The popular Trains, Buses, People has been updated to include Canada and new US cities, with an added analysis of the impact of poverty on transit systems.
In Canton, Mississippi, a large factory operated by Nissan churns out thousands of vehicles every year. How did Mississippi, a state known for agriculture, lure the auto giant? From Nothing to Nissan: Industrial Policy in Mississippi provides an account of the strategies used by Mississippi's political actors to attract manufacturers to the ......
In Canton, Mississippi, a large factory operated by Nissan churns out thousands of vehicles every year. How did Mississippi, a state known for agriculture, lure the auto giant? From Nothing to Nissan: Industrial Policy in Mississippi provides an account of the strategies used by Mississippi's political actors to attract manufacturers to the ......
A History of the Lower Hudson Valley and the Bear Mountain Bridge
Straddling the Hudson where the river begins to narrow and twist in its journey, Bear Mountain Bridge stands as an elegant memorial to the shifting industrial culture of the United States between the two world wars. Once the longest suspension bridge in the world and meant to serve as a necessary industrial connector while preserving the region's ......
Traces the dynamics of territorial and ethnic conflicts between Jews and Palestinians For Oren Yiftachel, the notion of ethnocracy suggests a political regime that facilitates expansion and control by a dominant ethnicity in contested lands. It is neither democratic nor authoritarian, with rights and capabilities depending primarily on ethnic ......
As cities evolve and resources shift with time, spaces within those cities are often left fallow and abandoned. Cyclical City tells the stories behind these sites, from Philadelphia's Liberty Lands park to Lisbon's Green Plan, and it looks at the ways in which these narratives can be leveraged toward future engagement and use. Jill Desimini posits ......
This is the story of what has happened to the ways in which Philadelphians make a living. It describes the impact of the two world wars, the depression, and postwar prosperity on the structure and functioning of the labor market. Philadelphia Workers in a Changing Economy places the findings of a unique research program investigating the problems ......
Indonesia was founded on the ideal of the "Sovereignty of the People", which suggests the pre-eminence of people's rights to access, use and control land to support their livelihoods. Yet, many questions remain unresolved. How can the state ensure access to land for agriculture and housing while also supporting land acquisition for investment in ......
