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ISBN: 9780190854195
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Urban History
Author: The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History
Author: Joan Shelley RubinPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199979004
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
Over 600 A-Z articles on a wide-range of topics in American cultural and intellectual History Explores American cultural and intellectual history from the colonial period to the present-day Annotated bibliographies to highlight the major works in the field Expands and updates The Oxford Companion to United States History
Americans Against the City
Author: Steven ConnPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199973660
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
It is a paradox of American life that we are a highly urbanized nation filled with people deeply ambivalent about urban life. In this provocative and sweeping book, historian Steven Conn explores the "anti-urban impulse" across the 20th century and examines how those ideas have shaped the places Americans have lived and worked, and how they have shaped the anti-government politics of the New Right.
Encyclopedia of American Urban History
Author: David GoldfieldPublisher: SAGE
ISBN: 0761928847
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1057
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The Oxford Handbook of Urban Planning
Author: Randall CranePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190235268
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 879
Book Description
Why plan? How and what do we plan? Who plans for whom? These three questions are then applied across three major topics in planning: States, Markets, and the Provision of Social Goods; The Methods and Substance of Planning; and Agency, Implementation, and Decision Making.
The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art
Author: Joan M. MarterPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195335791
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 3140
Book Description
Arranged in alphabetical order, these 5 volumes encompass the history of the cultural development of America with over 2300 entries.
The Oxford Handbook of Urban Economics and Planning
Author: Nancy BrooksPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195380622
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1027
Book Description
This volume embodies a problem-driven and theoretically informed approach to bridging frontier research in urban economics and urban/regional planning. The authors focus on the interface between these two subdisciplines that have historically had an uneasy relationship. Although economists were among the early contributors to the literature on urban planning, many economists have been dismissive of a discipline whose leading scholars frequently favor regulations over market institutions, equity over efficiency, and normative prescriptions over positive analysis. Planners, meanwhile, even as they draw upon economic principles, often view the work of economists as abstract, not sensitive to institutional contexts, and communicated in a formal language spoken by few with decision making authority. Not surprisingly, papers in the leading economic journals rarely cite clearly pertinent papers in planning journals, and vice versa. Despite the historical divergence in perspectives and methods, urban economics and urban planning share an intense interest in many topic areas: the nature of cities, the prosperity of urban economies, the efficient provision of urban services, efficient systems of transportation, and the proper allocation of land between urban and environmental uses. In bridging this gap, the book highlights the best scholarship in planning and economics that address the most pressing urban problems of our day and stimulates further dialog between scholars in urban planning and urban economics.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion in America
Author: John CorriganPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780190456160
Category : REFERENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 1754
Book Description
"The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion in America brings together state-of-the-art scholarly, peer-reviewed articles on religion in America. The encyclopedia is organized around five key areas -- ethnicity; empire; space; religion in public life; and religious ideas -- and offers a robust overview of the history, role, and place of the many religious traditions that intersect in America"--
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Communism
Author: S. A. SmithPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191667528
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
The impact of Communism on the twentieth century was massive, equal to that of the two world wars. Until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, historians knew relatively little about the secretive world of communist states and parties. Since then, the opening of state, party, and diplomatic archives of the former Eastern Bloc has released a flood of new documentation. The thirty-five essays in this Handbook, written by an international team of scholars, draw on this new material to offer a global history of communism in the twentieth century. In contrast to many histories that concentrate on the Soviet Union, The Oxford Handbook of the History of Communism is genuinely global in its coverage, paying particular attention to the Chinese Revolution. It is 'global', too, in the sense that the essays seek to integrate history 'from above' and 'from below', to trace the complex mediations between state and society, and to explore the social and cultural as well as the political and economic realities that shaped the lives of citizens fated to live under communist rule. The essays reflect on the similarities and differences between communist states in order to situate them in their socio-political and cultural contexts and to capture their changing nature over time. Where appropriate, they also reflect on how the fortunes of international communism were shaped by the wider economic, political, and cultural forces of the capitalist world. The Handbook provides an informative introduction for those new to the field and a comprehensive overview of the current state of scholarship for those seeking to deepen their understanding.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mexican History and Culture
Author: William H. BeezleyPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780190680893
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 2360
Book Description
In 129 articles, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mexican History and Culture provides a compendium of Mexico's historical experience. An international group of authors that includes leading Mexican scholars examines politics, economics, biography, environment, gender, culture, and digital resources for the study of Mexican history.