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New York and Los Angeles: Politics, Society, and Culture--A Comparative View
ISBN: 9780226313702 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. No two cities are more symbolic of the modern American metropolis than New York and Los Angeles. But while New York boasts a recently revitalized urban center, Los Angeles is the classic example of sprawl and decentralization, with multiple clusters of economic and social activity dispersed throughout its surrounding area.
This volume presents advanced studies that consider this fundamental difference between New York and Los Angeles while comparing and contrasting politics and culture in each region. An esteemed group of contributors from a wide variety of disciplines considers issues... No two cities are more symbolic of the modern American metropolis than New York and Los Angeles. But while New York boasts a recently revitalized urba...
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155,23 zł |
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New York and Los Angeles: The Uncertain Future
ISBN: 9780199778379 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 618 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book provides in-depth comparative studies of the two largest cities and metropolitan areas in the United States: New York City and Los Angeles. The chapters, written by leading experts and based upon the most current information available from the Census and other sources, discuss and explicitly compare politics, economic prospects and the financial crisis, and a host of social issues. Reform movements in education, ethnic politics, budget stringency, strategies to deal with crime, the development and political context of infrastructure, rising inequality, immigration and immigrant...
This book provides in-depth comparative studies of the two largest cities and metropolitan areas in the United States: New York City and Los Angeles. ...
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243,25 zł |
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Inside Culture: Art and Class in the American Home
ISBN: 9780226313689 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Dubbed as "You Are What You Hang (or Don't)" by the "New York ""Times, ""Inside Culture" takes us on a tour of 160 homes in and around New York City, from affluent townhouses on Manhattan's Upper East Side and rowhouses in blue-collar Brooklyn to middle and upper-class suburbs of Long Island. The result is an unprecedented portrait of the use of cultural artifacts fine art, photographs, religious art in private lives.
"This is a first-class addition to what we know about culture in the specific rather than the abstract." Howard S. Becker, "Contemporary ""Sociology" "This book is... Dubbed as "You Are What You Hang (or Don't)" by the "New York ""Times, ""Inside Culture" takes us on a tour of 160 homes in and around New York City, ...
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166,32 zł |
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New York's New Edge: Contemporary Art, the High Line, and Urban Megaprojects on the Far West Side
ISBN: 9780226032405 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. The story of New York s west side no longer stars the Sharks and the Jets. Instead it s a story of urban transformation, cultural shifts, and an expanding contemporary art scene. The Chelsea Gallery District has become New York s most dominant neighborhood for contemporary art, and the streets of the west side are filled with gallery owners, art collectors, and tourists. Developments like the High Line, historical preservation projects like the Gansevoort Market, the Chelsea galleries, and plans for megaprojects like the Hudson Yards Development have redefined what is now being called the Far...
The story of New York s west side no longer stars the Sharks and the Jets. Instead it s a story of urban transformation, cultural shifts, and an expan...
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443,52 zł |
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America's Working Man: Work, Home, and Politics Among Blue Collar Property Owners
ISBN: 9780226313665 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Over a period of six years, at factory and warehouse, at the tavern across the road, in their homes and union meetings, on fishing trips and social outings, David Halle talked and listened to workers of an automated chemical plant in New Jersey's industrial heartland. He has emerged with an unusually comprehensive and convincingly realistic picture of blue-collar life in America. Throughout the book, Halle illustrates his analysis with excerpts of workers' views on everything from strikes, class consciousness, politics, job security, and toxic chemicals to marriage, betting on horses, God,...
Over a period of six years, at factory and warehouse, at the tavern across the road, in their homes and union meetings, on fishing trips and social ou...
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166,32 zł |
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In Praise of Plants
ISBN: 9781604692624 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Francis Halle examines the human -and even scientific- bias toward animals at the expense of our understanding of plants. Readers will find their ideas about plants fundamentally altered and their appreciation immeasurably enhanced. This is a black-and-white edition.
Francis Halle examines the human -and even scientific- bias toward animals at the expense of our understanding of plants. Readers will find their idea...
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107,63 zł |
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New York's New Edge: Contemporary Art, the High Line, and Urban Megaprojects on the Far West Side
ISBN: 9780226379067 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 471 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. The story of New York's west side no longer stars the Sharks and the Jets. Instead it's a story of urban transformation, cultural shifts, and an expanding contemporary art scene. The Chelsea Gallery District has become New York's most dominant neighborhood for contemporary art, and the streets of the west side are filled with gallery owners, art collectors, and tourists. Developments like the High Line, historical preservation projects like the Gansevoort Market, the Chelsea galleries, and plans for megaprojects like the Hudson Yards Development have redefined what is now being called the...
The story of New York's west side no longer stars the Sharks and the Jets. Instead it's a story of urban transformation, cultural shifts, and an expan...
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133,06 zł |
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The Secret Lives of Teachers
ISBN: 9780226313627 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Welcome to "East Hudson," an elite private school in New York where the students are attentive, the colleagues are supportive, and the tuition would make the average person choke on its string of zeroes. You might think a teacher here would have little in common with most other teachers in America, but as this veteran educator--writing anonymously--shows in this refreshingly honest account, all teachers are bound by a common thread. Stripped of most economic obstacles and freed up by anonymity, he is able to tell a deeper story about the universal conditions, anxieties, foibles, generosities,...
Welcome to "East Hudson," an elite private school in New York where the students are attentive, the colleagues are supportive, and the tuition would m...
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133,06 zł |
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