time he left office on May 16, 2011, Mayor Richard M. Daley had served six terms and more than twenty-two years at the helm of Chicago's City Hall, making him the longest serving mayor in the city's history. Richard M. Daley was the son of the legendary machine boss, Mayor Richard J. Daley, who had presided over the city during the post–World War II urban crisis. Richard M. Daley led a ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

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  • The Vanishing Middle Class

    Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy

    by Peter Temin ...
    Why the United States has developed an economy divided between rich and poor—and how racism helped bring this about.The United States is becoming a nation of rich and poor, with few families in the middle. In this book, MIT economist Peter Temin offers an illuminating way to look at the vanishing middle class. Temin argues that American history and politics, particularly slavery and its aftermath, ... Read more

    $29.59 CAD

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  • New Deal Ruins

    Race, Economic Justice, and Public Housing Policy

    by Edward G. Goetz ...
    Public housing was an integral part of the New Deal, as the federal government funded public works to generate economic activity and offer material support to families made destitute by the Great Depression, and it remained a major element of urban policy in subsequent decades. As chronicled in New Deal Ruins, however, housing policy since the 1990s has turned to the demolition of public housing ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Politics and Public Policy

    Strategic Actors and Policy Domains

    by Donald C. Baumer, Carl E. Van Horn ...
    Getting beyond the traditional policy cycle discussed in most textbooks, the fully updated fourth edition of Politics and Public Policy offers a more comprehensive and realistic view of policymaking in the United States—one that looks beyond the jockeying between presidents and members of Congress, and explores the influence of corporate leaders, interest groups, bureaucrats, judges, and ... Read more

    $108.79 CAD

  • Freedomnomics

    Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-baked Theories Don't

    by John R. Lott Jr. ...
    Are free market economies really based on fleecing the consumer? Is the U.S. economy truly just a giant free-for-all that encourages duplicity in our everyday transactions? Is everyone from corporate CEOs to your local car salesman really looking to make a buck at your expense? In Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't, economist and bestselling author John R. ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • New York and Los Angeles

    The Uncertain Future

    Edited by David Halle, Andrew A. Beveridge ...
    This book provides in-depth comparative studies of the two largest cities and metropolitan areas in the United States: New York City and Los Angeles. The chapters, written by leading experts and based upon the most current information available from the Census and other sources, discuss and explicitly compare politics, economic prospects and the financial crisis, and a host of social issues. ... Read more

    $46.39 CAD

  • The Color of Law

    A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

    by Richard Rothstein ...
    New York Times Bestseller • Notable Book of the Year • Editors' Choice SelectionOne of Bill Gates’ “Amazing Books” of the YearOne of Publishers Weekly’s 10 Best Books of the YearLonglisted for the National Book Award for NonfictionAn NPR Best Book of the YearWinner of the Hillman Prize for NonfictionGold Winner • California Book Award (Nonfiction)Finalist • Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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