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Features a case study of a 'planned unit development' in America, Twin Rivers. This book traces the birth and unfolding of Twin Rivers from a former potato field into a community. It reveals the community of Twin Rivers through a multidimensional social microscope. It is intended for social scientists, architects, and physical planners.

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In a field over-saturated with research on global cities and megacities, this is the first academic book to analyze specifically small cities and regions in New England. The book contains contributions from sociologists, anthropologists, historians, political scientists, politicians, grassroots leaders, and urban/regional planners.

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How far can an ethnic group in America maintain its identity before it is regarded as un-American The research in this book has been conducted in a metropolitan area among working-class adults. As well as mainstream black and white Americans, several other ethnic groups are included.

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Landman studies four communally-oriented settings in Washington's urban environment. Landman shows how the participants in these economically related activities are socially bound together in a web of relations considered unusual in large American cities, and how these exceptionally connected urban lives prove very satisfactory.

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Leading scholars of the kibbutz update knowledge of this innovative society and draw parallels to changes occurring in the West.

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Using a concept she calls authenticity maneuvering to explain how clubs, clubbers, and DJs navigate authenticity, branding, and commercialism, Danielle Hidalgo argues that the strategic use of a rave ethos bolsters acceptance in dance music spaces while also making commercial practices less visible or problematic.

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European cities: Modernity, race and colonialism is a collection of empirical and theoretical scholarly analyses of multiple urban processes across the East-West European divide, inviting the reader to reimagine urban Europe from non-Eurocentric perspectives, and to engage active thought and thoughtful action.

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European cities: Modernity, race and colonialism is a collection of empirical and theoretical scholarly analyses of multiple urban processes across the East-West European divide, inviting the reader to reimagine urban Europe from non-Eurocentric perspectives, and to engage active thought and thoughtful action.

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Comprising original contemporary research, this collection brings together case studies from across the globe that explore topics including nightlife and urban development, race, gender and youth culture, alcohol and drug use, and urban renewal.

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Comprising original contemporary research, this collection brings together case studies from across the globe that explore topics including nightlife and urban development, race, gender and youth culture, alcohol and drug use, and urban renewal.

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An intimate account of life in a West African fishing village dependent on an radically transforming ocean.

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This absorbing and timely study will be of interest to scholars and professionals in urban studies, urban design and planning, environmental studies, environment psychology, and sociology.

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This absorbing and timely study will be of interest to scholars and professionals in urban studies, urban design and planning, environmental studies, environment psychology, and sociology.

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Have these gleaming business districts, mega malls and gated developments led to 'regeneration', or have they intensified social divisions and made us more fearful of each other This book reveals the untested - and unwanted - urban planning that is changing not only our cities, but the nature of public space, of citizenship and of trust.

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Studies the connections between professional team sports in North America and the places where teams play. This book examines the relationships between major professional team sports - baseball, basketball, football, and hockey - and the cities that attach their names, their hearts, and their increasing amount of tax dollars to big league teams.

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Challenging the common assumption that hybrid peoples create hybrid places and hybrid places house hybrid people, this book suggests that hybrid environments do not always accommodate pluralistic tendencies or multicultural practices.

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This book encourages cities and the private development community to team up and expand central city housing opportunities and illustrates the upside of Intown Living to those considering moving to a city.

This unique work provides current data on who is buying intown, at what prices, and in what size apartments and condominiums.

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'This carefully detailed account reveals another side of the city's history...Kiev: A Portrait helps to put present events in context, showing that at least one of the 'new' nationalisms in the former Soviet Union has old and very deep roots.'--Anne Applebaum, The London Times

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This volume explores the analogous and heterogeneous nature of Koreatowns throughout the globe, challenging the LA-NYC based ethnic-entrepreneurial discourse that dominates the narratives of the Korean diaspora.

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This volume explores the analogous and heterogeneous nature of Koreatowns throughout the globe, challenging the LA-NYC based ethnic-entrepreneurial discourse that dominates the narratives of the Korean diaspora.