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  • Artistic Enclaves in the Post-Industrial City

    A Case Study of Lawrenceville Pittsburgh

    by Geoffrey Moss ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This SpringerBriefs presents a case study and theoretical analysis of an artistic enclave that emerged within Lawrenceville Pittsburgh. It briefly describes the history of greater Pittsburgh, and Lawrenceville’s transition from thriving blue-collar community to depopulated low-income neighborhood to gentrifying site of artistic and creative culture. It draws on multiple methods (e.g., interviews, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Barista in the City

    Subcultural Lives, Paid Employment, and the Urban Context

    by Geoffrey Moss, Keith McIntosh, Ewa Protasiuk ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Beverage Studies
    Barista in the City examines the impact of paid employment and the contemporary neoliberal context on the subcultural lives of hipsters who are employed as baristas.This book’s analysis of Philadelphia baristas employed within specialty coffee shops suggests that the existing literature on the relationship between neoliberalism and urban subcultures needs to be amended. The subcultural ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Contemporary Bohemia: A Case Study of an Artistic Community in Philadelphia

    by Geoffrey Moss, Rachel Wildfeuer, Keith McIntosh ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book presents an investigation and assessment of an artistic community that emerged within Philadelphia’s Fishtown and the nearby neighborhood of Kensington. The book starts out by examining historical and sociological work on bohemia, and then provides a detailed history of greater Philadelphia and the Fishtown/Kensington region. After analyzing the ways in which Fishtown/Kensington’s ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Fashion

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Rebecca Arnold ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Fashion is a dynamic global industry that plays an important role in the economic, political, cultural, and social lives of an international audience. It spans high art and popular culture, and plays a significant role in material and visual culture. This book introduces fashion's myriad influences and manifestations. Fashion is explored as a creative force, a business, and a means of ... Read more

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  • We Were Feminists Once

    From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl®, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement

    by Andi Zeisler ...
    Feminism has hit the big time. Once a dirty word brushed away with a grimace, "feminist" has been rebranded as a shiny label sported by movie and pop stars, fashion designers, and multi-hyphenate powerhouses like Beyoncé It drives advertising and marketing campaigns for everything from wireless plans to underwear to perfume, presenting what's long been a movement for social justice as just ... Read more

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  • The Trouble with Brunch

    Work, Class and the Pursuit of Leisure

    by Shawn Micallef ...
    Series series Exploded Views
    One of The Globe and Mail's Globe 100: Best Books of 2014Every weekend, in cities around the world, bleary-eyed diners wait in line to be served overpriced, increasingly outré food by hungover waitstaff. For some, the ritual we call brunch is a beloved pastime; for others, a bedeviling waste of time. But what does its popularity say about shifting attitudes towards social status and leisure? In ... Read more

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  • Architecture, Ethics and Globalization

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    Bridging the gap between architectural theory and professional practice studies, this book offers critical inquiry into the shifting ground of ethical thought in the changing climate of the global economy. Looking at issues of contemporary significance to architectural critics, practitioners, educators, and students, the book also examines the role of the architectural academy in providing an ... Read more

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  • The Sum of Small Things

    A Theory of the Aspirational Class

    by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett ...
    How the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite, and how their consumer habits affect us allIn today’s world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuous consumption—like eating ... Read more

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  • The Urban Design Reader

    Edited by Michael Larice, Elizabeth Macdonald ...
    Series series Routledge Urban Reader Series
    The second edition of The Urban Design Reader draws together the very best of classic and contemporary writings to illuminate and expand the theory and practice of urban design. Nearly 50 generous selections include seminal contributions from Howard, Le Corbusier, Lynch, and Jacobs to more recent writings by Waldheim, Koolhaas, and Sorkin. Following the widespread success of the first edition of ... Read more

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  • Status and Culture

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    by W. David Marx ...
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  • Reconsidering the Bicycle

    An Anthropological Perspective on a New (Old) Thing

    by Luis Vivanco ...
    Series series Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology
    In cities throughout the world, bicycles have gained a high profile in recent years, with politicians and activists promoting initiatives like bike lanes, bikeways, bike share programs, and other social programs to get more people on bicycles. Bicycles in the city are, some would say, the wave of the future for car-choked, financially-strapped, obese, and sustainability-sensitive urban areas.This ... Read more

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