‘Sociology’ Category




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

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

ISBN13: 9781594202773Condition: NewNotes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's greatest invention and our best hope for the future. America is an urban ...

Introduction to Emergency Management, Fourth Edition

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Learn about the discipline of emergency management as it has developed over the past six decades, including the rapid evolution of the field since the turn of the century. Haddow, Bullock, and Coppola bring the ideal combination of practical and academic experience to their presentation of disaster preparedness, mitigation, response, ...

Sprawl Repair Manual

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

There is a wealth of research and literature explaining suburban sprawl and the urgent need to retrofit suburbia. However, until now there has been no single guide that directly explains how to repair typical sprawl elements. The Sprawl Repair Manual demonstrates a step-by-step design process for the re-balancing and re-urbanization ...

Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Written by the chair of the LEED-Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) initiative, Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature is both an urgent call to action and a comprehensive introduction to "sustainable urbanism"--the emerging and growing design reform movement that combines the creation and enhancement of walkable and diverse places with the need ...

The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape

Monday, March 21st, 2011

ISBN13: 9780226467627Condition: NewNotes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed In this compelling work, Brian Ladd examines the ongoing conflicts radiating from the remarkable fusion of architecture, history, and national identity ...

The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

The city’s development from ancient times to the modern age. Winner of the National Book Award. “One of the major works of scholarship of the twentieth century” (Christian Science Monitor). Index; illustrations.Lewis Mumford's massive historical study brings together a wide array of evidence--from the earliest group habitats to medieval towns ...

Reimagining Detroit: Opportunities for Redefining an American City (Painted Turtle)

Friday, March 11th, 2011

ISBN13: 9780814334690Condition: NewNotes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Suggests ways for Detroit to become a smaller but better city in the twenty first century and proposes productive uses for ...

The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

ISBN13: 9780805082715Condition: NewNotes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed An utterly original exploration of the world of human waste that will surprise, outrage—and entertainProduced behind closed doors, disposed of discreetly, ...