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  • Chinese Migration to Europe

    Prato, Italy, and Beyond

    by Graeme Johanson, Narelle McAuliffe, Massimo Bressan ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Through an analysis of Chinese migration to Europe, this volume examines the most pressing migration and integration issues facing many societies today, from the political and policy-based challenges of managing increasingly diverse communities, to individual lived experiences of identity and belonging. In addition to chapters on the UK, France and Italy, the book spotlights one of the most ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

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  • A Hope in the Unseen

    An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

    by Ron Suskind ...
    The inspiring, true coming-of-age story of a ferociously determined young man who, armed only with his intellect and his willpower, fights his way out of despair.In 1993, Cedric Jennings was a bright and ferociously determined honor student at Ballou, a high school in one of Washington D.C.’s most dangerous neighborhoods, where the dropout rate was well into double digits and just 80 students out ... Read more

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  • Living and Dying in Brick City

    Stories from the Front Lines of an Inner-City E.R.

    by Sampson Davis, Lisa Frazier Page ...
    A riveting personal exploration of the healthcare crisis facing inner-city communities, written by an emergency room physician who grew up in the very neighborhood he is now servingSampson Davis is best known as one of three friends from inner-city Newark who made a pact in high school to become doctors. Their book The Pact and their work through the Three Doctors Foundation have inspired ... Read more

    Was $11.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

  • The Secular City

    Secularization and Urbanization in Theological Perspective

    by Harvey Cox ...
    Since its initial publication in 1965, The Secular City has been hailed as a classic for its nuanced exploration of the relationships among the rise of urban civilization, the decline of hierarchical, institutional religion, and the place of the secular within society. Now, half a century later, this international best seller remains as relevant as when it first appeared. The book's arguments- ... Read more

    $30.79 CAD

  • The Sky's the Limit

    Passion and Property in Manhattan

    by Steven Gaines ...
    With his signature elan, Gaines weaves a gossipy tapestry of brokers, buyers, co-op boards, and eccentric landlords and tells of the apartment hunting and renovating adventures of many celebrities -- from Tommy Hilfiger to Donna Karan, from Jerry Seinfeld to Steven Spielberg, from Barbra Streisand to Madonna.Gaines uncovers the secretive, unwritten rules of co-op boards: why diplomats and pretty ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • addicted.pregnant.poor

    by Kelly Ray Knight ...
    Series series Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography
    For the addicted, pregnant, and poor women living in daily-rent hotels in San Francisco's Mission district, life is marked by battles against drug cravings, housing debt, and potential violence. In this stunning ethnography Kelly Ray Knight presents these women in all their complex humanity and asks what kinds of futures are possible for them given their seemingly hopeless situation. During her ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Shadow Cities

    A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World

    by Robert Neuwirth ...
    In almost every country of the developing world, the most active builders are squatters, creating complex local economies with high rises, shopping strips, banks, and self-government. As they invent new social structures, Neuwirth argues, squatters are at the forefront of the worldwide movement to develop new visions of what constitutes property and community.Visit Robert Neuwirth's blog at: http: ... Read more

    $101.99 CAD

  • Invisible in Austin

    Life and Labor in an American City

    by Loïc Wacquant ...
    Austin, Texas, is renowned as a high-tech, fast-growing city for the young and creative, a cool place to live, and the scene of internationally famous events such as SXSW and Formula 1. But as in many American cities, poverty and penury are booming along with wealth and material abundance in contemporary Austin. Rich and poor residents lead increasingly separate lives as growing socioeconomic ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Slumming It

    The Tourist Valorization of Urban Poverty

    by Fabian Frenzel ...
    Have slums become 'cool'? More and more tourists from across the globe seem to think so as they discover favelas, ghettos, townships and barrios on leisurely visits. But while slum tourism often evokes moral outrage, critics rarely ask about what motivates this tourism, or what wider consequences and effects it initiates. In this provocative book, Fabian Frenzel investigates the lure that slums ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Cities and Photography

    by Jane Tormey ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City
    Photographs display attitudes, agency and vision in the way cities are documented and imagined. Cities and Photography explores the relationship between people and the city, visualized in photographs. It provides a visually focused examination of the city and urbanism for a range of different disciplines: across the social sciences and humanities, photography and fine art.This text offers ... Read more

    $111.99 CAD

  • A Short History of Reno, Second Edition

    by Richard Moreno ...
    This completely revised and updated edition of A Short History of Reno provides an entertaining and informative account of Reno’s remarkably colorful history. Richard Moreno discusses Reno’s efforts, from its early beginnings in the 1850s to the present day, to reinvent itself as a recreation, entertainment, education, and technology hub. Moreno looks at the gamblers, casino builders, and ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • And I Will Dwell in Their Midst

    Orthodox Jews in Suburbia

    by Etan Diamond ...
    “Suburbia may not seem like much of a place to pioneer, but for young, religiously committed Jewish families, it’s open territory.” This sentiment — expressed in the early 1970s by an Orthodox Jew in suburban Toronto — captures the essence of the suburban Orthodox Jewish experience of the late twentieth century. Although rarely associated with postwar suburbia, Orthodox Jews in metropolitan areas ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD