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  • THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE CITY
    SETHA LOW
    The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and the City provides a comprehensive study of current and future urban issues on a global and local scale. Premised on an ‘engaged’ approach to urban anthropology, the volume adopts a thematic approach that covers a wide range of modern urban issues, with a particular focus on those of high public interest. Topics covered include security...

    $1,340.00

  • SPATIALIZING CULTURE
    SETHA LOW
    This book demonstrates the value of ethnographic theory and methods in understanding space and place, and considers how ethnographically-based spatial analyses can yield insight into prejudices, inequalities and social exclusion as well as offering people the means for understanding the places where they live, work, shop and socialize. In developing the concept of spatializing ...

    $1,160.00

  • THE PEOPLE, PLACE, AND SPACE READER
    GIESEKING, JEN JACK / MANGOLD, WILLIAM / KATZ, CINDI / LOW, SETHA / SAEGERT, SUSAN
    The People, Place, and Space Reader brings together the writings of scholars, designers, and activists from a variety of fields to make sense of the makings and meanings of the world we inhabit. They help us to understand the relationships between people and the environment at all scales, and to consider the active roles individuals, groups, and social structures play in creati...

    $2,220.00

  • THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC SPACE
    SETHA LOW
    Why is public space disappearing? Why is this disappearance important to democratic politics and how has it become an international phenomenon? Public spaces are no longer democratic spaces, but instead centres of private commerce and consumption, and even surveillance and police control. "The Politics of Public Space" extends the focus of current work on public space to includ...

    $1,420.00

  • RETHINKING URBAN PARKS
    SETHA M. LOW / DANA TAPLIN / SUZANNE SCHELD
    A study of public recreation space and how urban developers can encourage ethnic diversity through planning that supports multiculturalism.   Urban parks such as New York City's Central Park provide vital public spaces where city dwellers of all races and classes can mingle safely while enjoying a variety of recreations. By coming together in these relaxed settings, different g...

    $329.00

  • BEHIND THE GATES
    SETHA LOW
    In the last twenty years, thousands upon thousands of the upper and middle classes have retreated into gated communities. In 2002 it is estimated that one in eight Americans will live in these exclusive neighborhoods. What has sparked this alarming trend? Behind the Gates is Low's revealing account of what life is like inside these suburban fortresses. After years researching a...

    $1,420.00