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  • Unsettling Cities

    Movement/Settlement

    Modifié par John Allen, Doreen Massey, Michael Pryke ...
    Collections series Understanding Cities
    This text examines the global nature of cities - cities whose openness has shaped their dynamism and character.It explores cities as sites of movement, migration and settlement where different peoples, cultures and environments combine. Unsettling Cities explores the mix of proximity and difference that exists in the rich and diverse texture of city life. The contributors reveal the association ... En savoir plus

    $105.80 CAD

  • City Worlds

    par John Allen, Doreen Massey, Steve Pile ...
    Collections series Understanding Cities
    For the first time in history, half of the worlds population is living in mega-cities. Never before have we confronted such a geography of the worlds people.Analysing cities through spatial understanding, City Worlds explores how different worlds within the city are brought into close proximity. The authors outline new ways to address the ambiguities of cities: their promise and potential, their ... En savoir plus

    $101.68 CAD

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  • Urban Geography

    par Tim Hall, Heather Barrett ...
    Collections series Routledge Contemporary Human Geography Series
    This revised fifth edition not only examines the new geographical patterns forming within and between cities, but also investigates the way geographers have sought to make sense of this urban transformation. It is structured into three sections: 'contexts', 'themes' and 'issues' that move students from a foundation in urban geography through its major themes to contemporary and pressing issues. ... En savoir plus

    $94.99 CAD

  • The New Blackwell Companion to The City

    Modifié par Gary Bridge, Sophie Watson ...
    Collections series Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography
    This book considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanisation from a range of intellectual and international perspectives.The most interdisciplinary collection of its kindProvides a contemporary update on urban thinking that builds on well established debates in the fieldUses the city to explore economic, social, cultural, environmental and political issues more broadlyIncludes ... En savoir plus

    $59.99 CAD

  • The Migrant's Paradox

    Street Livelihoods and Marginal Citizenship in Britain

    par Suzanne M. Hall ...
    Collections series Globalization and Community
    Connects global migration with urban marginalization, exploring how “race” maps onto place across the globe, state, and streetIn this richly observed account of migrant shopkeepers in five cities in the United Kingdom, Suzanne Hall examines the brutal contradictions of sovereignty and capitalism in the formation of street livelihoods in the urban margins. Hall locates The Migrant’s Paradox on ... En savoir plus

    $29.99 CAD

  • Tourism and Politics

    Modifié par Peter M. Burns, Marina Novelli ...
    Tourism and Politics aims to disseminate ideas on the critical discourse of tourism and tourists as they relate to politics, through a series of case studies from around the world written by specialists with an emphasis on linking theory to practice. That tourism is a profoundly important economic sector for most countries and regions of the world is widely accepted, even if some of the detail ... En savoir plus

    $107.17 CAD

  • The Moralisation of Tourism

    Sun, Sand... and Saving the World?

    par Jim Butcher ...
    Collections series Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility
    Tourism is no longer an innocent pleasure. It has been interpreted and reinterpreted as an activity which is ultimately damaging to receiving cultures and the environment. 'New' forms of tourism, such as ecotourism, alternative tourism, community tourism and ethical tourism, have been presented as morally superior alternatives to the package holiday, yet ironically, even advocates of these new, ... En savoir plus

    $94.81 CAD

  • The Tourist Gaze 3.0

    par John Urry, Jonas Larsen ...
    Collections series Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
    "The original Tourist Gaze was a classic, marking out a new land to study and appreciate. This new edition extends into fresh areas with the same passion and insight of the object. Even more essential reading!"- Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor, Warwick UniversityThis new edition of a seminal text restructures, reworks and remakes the groundbreaking previous versions making this book even more ... En savoir plus

    $123.19 CAD

  • Anthropology and Development

    Culture, Morality and Politics in a Globalised World

    par Emma Crewe, Richard Axelby ...
    In recent decades international development has grown into a world-shaping industry. But how do aid agencies work and what do they achieve? How does aid appear to the adults and children who receive it? And why has there been so little improvement in the position of the poor? Viewing aid and development from anthropological perspectives gives illuminating answers to questions such as these. This ... En savoir plus

    $49.99 CAD

  • Heritage

    Critical Approaches

    par Rodney Harrison ...
    Historic sites, memorials, national parks, museums…we live in an age in which heritage is ever-present. But what does it mean to live amongst the spectral traces of the past, the heterogeneous piling up of historic materials in the present? How did heritage grow from the concern of a handful of enthusiasts and specialists in one part of the world to something which is considered to be universally ... En savoir plus

    $83.99 CAD

  • The Economics of Cultural Policy

    par David Throsby ...
    Cultural policy is changing. Traditionally, cultural policies have been concerned with providing financial support for the arts, for cultural heritage and for institutions such as museums and galleries. In recent years, around the world, interest has grown in the creative industries as a source of innovation and economic dynamism. This book argues that an understanding of the nature of both the ... En savoir plus

    $52.99 CAD

  • Cities and Consumption

    par Mark Jayne ...
    Collections series Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City
    In investigating the mutual and dynamic relationship between urban development and consumption, this book asks: how are cities moulded by consumption, and how is consumption moulded by cities?Consumption stands at the intersection of different spheres of everyday life: between the public and the private, the political and the personal, the individual and the social. It is considered to be a means ... En savoir plus

    $118.99 CAD