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  • Urban Infrastructure

    Historical and Social Dimensions of an Interconnected World

    Edited by Joseph Heathcott, Jonathan Soffer, Rae Zimmerman ...
    Series series History of the Urban Environment
    Urban Infrastructures creates space for an encounter between historians, humanists, and social scientists who seek new methodological approaches to the history of urban infrastructure. It draws on recent work across history, anthropology, science and technology studies, geography, resilience/sustainability, and other disciplines to explore the social effects of infrastructure. The volume rejects ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of New York City

    by Jonathan Soffer ...
    Series series Columbia History of Urban Life
    In 1978, Ed Koch assumed control of a city plagued by filth, crime, bankruptcy, and racial tensions. By the end of his mayoral run in 1989 and despite the Wall Street crash of 1987, his administration had begun rebuilding neighborhoods and infrastructure. Unlike many American cities, Koch's New York was growing, not shrinking. Gentrification brought new businesses to neglected corners and ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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  • They Can't Kill Us All

    Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement

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  • The Soprano State

    New Jersey's Culture of Corruption

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    A Home in New York

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