Urban communities

From its 1790 founding until 1974, Washington, D.

Between 1873 and 1935, reformers in Chicago used the power of music to unify the diverse peoples of the metropolis.

The Berlin Wall is arguably the most prominent symbol of the Cold War era.

Between 1873 and 1935, reformers in Chicago used the power of music to unify the diverse peoples of the metropolis.

The Berlin Wall is arguably the most prominent symbol of the Cold War era.

Branded Heritage and Real Estate presents a bold and timely investigation into the intersection of two powerful forces reshaping our cities today: the financialisation of space and the strategic use of heritage as a vehicle for profit.

The link between residential segregation and racial inequality is well established, so it would seem that greater equality would prevail in integrated neighborhoods.

From the mid-nineteenth until the mid-twentieth century, environmentally unregulated industrial capitalism produced outsized environmental risks for poor and working-class Detroiters, made all the worse for African Americans by housing and job discrimination.

The link between residential segregation and racial inequality is well established, so it would seem that greater equality would prevail in integrated neighborhoods.

From the mid-nineteenth until the mid-twentieth century, environmentally unregulated industrial capitalism produced outsized environmental risks for poor and working-class Detroiters, made all the worse for African Americans by housing and job discrimination.

Revolution, war, political turmoil: this is the extraordinary story of how modern London the world s first truly global city was made.

In an era where extreme amounts of data are produced daily, with the majority being visual content, cities have become vast repositories of digital imagery.

For more than a century, the term Main Street has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life.

For more than a century, the term Main Street has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life.

In the spring of 1861, Richmond, Virginia, suddenly became the capital city, military headquarters, and industrial engine of a new nation fighting for its existence.

In the spring of 1861, Richmond, Virginia, suddenly became the capital city, military headquarters, and industrial engine of a new nation fighting for its existence.

Branded Heritage and Real Estate presents a bold and timely investigation into the intersection of two powerful forces reshaping our cities today: the financialisation of space and the strategic use of heritage as a vehicle for profit.

Some know Oklahoma's Black towns as historic communities that thrived during the Jim Crow era-this is only part of the story.

Some know Oklahoma's Black towns as historic communities that thrived during the Jim Crow era-this is only part of the story.

Bittersweet Legacy is the dramatic story of the relationship between two generations of black and white southerners in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1850 to 1910.

Bittersweet Legacy is the dramatic story of the relationship between two generations of black and white southerners in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1850 to 1910.

Living in the hood gives you an advantage because you see, hear, and experience things that you could not otherwise perceive or observe anywhere else within the city limits.

Slumlord examines housing neglect as a structural condition of American life.

Democracy in Tanzania examines one of Africa's most important contemporary governance challenges: the struggle between institutional power and democratic accountability.

EN POCOS AÑOS, las canecas de metal que usaban los hogares bogotanos para sus residuos fueron reemplazadas por bolsas plásticas recolectadas por camiones.

En el corazon del suroriente de Bogota, las juventudes han tejido redes de resistencia y creacion en medio de desafios historicos y sociales.

Amid a national housing affordability crisis with political and social implications, Washington, DC, is notorious for its rapidly rising income inequality, high rates of displacement, and some of the most expensive rents in the country.

La ciudad autónoma es la primera historia de la okupación tal y como se ha practicado en Europa y América del Norte.

Contra lo común reescribe la historia del urbanismo desde la perspectiva de los oprimidos, adentrándose en el drama de la urbanización capitalista y la lucha de las clases populares por construir lugares más justos y democráticos a través de su capacidad para organizar el espacio y convertirlo en una fuente de poder, y expone cómo el capitalismo y las políticas urbanas han evolucionado en sus intentos por destruir este potencial liberador.

How is citizenship constructed from the margins?

In the early 1970s, a new wave of public service announcements urged parents to help end an American tradition of child abuse.

Insurgent Play: Social worlds of urban disruption explores play as a transgressive expression that counters the existing urban order (neoliberal, authoritarian, militarised).

The capital city of a nation founded on the premise of liberty, nineteenth-century Washington, D.

The capital city of a nation founded on the premise of liberty, nineteenth-century Washington, D.

In the early 1970s, a new wave of public service announcements urged parents to help end an American tradition of child abuse.

The capital city of a nation founded on the premise of liberty, nineteenth-century Washington, D.

The capital city of a nation founded on the premise of liberty, nineteenth-century Washington, D.

¿Y si la revolución más poderosa del siglo XXI no fuera tecnológica sino profundamente humana?

Insurgent Play: Social worlds of urban disruption explores play as a transgressive expression that counters the existing urban order (neoliberal, authoritarian, militarised).

The Olympic Games have evolved from a sporting event into a perceived catalyst for urban transformation, enabling host governments to pursue legacies that position cities as global hubs.

This book examines the socially segregated Santals, a tribal community that migrated from various parts of Bengal and its neighbouring states of Bihar, Orissa, and Jharkhand to Kolkata, a city currently driven by capitalist-consumerist forces that pose a challenge in terms of the community’s inclusion and accommodation.

This book explores the role of architectural design in Colombia’s peacebuilding process following the 2016 Peace Agreement between the national government and the FARC-EP guerrilla.

This book explores the role of architectural design in Colombia’s peacebuilding process following the 2016 Peace Agreement between the national government and the FARC-EP guerrilla.

City-Sea Symbiosis explores the unique human settlement forms in Zhuhai City and Macau.

City-Sea Symbiosis explores the unique human settlement forms in Zhuhai City and Macau.

This book examines the socially segregated Santals, a tribal community that migrated from various parts of Bengal and its neighbouring states of Bihar, Orissa, and Jharkhand to Kolkata, a city currently driven by capitalist-consumerist forces that pose a challenge in terms of the community’s inclusion and accommodation.