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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jacobs, Jane

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A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in 1961,... [More...]

The Works: Anatomy of a City
Ascher, Kate

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Offering a cross section of hidden infrastructure, this title uses innovative graphic images and clear text explanations to answer all the questions about the way things work in a modern city and the people who support them.

Our America
Jones, LeAlan

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The award-winning creators of National Public Radio's "Ghetto Life 101" and "Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse" combine talents with a young photographer to show what life is like in one of the country's darkest places: Chicago's Ida B. Wells housing... [More...]

Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier
Glaeser, Edward

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A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's greatest invention. Using intrepid reportage, keen analysis, and eloquent argument, Glaeser makes an impassioned case for the city's import and splendor.

Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets
Kretzmann, John P.

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A revolutionary approach to improving one's community through local institutions, including the parish.

How the Other Half Lives
Riis, Jacob A.

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Published in 1890, Jacob Riis's remarkable study of the horrendous living conditions of the poor in New York City had an immediate and extraordinary impact on society, inspiring reforms that affected the lives of millions of people. Riis's reliance on... [More...]

The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life
Anderson, Elijah

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An acclaimed sociologist illuminates the workings of an American city, offering a major reinterpretation of the racial dynamics in America.

Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City
Anderson, Elijah

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This incisive book examines the code of decency, violence, and moral life of the inner city, and how it is a response to the lack of jobs, stigma of race, and rampant drug use. Winner of the Komarovsky Book Award.

Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
LeBlanc, Adrian Nicole

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The result of over ten years of immersion reporting, "Random Family" charts atumultuous decade in which girls become mothers, mothers become grandmothers, boys become criminals, and hope struggles against deprivation. 75,000print.

Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation
Kozol, Jonathan

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The New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of Savage Inequalities reveals the hearts of children who grow up in the South Bronx—the poorest congressional district in the nation. "(Kozol) has produced perhaps his most affecting book . . .... [More...]

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