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1	The City Reader more books like this by Richard T LeGates (Editor), Frederic Stout (Editor) add to wishlist The fourth edition of the highly successful "The City Reader" brings together the very best of publications on the city. It includes classic writings by such authors as Lewis Mumford, Ernest W. Burgess, LeCorbusier, Lewis Wirth, Jane Jacobs, and Kevin Lynch meet the best contemporary writings of, among others, Sir Peter Hall, Richard Florida, Mike ... see all copies from £5.87! new only from £29.28! \| first editions
2	The Well and the Mine more books like this by Gin Phillips, Fannie Flagg (Introduction by) add to wishlist In 1931 Carbon Hill, a small Alabama coal-mining town, nine-year-old Tess Moore watches a woman shove the cover off the family well and toss in a baby without a word. For the Moore family, focused on helping anyone in need during the Great Depression, the apparent murder forces them to face the darker side of their community and question the ... see all copies from £4.28! new only from £4.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations and Its Prospects more books like this by Lewis Mumford add to wishlist An examination of Cities of the Western world tracing their development from Egypt through the Middle Ages to the present. see all copies from £6.81! new only from £9.88! \| first editions
4	Chocolat more books like this by Joanne Harris add to wishlist Vivianne Rocher moves to the tiny French town of Lansquenet to open a chocolate boutique, and, suddenly, strange things start to happen. The townspeople begin to eschew the self-righteous gossip of small-town life, and they find the courage to break the rigid codes of provincial behavior. In short, they start enjoying life--all because of the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.47! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Shota and the Star Quilt more books like this by Margaret Bateson-Hill, Francesca Pelizzoli (Illustrator) add to wishlist Shota and her friend try and save the apartment block where they live from being redeveloped. Set in a modern city, this is the story of friends and neighbours working together to achieve a common goal. The result is a remarkable quilt that bonds them and resolves more than their own dilemma. see all copies from £2.26! new only from £4.17! \| first editions
6	The Urban World more books like this by J John Palen add to wishlist Long the leading text in urban sociology, "The Urban World" continues to provide a comprehensive, balanced, up-to-date, cross-cultural look at cities and suburbs around the world. Offering a 21st century view of the changing urban scene, the text covers evolving urban patterns and the changing nature of urban life. Combining expert scholarship ... see all copies from £4.45! new only from £5.58! \| first editions
7	Cities and Urban Life more books like this by John J Macionis, Dr. Vincent N Parrillo add to wishlist For Urban Sociology, Urban Political Economy, Urban Anthropology, and Urban Studies courses taught out of the sociology, political science and urban studies departments. Cities and Urban Life, authored by two of the best-known textbook writers in the field, provides a comprehensive introduction to urban sociology, urban anthropology, and urban ... see all copies from £5.56! new only from £6.19! \| first editions
8	Cities of the World: World Regional Urban Development more books like this by Stanley D Brunn add to wishlist The only text to offer a regional survey of world urban development, this third edition has been fully revised and updated to include new chapter authors, new cities and regions, and an expanded art program. Focusing on the eleven major culture realms of the world, the volume examines each region's urban history, economy, and culture and society, ... see all copies from £2.25! new only from £10.51! \| first editions
9	A Theology as Big as the City more books like this by Ray Bakke add to wishlist How does God see the city? What does Scripture have to say about urban ministry? These are the questions Ray Bakke has systematically addressed. Here is a biblical theology that provides a glimpse of how big God's view of the city really is. see all copies from £7.26! new only from £10.66!
10	Underground more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist A look at what lies beneath the streets of a large, modern American city. The author closely examines the intersection of two main streets, revealing such subterranean elements as subways, sewer systems, power systems, and tunnels. Detailed b&w illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from £1.88! new only from £8.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany more books like this by James Bentley, Hugh Palmer (Photographer) add to wishlist The elegance of Tuscany's cities is visible in the smaller villages focused upon in this book. It looks at 37 villages and small towns, including Pienza, Settignano and San Gimignano. The descriptions are accompanied by photographs which capture the charms of the architecture, the landscape and the people. The book includes a visitor's guide to ... see all copies from £7.02! new only from £16.71! \| first editions
12 view cover	A street through time more books like this by Steve Noon (Illustrator), Dr. Anne Millard add to wishlist Follow the life of a street, seeing it develop from a small Stone Age camp - changing over thousands of years - into a bustling riverside thoroughfare in the heart of a metropolis This beautifully illustrated book brings fourteen key periods in history to life You'll find out how people lived long ago - the tools they used, what they wore, what ... see all copies* from £4.78! new only from £9.98! \| first editions
13 view cover	Life in a medieval city more books like this by Joseph Gies, Frances Gies add to wishlist Recreates the life of the rich and poor family, the housewife, businessman, doctor, scholar, clergy, artist, and writer of the Middle Ages, with insights into many customs and traditions of the period. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.53! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Evolution of American Urban Society more books like this by Howard P Chudacoff add to wishlist For undergraduate courses on Urban History, Urban Economics, Urban Sociology, Urban Planning, Social History, Urban Studies, and Urban Politics. Helping students understand the historical issues underlying the society in which they live, this absorbing text surveys the dynamics of American urbanization from the sixteenth century to the present, ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
15 view cover	Street corner society; the social structure of an Italian slum more books like this by William Foote Whyte add to wishlist This sociological study of the lives of gang members in Boston's North End was based on William F. Whyte's doctoral thesis at the University of Chicago. Since its publication in 1943, it has been a perennial seller and a much-assigned classroom text. see all copies from £5.56! new only from £14.95! \| first editions
16 view cover	Cities, Change, and Conflict: A Political Economy of Urban Life more books like this by Nancy Kleniewski add to wishlist Discusses the importance of cities for the economic, cultural and political life of modern societies. The author consistently uses the political economy perspective to introduce students to the basic concepts and research in urban sociology, while also acknowledging the contributions of the human ecology perspective. see all copies from £14.68! new only from £34.98!
17 view cover	City of Gold and Lead more books like this by John Christopher add to wishlist Having reached the safety and freedom of the White Mountains, Will sets forth to bring destruction to the Tripods, the huge, three-legged machines that have enslaved most of the people of earth. In order to do so, Will and his coconspirators plan to infiltrate the City of the Tripods, a place where capped humans are the personal slaves to these ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
18 view cover	Local Attachments: The Making of an American Urban Neighborhood, 1850 to 1920 more books like this by Alexander Von Hoffman add to wishlist Since the mid-19th century, the United States has been transformed from a rural society of small communities into an urban nation where most people live in cities. Surprisingly, writes Alexander von Hoffman, this transformation has not destroyed "local attachments" and created an impersonal atomized society. Instead, these attachments have ... see all copies from £6.11! new only from £6.11! \| first editions
19 view cover	Flesh and Stone: The Body and the City in Western Civilization more books like this by Prof. Richard Sennett add to wishlist Tells the story of urban life through people's bodily experience; how women and men moved, what they saw and heard, how they dressed, when they bathed and how they made love, in the spaces of the city from ancient Athens to modern New York. The author of this book explains why our civilization has had such trouble making a home for the human body. ... see all copies from £7.84! new only from £10.93! \| first editions
20 view cover	History of Urban Form Before the Industrial Revolution more books like this by A E Morris add to wishlist Provides an international history of urban development, from its origins to the industrial revolution. This well established book maintains the high standard of information found in the previous two editions, describing the physical results of some 5000 years of urban activity. It explains and develops the concept of 'unplanned' cities that grow ... see all copies from £31.61! new only from £47.52!
21 view cover	The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History more books like this by Professor Dolores Hayden add to wishlist This text proposes new perspectives on gender, race and ethnicity to broaden the practice of public history and public art, enlarge urban preservation, and reconsider the writing of urban history. It provides models for creative urban history projects in cities and towns across America. see all copies from £14.85! new only from £15.19! \| first editions
22 view cover	Cities more books like this by John Reader add to wishlist This book explores the city's raisons d'etre, functions and forms, its achievements and problems, from fortifications to sewers, factories to markets, theatres and bars. John Reader's history of Africa was praised by the "Sunday Times" for 'masterfully [ranging] across time and space, making extraordinary and thought-provoking connections'. His ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £7.56! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Big Green Pocketbook more books like this by Candice Ransom add to wishlist In this book, a little girl on a trip into town with her mother carries a big green pocketbook and fills it with pieces of her day, inventing stories for each treasure. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.29!
24 view cover	Cities in a World Economy more books like this by Dr. Saskia Sassen add to wishlist The Third Edition of the international bestselling Cities in a World Economy presents sociologists with a new perspective on the study of urban sociology. The decentralization and privatization of the world's economies has radically altered such things as the organization of labour, the structure of consumption and the distribution of earnings in ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £14.15! \| first editions
25 view cover	Division street: America more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist The book that first made Studs Terkel's reputation as this country's foremost oral historian is a unique portrait of America at a time of change and hope. see all copies from £4.99! new only from £7.42! \| signed copies \| first editions

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