Urban Studies

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Seeking a Future for the Past

Space, Power, and Heritage in a Chinese City

By Philipp Demgenski
Subjects: Asian Studies, China, History, Asian and Southeast Asian History, Cultural Studies, Urban Studies
Series: China Understandings Today

An ethnography that illuminates the political economy of urbanization in contemporary China

Congo Style

From Belgian Art Nouveau to African Independence

By Ruth Sacks
Subjects: African Studies, Art, Art History, Urban Studies
Series: African Perspectives

Examines the impact of colonial Belgium’s influence on the Congo’s visual culture

Mobilizing the Metropolis

How the Port Authority Built New York

By Philip Mark Plotch & Jen Nelles
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy, Urban Studies, Urban Politics

Durable lessons from New York on collaboration, leadership, and overcoming complex political challenges

Entrepreneurial Seoulite

Culture and Subjectivity in Hongdae, Seoul

By Mihye Cho
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, Cultural Studies, Urban Studies
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

A lucid narration of post-financial crisis urbanism in Seoul and the vivid experiences of living through the city in transition

Broadway Rhythm

Imaging the City in Song

By Dominic Symonds
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Music, American Studies, Urban Studies

Imaginative walking tours that retrace the map of Manhattan as it resonates with the music of Broadway

 

A Setting For Excellence, Part II

The Story of the Planning and Development of the Ann Arbor Campus of the University of Michigan

By Frederick W. Mayer
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, American History, Education, Higher Education, Urban Studies

An important contribution to understanding the evolution of the American university
 

A Setting For Excellence, Part II

The Story of the Planning and Development of the Ann Arbor Campus of the University of Michigan

By Frederick W. Mayer
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, American History, Education, Higher Education, Urban Studies

An important contribution to understanding the evolution of the American university
 

Detroit Is No Dry Bones

The Eternal City of the Industrial Age

By Camilo Jose Vergara
Subjects: Urban Studies, Race and Ethnicity, American Studies

A photographic record of almost three decades of Detroit’s changing urban fabric

Beyond the Bauhaus

Cultural Modernity in Breslau, 1918-33

By Deborah Ascher Barnstone
Subjects: German Studies, History, German History, Art, Art History, Urban Studies
Series: Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany

Reclaims the essential role that the city of Breslau played in the origins of aesthetic modernism in the Weimar era

The Black Musician and the White City

Race and Music in Chicago, 1900-1967

By Amy Absher
Subjects: African American Studies, Music, American Studies, History, American History, Urban Studies, Sociology, African American History, Michigan and the Great Lakes

An exploration of the history of African American musicians in Chicago during the mid-20th century

The Unreal Estate Guide to Detroit

By Andrew Herscher
Subjects: American Studies, Art, Architecture, Class Studies, Cultural Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Urban Studies

A guide to the emergence of alternative urban cultures in the wake of Detroit's economic decline

The Wire

Race, Class, and Genre

Edited by Liam Kennedy & Stephen Shapiro
Subjects: American Studies, African American Studies, Class Studies, Media Studies, T.V. & Radio, Urban Studies
Series: Class : Culture

Wide-ranging perspectives on "the best dramatic series ever created"

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