Urban Legends. The South Bronx in Representation and Ruin, Hardback - Peter L'Official

Since the 1960s the South Bronx has been reduced to an archetype of the "inner city, " the exemplar of urban decay and of the cultural renaissance ...

Examines Italy's police in the context of fascism's efforts to modernise and establish ideological control over the state. Presenting an inside per...

Reducere. Set in the 1950s in the Bronx, this is the story of a girl with a dream. Emmy award-winning actress and writer Sonia Manzano plunges us into the da...

Reducere. The south is known for the beautiful plantations sitting on the front porch talking to family and friends while drinking a tall cold glass of tea. ...

The south is known for the beautiful plantations sitting on the front porch talking to family and friends while drinking a tall cold glass of tea. ...

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Reducere. There is one thing in this world, one special lesson, one constant that has guided me through the turbulent waters of life, this infinite rule whic...

Reducere. Antonio Roberts and Paige Tillary are from vastly different backgrounds, so when they meet and fall in love, it won't be easy. Antonio, born of an ...

Reducere. Benjy Melendez, founder of the Ghetto Brothers street gang, social activist, and lead singer of the Ghetto Brothers band, now tells his story: a me...

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons LtdAuthor(s): M CondeNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 x 227 x 16Cover type: Paperback / sof...

Many photographs of collieries, now long-closed, are included.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Peter J GreenIllustration(s): 304 mono ill...

You come back wavering shapes Out of the past in which you first appeared You crowd, you press As from the mist you now appear.

Whenever my mother, Betty Marcus, observed a positive event in the lives of her family, she would exclaim: "Only in America."In this memoir, I shar...

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Publisher: Fordham University PressAuthor(s): Jill JonnesIllustration(s): 48 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 608Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

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The turn of the century has been a moment of rapid urbanization. Much of this urban growth is taking place in the cities of the developing world an...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): David SatterthwaiteNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 19Cover type: Paperb...

With contributions from an international range of established and emerging scholars drawing upon real world examples, this title is the first to us...

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing IncAuthor(s): Ernest MorrellNumber of pages: 228Collection: CounterpointsPublication date: 2008Dimensions: 157 x 2...

This volume examines urban South Asia through the ideas of neighbourhood and neighbourliness. With a focus on the affective socio-spatial and senso...

Tracing the first two decades of state-funded African American schools, Educational Reconstruction addresses the ways in which black Richmonders, b...

Reducere. There is a continuing academic and policy interest in the potential for culture-based urban regeneration across the world. Such regeneration is int...

Through the example of Baltimore, Maryland, David Taft Terry explores the historical importance of African American resistance to Jim Crow laws in ...

This book assesses the causes and consequences of 'open meeting laws, ' which require public access to proceedings in state legislatures. While som...

Reducere. DescriptionCommunity activist Carolyn McLaughlin takes us on a journey of the South Bronx through the eyes of its community members. Facing burned-...

Reducere. The inspiring and timely story of Sonia Sotomayor, who rose up from a childhood of poverty and prejudice to become the first Latino to be nominated...

Rich in case study insights, this book provides an overview of city-region building and considers how governance restructuring shapes political, ec...

Strange happenings, unsolved mysteries and seemingly supernatural events have gripped us for centuries. Whether they're based on a grain of truth o...

The book aims to understand work participation in the workplace or worker voice by examining the inter-war experience in Australia, Canada, Germany...

The most complete study of women in French-language comics to date - and the first published in English. Taking a two-pronged approach of historica...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Malcolm GaskillNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 163 x 241 x 34Cover type: HardbackRedes...

Publisher: University of Washington PressAuthor(s): Smriti SrinivasIllustration(s): 61 b&w illus, 6 mapsNumber of pages: 224Collection: Global Sout...

Reducere. The Old and New Legends of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina -Tales of the South Strand is a written account of not only the old legends of the Murrel...

The Power of Scripture uncovers how biblical scripture directly shaped a national religious politics, forming a lasting impression on the socio-pol...

Publisher: Sussex Academic PressNumber of pages: 288Collection: The Portuguese-Speaking WorldPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 159 x 234 x 22Cover ...

Enjoy a rich collection of folktales, myths and legends from all over South Asia, re-told for young readers. This book includes traditional favouri...

Reducere. Between 1963 and 1972 America experienced over 750 urban revolts. Considered collectively, they comprise what Peter Levy terms a 'Great Uprising'. ...

Although partisan polarization gets much of the attention in political science scholarship about Congress, members of Congress represent diverse co...

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The Broken Promise of Global Advocacy addresses normative debates associated with the rise of transnational advocacy: whether global interest commu...

A pictorial record of the area's bus scene in urban areas. Urban Buses in Northern England will be of immense interest to bus enthusiasts.