Between 1900 and 1940 American family farming gave way to what came to be called agribusiness. Government policies, consumer goods aimed at rural markets, and the increasing consolidation of agricultu
Strips of urban and suburban "fabric" have extended into the countryside, creating a ragged settlement pattern that blurs the distinction between rural, urban, and suburban. As traditional rural indu
Pattison (King's College, Cambridge, England) offers a philosophical exploration of modernity based on representations of the city of Copenhagen in the work of 19th century philosopher Soren Kierkegaa
This two-volume set provides extensive alphabetical entries on 132 major world cities which have been selected for their cultural, historical, economic, and political significance. Each city entry inc
Images of the Street captures the vitality, excitements and tensions of the street. Using examples from the U.K, India, Australia and North America the contributors draw on research in cultural geogra
This book is about the "public realm," defined as a particular kind of social territory that is found almost exclusively in large settlements. This particular form of social-psychological space comes
The corporate downtown, with its multitude of social dilemmas and contradictions, is the focus of this well-illustrated volume. How are downtown projects conceived, scripted, produced, packaged, and
This volume provides case studies of the growth of urban and rural communities and their institutions in Languedoc and Provence in the Middle Ages. The importance of a Roman law tradition and the new
This book describes the changes in the perception and experience of the night in three great European cities: Paris, Berlin and London.The lighting up of the city by gas in the first half of the ninet
In this new volume from the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology, contributors examine one or more pressing community problems - homelessness, racism, delinquency, alcoholism, violence, un
Concise, empowering, and inspirational, this guidebook offers practical wisdom and 135 guidelines that demystify the community change process. Replete with the wisdom of more than two decades of exper
This book provides new insights into an important national community development challenge: how to stimulate the formation of genuinely community-based organizations and effective citizen action in ne
"German Home Towns certainly illuminates habits of life in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries which were as distinctively German as the peasant world of Grimm's Fairy Tales."—Times L
Los Angeles has grown from a scattered collection of towns and villages to one of the largest megacities in the world. In the process, it has inspired controversy among critics and scholars, as well a
This definitive study brings together recent critiques of development and work in postcolonial studies to explore what the postcolonial condition has meant to rural people in the Third World. Focusin
This book is about the "public realm," defined as a particular kind of social territory that is found almost exclusively in large settlements. This particular form of social-psychological space comes
The massive migration of people from rural into urban areas is the most spectacular demographic upheaval that Africa has experienced in recent decades. The growth of Africa's cities has outstripped lo
