Urban Studies

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A People's Atlas of Detroit
Critical, wide-ranging analyses of Detroit’s redevelopment and alternative visions for its future.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814342978
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814342985
Embracing a City, The Kresge Foundation in Detroit: 1993-2017
An introspective evaluation of the role a private philanthropy, The Kresge Foundation, has played over the past decade in Detroit’s renewal.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780983965473
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780983965497
Roads to Prosperity
Economic Development Lessons from Midsize Canadian Cities
Explores popular economic development strategies in midsize Canadian urban areas.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814343593
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814344415
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814343609
The Detroit Riot of 1967
Eyewitness account of the civil disorder in Detroit in the summer of 1967.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814343777
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814343784

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Detroit 1967
Origins, Impacts, Legacies
Examines relationships between black and white Detroit residents through the lens of 1967, fifty years later.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814343036
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814343043
Detroit's Eastern Market
A Farmers Market Shopping and Cooking Guide, Third Edition
An updated guide to Detroit’s renowned open-air farmers market, featuring stories and recipes from four generations of families, with new information, photos, and recipes.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814341599
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814341605
Mapping Detroit
Land, Community, and Shaping a City
Illustrates and analyzes Detroit’s dramatic physical transformation in a balanced mix of text and maps.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814340264
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814340271

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Reveal Your Detroit
An Intimate Look at a Great American City
Presents photos from a unique community exhibit sponsored by the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814339633
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814339640
Redevelopment and Race
Planning a Finer City in Postwar Detroit
A history of how racial disunity and industrial decline handicapped post-World War II urban planning initiatives in Detroit.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814339077
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814339084

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Revolution Detroit
Strategies for Urban Reinvention
A practical guide to what's working in urban reinvention with examples drawn from Detroit and other cities.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814338711
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338575

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Reimagining Detroit
Opportunities for Redefining an American City
Suggests ways for Detroit to become a smaller but better city in the twenty first century and proposes productive uses for the city’s vacant spaces.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814334690
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814336052

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Connecting the Dots
Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project
A collection of varied reflections on the Heidelberg Project, a Detroit art installation that has garnered international acclaim and has been the focus of local controversy.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814333204
Dreaming Suburbia
Detroit and the Production of Postwar Space and Culture
A multifaceted cultural study of suburbanization in the United States, and Detroit in particular, during the postwar suburban boom.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814332283
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814339138
Critical Evaluations of Economic Development Policies
This ground-breaking text offers alternative models for critical evaluation of the values behind and the success of local-level economic development policies.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814329009
Community-Based Organizations
The Intersection of Social Capital and Local Context in Contemporary Urban Society
A critical examination of the social capital debate, which establishes a foundation for progressive reform in community development practice and local government.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814331576
Churches and Urban Government in Detroit and New York, 1895-1994
This groundbreaking study analyzes the relationship between the two powerful forces—church organizations and urban politics—within New York City and Detroit during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814331729
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814336687
Civic Culture and Urban Change
Governing Dallas
A study of how civic culture shaped policy responses to the demographic and economic transformations of Dallas, Texas.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814330807
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814337479
The Politics of Black Empowerment
The Transformation of Black Activism in Urban America
The Politics of Black Empowerment uses the experiences of grassroots activists to develop various conceptualizations and explanations of Black political behavior today.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814323182
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814323175
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814336618
When Corporations Leave Town
The Costs and Benefits of Metropolitan Job Sprawl
When Corporations Leave Town presents new and challenging arguments and solutions surrounding the current political debates about deconcentration.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814329085
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814329078