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  • Rape New York

    by Jana Leo ...
    In the gripping first pages of this true story, Jana Leo relives the moment-by-moment experience of a home invasion and rape in her own apartment in Harlem. After she reports the crime, she waits. Between police disinterest and squabbles from the health insurance company over who’s going to pay for the rape kit, she realizes that the violence of such an experience does not stop with the crime. ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Ending the Silence of Abuse

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  • Times Square Red, Times Square Blue

    by Samuel R. Delany ...
    If one street in America can claim to be the most infamous, it is surely 42nd Street. Between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, 42nd Street was once known for its peep shows, street corner hustlers and movie houses. Over the last two decades the notion of safety-from safe sex and safe neighborhoods, to safe cities and safe relationships-has overcome 42nd Street, giving rise to a Disney store, a children ... Read more

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  • Citizen-Protectors

    The Everyday Politics of Guns in an Age of Decline

    by Jennifer Carlson ...
    From gang- and drug-related shootings to mass shootings in schools, shopping centers, and movie theatres, reports of gun crimes fill the headlines of newspapers and nightly news programs. At the same time, a different kind of headline has captured public attention: a steady surge in pro-gun sentiment among Americans. In Citizen-Protectors, Jennifer Carlson offers a compelling portrait of gun ... Read more

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  • Young and Defiant in Tehran

    by Shahram Khosravi ...
    Series series Contemporary Ethnography
    With more than half its population under twenty years old, Iran is one of the world's most youthful nations. The Iranian state characterizes its youth population in two ways: as a homogeneous mass, "an army of twenty millions" devoted to the Revolution, and as alienated, inauthentic, Westernized consumers who constitute a threat to the society. Much of the focus of the Islamic regime has been on ... Read more

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  • Hey, Shorty!

    A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in Schools and on the Streets

    by Girls for Gender Equity, Joanne Smith, Meghan Huppuch, Mandy Van Deven ...
    At every stage of education, sexual harassment is common, and often considered a rite of passage for young people. It’s not unusual for a girl to hear Hey, Shorty!” on a daily basis, as she walks down the hall or comes into the school yard, followed by a sexual innuendo, insult, come-on, or assault. But when teenagers are asked whether they experience this in their own lives, most of them say it’s ... Read more

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  • Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City

    by Derek S. Hyra ...
    For long-time residents of Washington, DC's Shaw/U Street, the neighborhood has become almost unrecognizable in recent years. Where the city's most infamous open-air drug market once stood, a farmers' market now sells grass-fed beef and homemade duck egg ravioli. On the corner where AM.PM carryout used to dish out soul food, a new establishment markets its $28 foie gras burger. Shaw is ... Read more

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  • Cities and the Politics of Difference

    Multiculturalism and Diversity in Urban Planning

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    Demographic change and a growing sensitivity to the diversity of urban communities have increasingly led planners to recognize the necessity of planning for diversity. Edited by Michael A. Burayidi, Cities and the Politics of Difference offers a guide for making diversity a cornerstone of planning practice.The essays in this collection cover the practical and theoretical issues that surround this ... Read more

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  • Invisible City

    Poverty, Housing, and New Urbanism

    by John I. Gilderbloom ...
    A legendary figure in the realms of public policy and academia, John Gilderbloom is one of the foremost urban-planning researchers of our time, producing groundbreaking studies on housing markets, design, location, regulation, financing, and community building. Now, in Invisible City, he turns his eye to fundamental questions regarding housing for the elderly, the disabled, and the poor. Why is it ... Read more

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  • Hard Work Is Not Enough

    Gender and Racial Inequality in an Urban Workspace

    by Katrinell M. Davis ...
    The Great Recession punished American workers, leaving many underemployed or trapped in jobs that did not provide the income or opportunities they needed. Moreover, the gap between the wealthy and the poor had widened in past decades as mobility remained stubbornly unchanged. Against this deepening economic divide, a dominant cultural narrative took root: immobility, especially for the working ... Read more

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  • Mega-Events and Legacies in Post-Metropolitan Spaces

    Expos and Urban Agendas

    by Stefano Di Vita, Corinna Morandi ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book offers new perspectives through which to observe and interpret mega-events. Using the specific case studies of World’s Fairs, Di Vita and Morandi present a report of the Milan Expo 2015 and its trans-scalar legacies. While the event and post-event have been affected by the world crisis, the locations of exhibition areas have greatly expanded, encompassing regional as well as post ... Read more

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  • Advertising, Commercial Spaces and the Urban

    by Anne M. Cronin ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Providing a detailed account of contemporary outdoor advertising and its relationship with urban space, this book examines what the outdoor advertising industry tells us about the commercial production of urban space, what industry practices reveal about contemporary capitalism, and how ads and billboard structures interface with spaces of the city ... Read more

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