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Nicole C Bourbonnais
The Gospel of Family Planning

"Over the course of the twentieth century, family planning took the world by storm. Starting in the 1930s, activists, international aid organizations, and government agencies embraced the notion that…

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Jeffrey A Kroessler
Rural County, Urban Borough

This book explains how, in less than 100 years, Queens transformed from an agricultural hinterland to a vital urban corridor. This richly illustrated, vital work of history charts the rapid transformation…

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Sharon Cornelissen
The Last House on the Block

"In the minds of many, Detroit is undergoing a renaissance. From mid-50s boom to bankruptcy bust, it is once again calling to urbanites with the promise of cheap housing and thriving culture; indeed,…

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Alva Gotby
Feeling at Home

Our feelings about housing are political, and a grasp of them is essential to solving the housing crisis -- from the author of They Call It Love

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David Omotoso Stovall
Engineered Conflict

A hard-hitting exploration of how state policy displaces and isolates Black communities and how collective resistance creates spaces for working-class people of color to identify the true cause of conflic…

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David Omotoso Stovall
Engineered Conflict

A hard-hitting exploration of how state policy displaces and isolates Black communities and how collective resistance creates spaces for working-class people of color to identify the true cause of conflic…

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James Christen Steward,
Renaissance

A richly illustrated retrospective history of the Princeton University Art Museum A commemorative 2025 edition marking the opening the university's new museumRenaissance: A New Museum for Princeton reflec…

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Aleksandar Sasha Dundjerovic, María José Martínez Sánchez
Placeness and the Performative Production of Space

"How can performance transform places of urban renewal and regeneration? What does performance contribute to the creation of community? These are some of the questions addressed in this study of the …

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Kai Horstmannshoff
The Loop

American Culture Studies - Band 21

The Loop: Chicago Architecture and the Social Imaginary discusses the social function of architecture. Through close readings of skyscrapers, opera houses and urban parks in Chicago, Kai Horstmannshoff de…

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Christopher Brown
A Natural History of Empty Lots

"... a genre-defying work of nature writing, literary nonfiction, and memoir that explores what happens when nature and the city intersect."--Provided by publisher.

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Urban Mobility

This book examines shifts in urban mobility with a focus on technological disruption, pandemic-induced travel change, and the climate crisis in twenty-first century Canadian cities.

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Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge 4

'Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge' is an academic journal in, on, and from the discipline of architecture, addressing the creation, constitution, and transmission of architectural knowledge.…

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John King
Portal

Conceived in the Gilded Age, the Ferry Building opened in 1898 as San Francisco's portal to the world-the terminus of the transcontinental railway and a showcase of civic ambition. In silent films and Wor…

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Chandra Morrison Ariyo
Metagraffiti

This innovative visual ethnography examines diverse forms of self-reference and metareference that appear in Latin American graffiti art. Focusing on graffiti scenes from São Paulo, Brazil and Santiago in…

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Philip Parker, Collins Books
History of Cities in Maps

A fascinating cartographic study of urban development, perfect for map and history lovers.

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Nora Gross
Brothers in Grief

"Our teenage years are a uniquely vulnerable and formative time as we lay the foundations for the people we will become. Our relationships with our peers, our families, and our mentors all shape thes…

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Daniella Gandolfo
A Day in the Hole

A single day in a semilegal market in Lima, Peru, reveals a social world that defies conventional economic logic.In the heart of Lima's historic center, the markets of El Hueco ("The Hole") and …

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Robert J Sampson
Marked by Time

A leading sociologist's groundbreaking three-decade study challenges outdated views of crime and character, revealing that traditional risk factors alone poorly predict children's futures.Between 1970 and…

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Joe William Trotter
Building the Black City

"A timely, consequential work from one of our greatest historians, Building the Black City is a reparative justice and urban historical tour de force."--Marcus Anthony Hunter, author of Radical …

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Molly Lester,
Building Ghosts

"Portrays and examines imprints and impressions of demolished buildings found on the walls of neighboring structures. Includes architectural street photography, vignettes of the ghosts' histories, an…

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