Power of Place. Urban Landscapes as Public History, Paperback - Dolores Hayden

This text proposes new perspectives on gender, race and ethnicity to broaden the practice of public history and public art, enlarge urban preservat...

The 2nd edition of Public History: A Practical Guide provides a fresh examination of history as practiced in its various worldly guises and context...

DescriptionFor forty years, as New York's Lower East Side went from disinvested to gentrified, residents lived with a wound at the heart of the nei...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 15 Halftones, black and white; 1 Tables, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber o...

Reducere. For some, a sense of place is about travel, about plunging oneself into new settings. For others, it is about being-and knowing-home. This book is ...

Landscapes of Liminality expands upon existing notions of spatial practice and spatial theory, and examines more intricately the contingent notion ...

"The sense of being lost, displaced, and homeless is pervasive in contemporary culture. The yearning to belong somewhere, to be in a safe place, is...

Reducere. DescriptionFirst published in 1999, this celebrated history of San Francisco traces the exploitation of both local and distant regions by prominent...

Reducere. Spurred first by the civil rights debates of the 1960s and 1970s, then by the culture wars of the following decades, the Chicago Historical Society...

Examines the making and remaking of Nairobi, one of Africa's most fragmented, vibrant cities, contributing to debates on urban anthropology, the po...

Reducere. Growing trees in an urban desert environment can be challenging, especially if water is a limited resource. In a comprehensive reference manual, se...

Reducere. In this book, Brian Hayden provides the first comprehensive, theoretical work on the history of feasting in pre-industrial societies. As an importa...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Public Relations, Society and the Generative Power of History examines how histories are used to explore how the past is constructed from the prese...

DescriptionUniversities are more than engines propelling us into a bold new future. They are also living history. A college campus serves as a repo...

Reducere. ``Lincoln believed that 'with public sentiment nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed.' Harold Holzer makes a significant contribution t...

This is the only book in eighty years to deal with traditional secret societies from a comparative perspective. It is also the only study undertake...

DescriptionFrom Fallow is a curated collection of 100 ideas for abandoned property. Through drawing and text each idea is elaborated and each entry...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

In this unvarnished account as both patient and physician, award-winning Professor of Psychiatry Linda Gask describes her search for her 'right' pl...

The momentous changes which are transforming American life call for a new exploration of the economic and cultural landscape. In this book, the aut...

Reducere. In prezent, orasele – mai degraba decat tarile – sunt entitatile care concureaza pentru orice resursa, de la investitii pana la talente. Urbanul es...

Contributor(s): Editor: Clifton EllisEditor: Rebecca GinsburgCountering the widespread misconception that slavery existed only on plantations, and ...

Reducere. De la crearea sa în timpul boomului dot com din 1999 și până la momentul în care a fost cumpărată de Amazon în 2009, Zappos, compania de servicii p...

Reducere. "Place: it's where we're from; it's where we're going. . . . It asks for our attention and care. If we pay attention, place has much to teach us."W...

DescriptionIn Rebel: A Personal History of the 1960s, Tom Hayden, a seminal figure in the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s, documen...

Contributor(s): Editor: Adam M. SowardsIdaho's Place is an anthology of the most current and original writing on Gem State history. From the state'...

A memoir of emotional power, exploring the permanent and indelible marks left by a childhood spent in Auschwitz. Translated from the Hebrew by Ralp...

Reducere. Acclaimed teaching pastor Daniel Grothe speaks to the sense of loneliness that many feel in today's age of hypermobility and noncommittal wandering...

Reducere. The Arctic of towering icebergs and midnight sun, of flaming auroras and endless winter nights, has long provoked flights of the imagination. Now, ...