The Egyptian Coffeehouse: Culture, Politics and Urban Space 0755635248, 9780755635245

The Egyptian Coffeehouse: Culture, Politics and Urban Space 9780755635245, 9780755635276, 9780755635290

The coffeehouse is a microcosm of the larger Egyptian society with its history of multiculturalism and great diversity.

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The Egyptian Coffeehouse 9780755635245, 9780755635290, 9780755635283

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Street Culture in Chengdu: Public Space, Urban Commoners, and Local Politics, 1870-1930 9780804791045

In traditional Chinese cities, a lively street culture was an important part of popular culture, and street life was cen

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Cities Interrupted: Visual Culture and Urban Space 1474224423, 9781474224420

Cities Interrupted explores the potential of visual culture – in the form of photography, film, performance, architectur

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Cities Interrupted: Visual Culture and Urban Space 9781474224437, 9781474224413, 9781474224444

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Race and Urban Space in Contemporary American Culture 9781474469760

This innovative book looks at representations of ethnic and racial identities in relation to the development of urban cu

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The politics of housing: Power, consumers and urban culture 9781526130686

This book is concerned with the interaction of traditional politics, culture and social groups, of local and national in

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Urban Ecologies: City Space, Material Agency, and Environmental Politics in Contemporary Culture (Ecocritical Theory and Practice) 0739195751, 9780739195758

The term “urban ecology” has become a buzzword in various disciplines, including the social and natural sciences as well

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Popular Politics and Political Culture: Urban Scotland, 1918-1939 9781474425629

A fresh perspective on the history of the radical left in inter-war Scotland This book presents a distinctive reading o

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The Spatial Politics of the Sculptural: Art, Capitalism and the Urban Space 1783487615, 9781783487615

Space is a formative factor in the production of sculpture. Phenomenological thought interprets sculptural work in relat

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