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  • Crazy Rich Asians

    The international bestseller, now a major film in 2018

    von Kevin Kwan …
    Serien Buch 1 - Crazy Rich Asians
    The hilarious and brilliantly-observed romantic bestseller now a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan!When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. One, … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 6,48

  • Life After Cars

    Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile

    von Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, Aaron Naparstek …
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything—and what we can do to fight back**When the very first cars rolled off production lines, they were a technological marvel, predicted to make life easier and better for all Americans; yet a hundred years later, that dream is running on empty.Instead of unbounded freedom, the never-ending … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 10,66

  • Fariña

    Historias e indiscreciones del narcotráfico en Galicia

    von Nacho Carretero …
    Coca, farlopa, perico, merca, Fariña. Nunca Galicia comercializó un producto con tanto éxito.Aunque ahora parezca una pesadilla lejana, en los años 90, el 80 por ciento de la cocaína desembarcaba en Europa por las costas gallegas.Aparte de su privilegiada posición geográfica, Galicia disponía de todos los ingredientes necesarios para convertirse en una «nueva Sicilia»: atraso económico, una … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 8,99

  • Karachi

    Ordered Disorder and the Struggle for the City

    von Laurent Gayer …
    With an official population approaching fifteen million, Karachi is one of the largest cities in the world. It is also the most violent. Since the mid-1980s, it has endured endemic political conflict and criminal violence, which revolve around control of the city and its resources (votes, land and bhatta-"protection" money). These struggles for the city have become ethnicized. Karachi, often … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 23,53

  • Silicon City

    San Francisco in the Long Shadow of the Valley

    von Cary McClelland …
    **A Stanford University Three Books Selection for 2019“Essential.… A conflicted and complex portrait of a city starving for solutions.” —Brandon Yu, San Francisco Chronicle**San Francisco is changing at warp speed. Famously home to artists and activists, and known as the birthplace of the Beats, the Black Panthers, and the LGBTQ movement, the Bay Area has been reshaped by Silicon Valley. The … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 11,32

  • Africa Is Not A Country

    Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa

    von Dipo Faloyin …
    A bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a more comprehensive story.'Warm, funny, biting and essential reading.' Adam Rutherford'An exhilarating journey through the myths, misconceptions and stereotypes of modern Africa. This book is the history lesson that we all need.' Jeffrey Boakye, GuardianYou already know these stereotypes. So often Africa is … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 10,99

  • Ten Cities that Led the World

    From Ancient Foundations to Modern Powerhouses – a remarkable history

    von Paul Strathern …
    'A book of ideas [...] Strathern ably guides us through these moments of glory.' -- The Times***Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born and history is made.Through ten unique cities, from the founding of ancient capitals to buzzing modern megacities, Paul Strathern explores how... … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 3,99

  • Happy City

    Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

    von Charles Montgomery …
    Happy City is the story of how the solutions to this century's problems - from climate change to overpopulation - lie in unlocking the secrets to great city livingThis is going to be the century of the city. But what actually makes a good city? Why, really, are some cities a joy to live in? As writer and journalist Charles Montgomery reveals, it's not how much money your neighbours earn, or how … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 9,49

  • Dragons in Diamond Village

    Tales of Resistance from Urbanizing China

    von David Bandurski …
    “David Bandurski is a modern-day Marco Polo taking us into the heart of new China.” —Kevin Sites, author of In the Hot ZoneChina’s explosive modernization has led to a unique phenomenon: voraciously-growing cities absorbing formerly distant villages that become tenement communities.Dragons in Diamond Village is about the plight—and the courage—of the village-dwellers caught in this tide of … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 17,84

  • The City Below The Hill

    The Slums of Montreal, 1897

    von Herbert Brown Ames …
    Serien series Heritage
    The city below the hill is a detailed investigation of social conditions in a working class quarter of Montreal during the 1890s. Based on a house-to-house survey of the neighbourhood, this study catalogues and analyses the life of working people after the first years of rapid industrialization.Sir Herbert Brown Ames was one of the first to recognize that urbanization was inevitable and to set … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 18,69

  • The Complete Cities of Ancient Egypt

    von Steven Snape …
    Our knowledge of urban life in ancient Egypt is being transformed by new research and excavations. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of what we know about settlements during the dynastic period, describing the sophistication of daily city life under the Pharaohs with a range and depth beyond any other publication on the subject. Stunning illustrations, authoritative text … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 22,76

  • Community Conversations

    Mobilizing the Ideas, Skills, and Passion of Community Organizations, Governments, Businesses, and People

    von Paul Born …
    Communities around the world are entering a new era of community building.Whether improving economic conditions and reducing poverty, re-energizing citizens and social programs, reducing crime, or revitalizing a troubled neighborhood, they are engaging people from all sectors as never before to work together as equals to improve their quality of life.At the heart of this engagement are community … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 6,81

  • Identity and Inner-City Youth

    von Shirley Brice Heath, Milbrey McLaughlin …
    What do effective youth organizations offer inner-city youngsters that schools do not? This book suggests that educators can learn much from inner-city social and youth organizations, which reach at-risk youngsters by developing a sense of family that many of them fail to get at home.Addressing a variety of issues—collaboration across organizations, the role of gangs in social control, the … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 17,26

  • Urbanism and the Changing Canadian Society

    Bearbeitet von S.D. Clark …
    Serien series Heritage
    In this collection of essays the changing structure of the Canadian community, especially in its urban growth, is brought before the reader with many fresh insights, much vigorous comment, and apt illustration. The authors, concentrating on certain kinds of problems which have interested them individually, provide for student and general reader stimulating analysis of social phenomena which are … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 20,67

  • Ceasefire City

    Militarism, Capitalism, and Urbanism in Dimapur

    von Dolly Kikon, Duncan McDuie-Ra …
    For a city in India's northeast that has been embroiled in the everyday militarization and violence of Asia's longest-running separatist conflict, Dimapur remains 'off the map'. With no 'glorious' past or arenas where events of consequence to mainstream India have taken place, Dimapur's essence is experienced in oral histories of events, visual archives of the everyday life, lived reality of … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 45,31

  • Beijing: Geography, History, and Culture

    von Qian Guo …
    Serien series Contemporary World Cities
    This comprehensive volume examines contemporary life and history in Beijing, covering such topics as culture, politics, economics, crime, security, the environment, and more.While it is not China's most populated city, Beijing serves an important role as the political and cultural capital of the country. This volume examines Beijing's long history, contemporary society, and current challenges the … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 51,96

  • Young, Gifted, and Shot

    The youth are our joy

    von Yacub Saafir …
    The late Donny Hathaway made a song "To be young, gifted and black" ; his thoughts filled the hearts of many.When I first thought of this title “Young gifted and Shot", I was only thinking about the many young black young men who have been killed with in the last few years; however, while thinking even deeper I realized that young men all over the world of all colors and religions are being killed … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 0,99

  • London: Geography, History, and Culture

    von Victoria R. Williams …
    This comprehensive volume is an indispensable resource for researchers as well as general readers interested in the geography, history, and culture of London, examining all aspects of life in the United Kingdom's capital city.London is one of the largest cultural and financial centers in the world. How did it become the capital city of the United Kingdom, and what is life like in this global city … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 54,44

  • Scottish Town in the Age of the Enlightenment 1740-1820

    von Bob Harris …
    This heavily illustrated and innovative study is founded upon personal documents, town council minutes, legal cases, inventories, travellers' tales, plans and drawings relating to some 30 Scots burghs of the Georgian period. It establishes a distinctive history for the development of Scots burghs, their living patterns and legislative controls, and shows that the Scottish urban experience was … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 35,30

  • By Us! For Us!

    Activism in Jane-Finch A Working Class Community

    von Wanda MacNevin, Honourable Dr. Jean Augustine, Sam Tacle …
    By Us! For Us! counters the mainstream narrative about the community of Jane-Finch in Toronto. It is a story of courage, advocacy, belonging, and grassroots activism confronting neglect and unacceptable political and bureaucratic decisions that resulted in a lack of social infrastructure, racism, and marginalization. … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 13,19

  • Istanbul

    Living with Difference in a Global City

    von Nora Fisher-Onar, Susan C. Pearce, Çaglar Keyder, Sami Zubaida, Feyzi Baban, Charles King, Ilay Romain Örs0, Amy Mills1, Anna Bigelow2, Kristen Sarah Biehl3, Hande Paker4 …
    Serien series New Directions in International Studies
    Istanbul explores how to live with difference through the prism of an age-old, cutting-edge city whose people have long confronted the challenge of sharing space with the Other. Located at the intersection of trade networks connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, Istanbul is western and eastern, northern and southern, religious and secular. Heir of ancient empires, Istanbul is the premier city of a … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 22,65

  • Cleveland Jews and the Making of a Midwestern Community

    von Sylvia F. Abrams, Rachel Gordan, Samantha Baskind, Todd Michney, Shaul Kelner, Zohar Segev, Mary McCune, Mark Souther, Eli Lederhendler, Ira Robinson, Lifsa Schachter …
    This volume gathers an array of voices to tell the stories of Cleveland’s twentieth century Jewish community. Strong and stable after an often turbulent century, the Jews of Cleveland had both deep ties in the region and an evolving and dynamic commitment to Jewish life. The authors present the views and actions of community leaders and everyday Jews who embodied that commitment in their religious … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 35,74

  • Topography Of Politics In Rural China: The Story Of Xiaocun

    von Xiaoyang Zhu …
    Serien Buch 3 - Peking University Series On Sociology And Anthropology
    Contemporary Chinese rural life is placed in sharp theoretical and practical focus in this book. State-of-the-art techniques and perspectives are combined to take the reader into Xiaocun, a small village on the east bank of the Dianchi Lake in Kunming City.In 2003, the author published the book Crime and Punishment: The Story of Xiaocun (1931-1997), which dealt with disputes, mediation and … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 32,55

  • Geografia del post-umano

    Linguaggio e separazione

    von Giancarlo Macchi Janica …
    Comunemente la realtà terrestre viene concepita come un contenitore di oggetti. Il linguaggio e la classificazione rappresentano un riflesso istintivo di questo processo di separazione. Ma, oltre alla suddivisione in atomi, parti o individui, esiste anche la possibilità di interpretare la realtà come unità. Essa assume l’aspetto di un vasto tessuto di relazioni sostanzialmente non scomponibile. … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 3,75