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Urban Problems and Community Development
In recent years, concerned governments, businesses, and civic groups have launched ambitious programs of community development designed to halt, and even reverse, decades of urban decline.
ISBN-13: 9780815718758 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
R. F. Ferguson
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Local release date: 01/03/1999
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Categories: Social issues & processes [JFF]Urban communities [JFSG]Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies [JFSL1]Central government policies [JPQB]Political economy [KCP]Public finance [KFFD]North America [1KB]

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The United States of Suburbia
How the Suburbs Took Control of America and What They Plan to Do With It
There was a time when cities were the dominant force in politics, controlling who was elected and what those candidates fought for in office. This book shows how we have now entered the "Suburban Century", when the voting muscle lies within the quiet, tree-lined streets of "the burbs", far away from the dangers of city life.
ISBN-13: 9781573922432 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: PROMETHEUS
G. Scott Thomas
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AUD $56.99
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Local release date: 30/01/1999
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Categories: Urban communities [JFSG]Population & demography [JHBD]Political structure & processes [JPH]USA [1KBB]

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Toward an End to Hunger in America
Cheap, plentiful food is an American tradition. We spend a smaller percentage of our income on food than any other nation. We feed much of the world with our surpluses.
ISBN-13: 9780815722816 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
Peter K. Eisinger
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Local release date: 01/10/1998
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Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]Poverty & unemployment [JFFA]Urban communities [JFSG]North America [1KB]

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Alternate Route
Toward Efficient Urban Transportation
Urban transportation problems abound across America, including jammed highways during rush-hours, deteriorating bus service, and strong pressures to build new rail systems.
ISBN-13: 9780815793816 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
Clifford Winston, Chad Shirley
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Local release date: 01/09/1998
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Categories: Urban communities [JFSG]Central government [JPQ]Microeconomics [KCC]Political economy [KCP]Transport industries [KNG]North America [1KB]

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Spaces of Modernity
London's Geographies 1680-1780
This text provides a reinterpretation of London during a period of dramatic change, and presents ways of understanding the coming modernity through the transformation of urban landscapes.
ISBN-13: 9781572303652 (Paperback)
Publisher: GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS
Imprint: THE GUILFORD PRESS
Miles Ogborn
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Local release date: 27/08/1998
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Categories: British & Irish history [HBJD1]Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH]Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL]Cultural studies [JFC]Urban communities [JFSG]Human geography [RGC]Travel & holiday [WT]London, Greater London [1DBKESL]c 1600 to c 1700 [3JD]c 1700 to c 1800 [3JF]

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Fixing Urban Schools
Every year, in one out of three big cities, the school superintendent leaves his or her job, sending local community leaders back to square one.
ISBN-13: 9780815736134 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
Paul T. Hill, Mary Beth Celio
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AUD $35.99
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Local release date: 01/08/1998
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Categories: Urban communities [JFSG]Philosophy & theory of education [JNA]Organization & management of education [JNK]Schools [JNL]Central government policies [JPQB]North America [1KB]

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Cities Of Difference
A new urban geography text that reflects both the current state of the field and our cities.
ISBN-13: 9781572303102 (Paperback)
Publisher: GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS
Imprint: THE GUILFORD PRESS
Ruth Fincher, Jane Jacobs
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AUD $107.00
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Local release date: 20/06/1998
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Categories: Urban communities [JFSG]Political economy [KCP]Human geography [RGC]

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Everyday Courage
The Lives and Stories of Urban Teenagers
Developmental psychologist Way interprets first-person accounts of what it means to be among the nearly 40 percent of poor and/or ethnic minority adolescents in the 1990s, drawing upon 71 interviews (protocols appended) with a sample of the 95-plus percent who do not meet the media stereotypes of d
ISBN-13: 9780814793398 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Niobe Way
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Local release date: 01/05/1998
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Categories: Urban communities [JFSG]Age groups: children [JFSP1]Age groups: adolescents [JFSP2]USA [1KBB]

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Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 1998
What is the state of education in America today? And where is it headed? What is the real state of education in America today? And where is it headed? The Brookings Institution, long noted for its pathbreaking work on education policy, introduces a series of annual volumes that provide the inside story on education's most important issues.
ISBN-13: 9780815711834 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
Diane Ravitch
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Local release date: 01/04/1998
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Categories: Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs [GBCY]Urban communities [JFSG]Organization & management of education [JNK]Schools [JNL]Central government policies [JPQB]USA [1KBB]