The Uses of Disorder: Personal Identity & City Life 9780307826084

Uses of Disorder 9780307826084

The excitement of the brilliantly innovative book is that it challenges the reader to revise his concept of order—and to

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City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics 0814788173, 9780814788172, 9780814788202

2009 Association of American University Presses Award for Jacket Design In the 1990s, improving the quality of life be

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The Uses of Failure in Mexican Literature and Identity 9780292797192

While the concept of defeat in the Mexican literary canon is frequently acknowledged, it has rarely been explored in the

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Sounding Out the City: Personal Stereos and the Management of Everyday Life 9781474215541, 9781859733424

On buses, trains, and streets over the past decade and more, youths in particular but increasingly older people as well

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The American Musical and the Performance of Personal Identity 0691141053

The American musical has long provided an important vehicle through which writers, performers, and audiences reimagine w

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The Metaphysics of Personal Identity [1 ed.] 1443890545, 9781443890540

One of the most debated topics in medieval philosophy was the metaphysics of identitythat is, what accounts for the dist

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Secret Life of the City 3423409833, 1600324113

Come along on an informative, whirlwind tour of urban species—from intelligent crows to backyard lichens—and discover th

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Monsters of the City: Sins & Virtues

Cawood Publishing presents Monsters of the City for 5th Edition! Over 100 new monsters plus resources to run an urban ca

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The Mirror of the Sea & A Personal Record

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City of Intellect: The Uses and Abuses of the University 1009394460, 9781009394468

During his four years as the tenth Chancellor of Berkeley (2013–17), Nicholas B. Dirks was confronted by crises arguably

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