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Re-Presenting the City
Ethnicity, Capital and Culture in the Twenty-First Century Metropolis
Representations of the city have typically focused on urban dichotomies such as renewal or decline, poverty or prosperity, and politics or culture. These simplistic portrayals leave many fundamental questions unanswered. What constitutes a city? What images and discourses are used to construct it? What makes city dwellers succeed or fail? ......
ISBN-13: 9780814746783 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Anthony D. King
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AUD $193.00
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Local release date: 01/02/1996
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Categories: Urban communities [JFSG]

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Re-Presenting the City
Ethnicity, Capital and Culture in the Twenty-First Century Metropolis
Representations of the city have typically focused on urban dichotomies such as renewal or decline, poverty or prosperity, and politics or culture. These simplistic portrayals leave many fundamental questions unanswered. What constitutes a city? What images and discourses are used to construct it? What makes city dwellers succeed or fail? ......
ISBN-13: 9780814746790 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Anthony D King
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AUD $64.99
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Local release date: 01/02/1996
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Categories: Urban communities [JFSG]

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Metropolis
Center and Symbol of Our Times
The modern city is the nexus of culture, politics, and art. Despite the manifold problems cities face, more and more Americans are abandoning rural areas and relocating to urban centers. By the year 2000, 4 out of 5 Americans will live within one hour of a major city. What has prompted this emphasis on the city? Chronicling the rise of the ......
ISBN-13: 9780814746400 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Philip Kasinitz
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Local release date: 01/12/1994
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Categories: Urban communities [JFSG]

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New Visions for Metropolitan America
In this volume, the author analyzes the problems of urban America and presents economically sound alternatives to guide the growth and development of metropolitan areas without increasing traffic congestion and air pollution; endlessly raising taxes, or sacrificing the availability of affordable housing.
ISBN-13: 9780815719250 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
Anthony Downs
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AUD $42.99
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Local release date: 01/12/1994
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Categories: Urban communities [JFSG]Economics [KC]Urban & municipal planning [RPC]USA [1KBB]

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Immigrants and the American City
This work suggests that while immigration made a vital contribution to the economic and social vitality of America's gateway cities, immigration restriction, coupled with middle-class flight to the suburbs, contributed to the rapid deterioration of those same centres.
ISBN-13: 9780814755068 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Thomas Muller
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Local release date: 31/03/1994
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Categories: Migration, immigration & emigration [JFFN]Urban communities [JFSG]Civil rights & citizenship [JPVH1]USA [1KBB]

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The Rebirth of Urban Democracy
In an era when government seems remote and difficult to approach, participatory democracy may seem a hopelessly romantic notion. Yet nothing is more crucial to the future of American democracy than to develop some way of spurring greater citizen participation.
ISBN-13: 9780815709275 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
Jeffrey M Berry, Ken Thomson, Kent Portney
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Local release date: 19/01/1993
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Categories: Urban communities [JFSG]Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies [JPFF]Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies [JPFK]Political structures: democracy [JPHV]Regional government [JPR]USA [1KBB]

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The Urban Underclass
Many believe that the urban underclass in America is a large, rapidly increasing proportion of the population; that crime, teenage pregnancy, and high school dropout rates are escalating; and that welfare rolls are exploding.
ISBN-13: 9780815746058 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
Christopher Jencks, Paul E. Peterson
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AUD $48.99
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Local release date: 19/03/1991
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Categories: Urban communities [JFSG]