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  • Introduction to Cities

    How Place and Space Shape Human Experience

    by Krista E. Paulsen, Xiangming Chen, Anthony M. Orum ...
    Understanding how cities shape human life through space and placeCities function as dynamic systems where physical space, social forces, and human experience intersect. Introduction to Cities: How Place and Space Shape Human Experience, Third Edition, provides a robust analytical framework for understanding these relationships. Written by three distinguished urban scholars, this updated edition ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

  • Companion to Urban and Regional Studies

    by Anthony M. Orum, Javier Ruiz-Tagle, Serena Vicari Haddock ...
    COMPANION TO URBAN AND REGIONAL STUDIESIndispensable overview and timely coverage of the major issues, debates, and research topics in urban and regional studiesCompanion to Urban and Regional Studies offers an up-to-date view of the rapidly growing field, exploring a diversity of theoretical perspectives, current and emerging research, and critical global policy concerns. Uniquely broad in ... Read more

    $137.00 USD

  • Public Sociologies Reader

    by Michael Burawoy, Charles A. Gallagher, Kenneth Gould, Arlette Grabczynska, Keri Iyall-Smith, Núria Homedes, Alberto Moncada, Jill Quadagno, Barbara Risman, Havidán Rodríguez0, Deanna Rohlinger1, Carla N. Russell2, Jerome Scott3, Antonio Ugalde4, Angela J. Hattery5, Jerry Pubantz6, John Allphin Moore Jr.7, Judith Blau8, Gerard Delanty0, Walda Katz-Fishman1, Anthony M. Orum2, Robert Pollin3, William I. Robinson4, Earl Smith5, Jackie Smith6 ...
    At an earlier time, sociologists C. Wright Mills, W. E. Du Bois, and Jane Addams loudly protested injustices and inequities in American society, provided critiques and analyses of systems of oppression, and challenged sociologists to be responsible critics and constructive commentators. These giants of American sociology would have applauded the 2004 meetings of the American Sociological ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • City-building In America

    by Anthony M Orum ...
    Why do some cities grow and expand, while others dwindle and decline? Why is Milwaukee a town of the past, while Minneapolis-St. Paul seems reborn and infused with future dynamism? And what do Milwaukee and the Twin Cities have to tell us about other cities' prospects, the trials and destinies of industrial Cleveland and post-industrial Austin? Anthony Orum's new book tells the story of these ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Introduction to Cities

    How Place and Space Shape Human Experience

    by Xiangming Chen, Anthony M. Orum, Krista E. Paulsen ...
    The revised and updated second edition of Introduction to Citiesexplores why cities are such a vital part of the human experience and how they shape our everyday lives. Written in engaging and accessible terms, Introduction to Citiesexamines the study of cities through two central concepts: that cities are places, where people live, form communities, and establish their own identities, and that ... Read more

    $57.00 USD

  • A Case for the Case Study

    Edited by Joe R. Feagin, Anthony M. Orum, Gideon Sjoberg ...
    Since the end of World War II, social science research has become increasingly quantitative in nature. A Case for the Case Study provides a rationale for an alternative to quantitative research: the close investigation of single instances of social phenomena.The first section of the book contains an overview of the central methodological issues involved in the use of the case study method. Then, ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Common Ground?

    Readings and Reflections on Public Space

    by Anthony M. Orum, Zachary Neal ...
    Series series The Metropolis and Modern Life
    Public spaces have long been the focus of urban social activity, but investigations of how public space works often adopt only one of several possible perspectives, which restricts the questions that can be asked and the answers that can be considered. In this volume, Anthony Orum and Zachary Neal explore how public space can be a facilitator of civil order, a site for power and resistance, and a ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Geographies of Globalization

    by John Overton, Warwick Murray ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Human Geography Series
    Geographies of Globalization 2nd edition offers an animated and fully-updated exposition of the geographical impacts of globalization and the contribution of human geography to studies and debates in this area. Energetic and engaging, this book:• Illustrates how the core principles of human geography – such as space and scale – lead to a better understanding of the phenomenon• Debates the ... Read more

    $102.99 USD

  • The Companion to Development Studies

    Edited by Vandana Desai, Rob Potter ...
    The Companion to Development Studies contains over a hundred chapters written by leading international experts within the field to provide a concise and authoritative overview of the key theoretical and practical issues dominating contemporary development studies. Covering a wide range of disciplines the book is divided into ten sections, each prefaced by a section introduction written by the ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • Comparative Planning Cultures

    Edited by Sanyal Bishwapriya ...
    Bringing together leading planning and urban scholars, and including fascinating international case studies, this unique book investigates urban planning across the world and in different cultures. ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Urban World/Global City

    by David Clark ...
    This book identifies and accounts for the characteristics of the contemporary city and of urban society. It analyzes the distribution and growth of settlements and explores the social and behavioral characteristics of urban living. The latest theoretical and empirical developments and insights are synthesized and presented in an accessible and engaging way. This second edition has been extensively ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Driving Detroit

    The Quest for Respect in the Motor City

    by George Galster ...
    Series series Metropolitan Portraits
    For most of the twentieth century, Detroit was a symbol of American industrial might, a place of entrepreneurial and technical ingenuity where the latest consumer inventions were made available to everyone through the genius of mass production. Today, Detroit is better known for its dwindling population, moribund automobile industry, and alarmingly high murder rate. In Driving Detroit, author ... Read more

    $31.99 USD