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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From NEW! Urban Land ValuesSection 1: The Economist’s City From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 3 examines urban land value, discussing topics including land value, the choice between urban, suburban or rural, types of buildings such as office towers, apartment buildings, rental … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
From NEW! Water and Sewage: The Original Urban NetworksThe Technology of Cities From: Dream States |
The Technology of Cities: Part 3 explores the original urban networks, water and sewage systems. Topics discussed include the London Fire of 1666, water pumps, sewers and urban health. | John Lorinc | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
From NEW! 5. Gentrification is about Class |
Chapter 5 focuses on the sexual politics and gendered elements of gentrification. Topics discussed include housing precarity, sexual harassment and violence from landlords, women with children … | Leslie Kern | 39 | 2022 | $3.90 Add |
From NEW! City LightsThe Technology of Cities From: Dream States |
The Technology of Cities: Part 4 explores the history of lighting cities. Topics discussed include Billboards, gas lighting, electric lighting, darkness and crime, industrialization, public … | John Lorinc | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
From Crowded Streetcars, 1899–1903From: Thirty Years' War |
Account of operational disputes between the City and the Toronto Railway Company, specifically in relation to the issue of overcrowding of streetcars. | C. Ian Kyer | 15 | 2015 | $1.50 Add |
From NEW! Down the ToiletFrom: Vancouver Vice |
In this chapter, Chapman focuses on two vice cops who were surveilling the English Bay Bathhouse in attempt to crack down on cruising in the West End. | Aaron Chapman | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
From Hipster FascismChapter 3 From: Decolonize Hipsters |
In Hipster Fascism, Pierrot focuses on the hipster subculture and its connections to fascism and white supremacy movements in recent years. As hipsters’ founding logic is based around … | Grégory Pierrot | 33 | 2021 | $3.30 Add |
From NEW! Jacobs’ Theory of Import ReplacementSection 2: Jacobs’ Urban Economics From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 4 focuses on Jane Jacobs’ theory of import replacement, discussing local markets, variety, the example of Quebec and Québécois language and cultural preferences as an … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
From My Grandmother The BootleggerFrom: The Ward |
- | Howard Moscoe | 2 | 2015 | $0.20 Add |
From Saving a Grand Old LadyPart I |
Part one of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession … | Carla Blank; Tania Martin | 30 | 2014 | $3.00 Add |
From The New BuildersFrom: Sweethearts |
1950-1960. looks at the housing boom that occurred after the war due to the population swell. The decision to start building high rises | Catherine Wismer | 15 | 2014 | $1.50 Add |
From The PriviesFrom: The Ward Uncovered |
- | Holly Martelle | 5 | 2018 | $0.50 Add |
From NEW! 6. Gentrification is about Physical Displacement |
Chapter 6 focuses on the physical displacement of people, families, and communities through gentrification. Topics discussed include personal accounts of displacement, the connection between … | Leslie Kern | 34 | 2022 | $3.40 Add |
From A Fine Kettle of FishFrom: The Ward Uncovered |
- | Holly Martelle | 6 | 2018 | $0.60 Add |
From Against All OddsThe Chinese Laundry From: The Ward |
- | Arlene Chan | 5 | 2015 | $0.50 Add |
From NEW! Bars and BathhousesFrom: Vancouver Vice |
This chapter concentrates on Faces, an early West End gay club, and Wayne Harris, a club member who later became the focus of a major vice squad investigation. | Aaron Chapman | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |