Perfect City: An Urban Fixer's Global Search for Magic in the Modern Metropolis 1999439511, 9781999439514

There is no such thing as a perfect city, but all great cities have moments of perfection--perfect streets or buildings,

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Remaking Metropolis examines examples of both urban decay and destruction as well as urban rebirth. It shows why particu

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In the mid-nineteenth century, Jerusalem was rich with urban texts inscribed in marble, gold, and cloth, investing holy

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This book explores the impact of finance on urban spaces as well as cities' role in the social constitution and dis

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City Stages combines primary archival research with the scholarly literature emerging from both the humanities and socia

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The rise to power of one of Canada’s most progressive municipal movements in recent memory. When it was dreamed up in t

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In the late nineteenth century, Mexican citizens quickly adopted new technologies imported from abroad to sew cloth, man

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Draws upon the field of anthropology as well as history, sociology, and geography to bring intellectual unity to the his

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In this sweeping appraisal of the urban condition, David Wadley argues that anything less that high-level resolution in

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Draws upon the field of anthropology as well as history, sociology, and geography to bring intellectual unity to the his

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