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The new encyclopedia of Southern culture : Volume 15 : Urbanization
Abstract from the publisher :
This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture offers a current and authoritative reference to urbanization in the American South from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, surveying important southern…
The resurgent city
The majority of the papers presented at the 2004 conference 'The resurgent city', held at the London School of Economics, are available for download as PDF files.
Organisers' description :
This Leverhulme-funded international symposium aims to…
European city in comparative perspective
Papers presented at the 2004 European Association for Urban History (EUAH)'s conference 'European city in comparative perspective : Seventh international conference on urban history' are available for download as full-text PDF files. 144 papers are…
The new urban question : Urbanism beyond neo-liberalism
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“The New Urban Question – Urbanism beyond Neo-liberalism” is the title of the 4th Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU) that will take place from November 26th to 28th, 2009 at…
21st international congress of historical sciences
Organisers' description :
The International Congress of Historical Sciences takes place every five years. This Congress provides an ideal venue for extensive reports, papers, debates, exchanges, and meetings reflecting historical research in…
City sites : Multimedia essays on New York and Chicago, 1870s-1930s
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City Sites is an inter- and multi-disciplinary study of the iconography, spatial forms and visual and literary cultures of New York and Chicago in the period 1870s to 1930s. City Sites is the result of collaborative…
Diversity in cities : Visible and invisible walls - EURODIV 3rd conference
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The special issue on Cultural Diversity collects a selection of papers presented at the multidisciplinary and multinational Marie Curie project on “Cultural diversity in Europe: A series of Conferences”…
Self and community in the city
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This work reports on a small portion of my continuing sociological research on city neighborhoods. The subjects which are dealt with here are quite delicate and my long-term involvement in the community is both an…
Mots-clés: Brooklyn, culture urbaine, identité, Krase Jerome, New York, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine, voisinage
Paris as revolution: writing the nineteenth-century city
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In nineteenth-century Paris, passionate involvement with revolution turned the city into an engrossing object of cultural speculation. For writers caught between an explosive past and a bewildering future, revolution…
Imagining the city : Memories and cultures in Cape Town
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Cities are not only made of buildings and roads, they are also constructed through popular imagination and spaces of representation. Imagining the City: Memories and Cultures in Cape Town presents an array of oral and…
Writing cities 1
From the Introduction by Suzanne Hall, Melissa Fernández Arrigoitía and Cecilia Dinardi :
The writing which this volume brings together is as multifaceted as are its objects of investigation. Ranging from theoretical or design-based…
Ethnic Amsterdam : Immigrants and urban change in the twentieth century
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Over the centuries, people from all parts of the world have been drawn to the city of Amsterdam. While immigrants adapted to local customs, opportunities and constraints, their practices and habits have left indelible…
The city : Culture, society, technology - Interdisciplinary themes journal
From the preface by Christian Riegel and Katherine Robinson : Welcome to the inaugural issue of our new journal, Interdisciplinary Themes Journal. We are pleased to publish a selection of papers presented at our first conference, “The City:…
Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, culture urbaine, littérature, société urbaine, technologie, technology
City of signs - Signs of the city. Special thematic section of Culture Unbound
Extract from the editorial by Geoff Stahl : This special section of Culture Unbound: “City Signs/Signs of the City” is a collection of essays that deals with the semiotic push and pull of cities, or what Roland Barthes has referred to…
Mots-clés: culture urbaine, représentations, rue, semiotics, sémiotique, Stahl Geoff
Virtual issue on urban sociology: International journal of urban and regional research
Abstract from the publisher: Critical Scholarship in Urban Sociology.... These classic and recent articles published in IJURR provide a flavour of the kind of critical urban scholarship associated with the journal. IJURR is a forum for scholarship…
Culture, creative class, and mega-events. Journal of urban affairs virtual issue 2
Abstract from the publisher: Welcome to the second virtual issue of the Journal of Urban Affairs. This issue highlights recent research exploring culture, creativity and the connections between mega-events such as the Olympics and culture in the…
Mexique : espace urbain et résistances artistiques et littéraires face à la ville générique
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Pour ce deuxième numéro d’Artelogie, nous avons modifié nos exigences éditoriales et privilégié un corpus diversifié de collaborations, étant…
Mots-clés: culture urbaine, espace urbain, identité, images, imaginaire, littérature, Mexico, Mexique, représentations
Global cities : Transtext(e)s transcultures - Journal of global cultural studies
From the introduction by Lawrence Phillips : Is the 'global' city an age-old historical phenomenon associated with economic, cultural, and imperial power (Rome, Athens, Beijing, Istanbul), or a consequence of the industrial revolution? Is it a…
Mots-clés: culture urbaine, identité, mondialisation, mutation urbaine, Phillips Lawrence, urbanisation
City, culture and society (Vol. 1, No. 1)
Extract from the editorial by Masayuki Sasaki : Global society is experiencing a transition away from the existing socio-economic system, and there is a need to question and rethink existing theories in the domains of the humanities and social…
Journal of urban affairs (Vol. 34, No. 1)
Abstract from the publisher: Focusing on urban research and policy analysis, the Journal of Urban Affairs is among the most widely cited journals in the field. Published for the Urban Affairs Association, the journal provides a multidisciplinary…