(Hardback)
By: Norbert Dannhaeuser
ISBN: 9780897894586
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 1996
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Many forces threaten the viability of town centers. Town centers, once locations of a rich variety of street stores in the hands of a local and independent merchant community, are being supplanted by monolithic and decentralized commercial zones.
(Paperback)
By: Owen Crankshaw
ISBN: 9781786998958
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Shabbir Cheema
ISBN: 9780275940850
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 1993
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The relentless growth of cities in developing countries is inevitable - and irreversible. This work reviews innovative urban management, discusses the latest findings on key issues of urban management, and identifies policy - relevant research needs and priorities. Case studies are included.
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By: Gilbert Rozman
ISBN: 9780691617367
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2015
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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This book takes an entirely new approach to the evolution of cities and of societies in premodern periods. Refining the theory advanced in his earlier study of China and Japan, Gilbert Rozman examines the development of Russia over several centuries with emphasis on the period immediately preceding the Industrial Revolution. He makes possible compa
(Hardback)
By: Gilbert Rozman
ISBN: 9780691644516
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Hardback)
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 1981
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Carefully limiting his analysis to the correlation of residential proximity and marriage, social cast/class structures, and occupational status, Dr. Beshers clearly demonstrates how census tract data, official registrations of residence on marriage licenses, and other information can be used to reinforce and corroborate sociological hypotheses.
(Hardback, 2nd edition)
By: John Rennie Short
ISBN: 9781137382658
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This wide-ranging and state-of-the-art new edition reviews the classic contributions to understanding modern and post-modern cities, and is comprehensively updated to take account of the issues and concepts at stake in 21st century urban theory.
(Hardback)
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 1994
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This reference work provides a summary of historical and contemporary aspects of urbanization in Africa. The second part provides detailed studies of urbanization in fifteen highly urbanized African countries.
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By: Gregory Guldin
ISBN: 9780313268137
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 1992
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This text focuses on the question of whether China is already urbanized. Each of the contributors considers the degree to which the town-country dichotomy has been obliterated in the China of the 1980s and 1990s. The strengths and weaknesses of the transformation are assessed.
(Hardback)
By: John E. Turner
ISBN: 9780275943721
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 1993
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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As a point of comparison, the authors also examine differences between the villagers and rural migrants living in two districts of Seoul.
An introductory chapter presents the major political developments and cultural features in Korea from the Yi dynasty through the Roh regime.
(Hardback)
By: Mica Nava
ISBN: 9781845202422
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By looking at a range of texts, events and biographical narratives, this book traces cosmopolitanism from its marginal status at the beginning of the twentieth century to its relative normalisation. It offers an account of the uneven history of vernacular cosmopolitanism.
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By: Mica Nava
ISBN: 9781845202439
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By looking at a range of texts, events and biographical narratives, this book traces cosmopolitanism from its marginal status at the beginning of the twentieth century to its relative normalisation. It offers an account of the uneven history of vernacular cosmopolitanism.
(Paperback)
By: Thomas Blom Hansen
ISBN: 9780691088402
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jan 2002
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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When Bombay changed its name to Mumbai in 1995, it was the culmination of a long process that transformed India's primary symbol of modernity and cultural diversity into a site of ethnic conflict and violent nationalism. This is an account of how the city's atmosphere, dominant public languages, and power structures have changed since 1960s.
(Paperback)
By: Katie J. Wells
ISBN: 9780691249766
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 2026
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Tatiana Thieme
ISBN: 9781517917999
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 2025
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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(Hardback)
By: Tatiana Thieme
ISBN: 9781517917982
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 2025
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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(Paperback)
By: Zahra Ebrahim
ISBN: 9781552455036
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2025
Publisher: Coach House Books
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(Hardback)
By: Stephanie Wakefield
ISBN: 9781517917173
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2025
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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(Paperback)
By: Stephanie Wakefield
ISBN: 9781517917180
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2025
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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(Paperback)
By: David L Prytherch
ISBN: 9781517916459
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Sep 2025
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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(Hardback)
By: David L Prytherch
ISBN: 9781517916442
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Sep 2025
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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(Paperback)
By: Maliha Safri
ISBN: 9781517916022
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2025
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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(Hardback)
By: Maliha Safri
ISBN: 9781517916015
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2025
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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(Paperback)
By: Saskia Sassen
ISBN: 9780691264721
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2026
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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