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Remaking the modern space, relocation, and the politics of identity in a global Cairo / by Ghannam, Farha, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Relocation and the creation of a global city -- Relocation and the daily use of "modern" spaces -- Old places, new identities -- Gender and the struggle over public spaces -- Religion in a global era -- Roads to prosperity.…”
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Landscape from knowledge to action / by Berlan-Darqué, Martine

Table of Contents: “…The landscape, between social and environmental issues -- section 2. Public spaces in the cityscape -- section 3. Landscape policies : from conception to implementation -- section 4. …”
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Parkscapes : green spaces in modern Japan / by Havens, Thomas R. H.

Table of Contents: “…From private lands to public spaces: early city parks -- National parks for wealth, health, and empire -- Visions of a green Tokyo -- Parks and prosperity, 1950s-1980s -- Parks and new eco-regimes.…”
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Landscape from knowledge to action / by Berlan-Darqué, Martine

Table of Contents: “…The landscape, between social and environmental issues -- section 2. Public spaces in the cityscape -- section 3. Landscape policies : from conception to implementation -- section 4. …”
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Parkscapes : green spaces in modern Japan / by Havens, Thomas R. H.

Table of Contents: “…From private lands to public spaces: early city parks -- National parks for wealth, health, and empire -- Visions of a green Tokyo -- Parks and prosperity, 1950s-1980s -- Parks and new eco-regimes.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Remaking the modern space, relocation, and the politics of identity in a global Cairo / by Ghannam, Farha, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Relocation and the creation of a global city -- Relocation and the daily use of "modern" spaces -- Old places, new identities -- Gender and the struggle over public spaces -- Religion in a global era -- Roads to prosperity.…”
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Hope and danger in the New South city working-class women and urban development in Atlanta, 1890-1940 / by Hickey, Georgina, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Rising, ever rising -- Laboring women, real and imagined -- Public space and leisure time -- Class, community, and welfare -- Physical and moral health -- Political alignments and citizenship rights -- The transitional twenties -- The forgotten man remembered.…”
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Hope and danger in the New South city working-class women and urban development in Atlanta, 1890-1940 / by Hickey, Georgina, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Rising, ever rising -- Laboring women, real and imagined -- Public space and leisure time -- Class, community, and welfare -- Physical and moral health -- Political alignments and citizenship rights -- The transitional twenties -- The forgotten man remembered.…”
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No more, no more slavery and cultural resistance in Havana and New Orleans / by Walker, Daniel E.

Table of Contents: “…El Día de Reyes and Congo Square : links to Africa and the Americas -- Defining space : social control and public space -- Regulating domesticity : the fight for the family -- Imagining the African/imagining blackness -- Negotiating racial hierarchies : the threat of unity.…”
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Queer Lives across the Wall : Desire and Danger in Divided Berlin, 1945–1970 / by Rottmann, Andrea

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: “Mamita Invites You In” -- Homes -- Surveilled Sociability: Queer Bars -- Passing Through, Trespassing, Passing in Public Spaces -- Bubis behind Bars: Prisons as Queer Spaces -- Conclusion: Changing Queer Constellations Before and After 1970.…”
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No more, no more slavery and cultural resistance in Havana and New Orleans / by Walker, Daniel E.

Table of Contents: “…El Día de Reyes and Congo Square : links to Africa and the Americas -- Defining space : social control and public space -- Regulating domesticity : the fight for the family -- Imagining the African/imagining blackness -- Negotiating racial hierarchies : the threat of unity.…”
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Queer Lives across the Wall : Desire and Danger in Divided Berlin, 1945–1970 / by Rottmann, Andrea

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: “Mamita Invites You In” -- Homes -- Surveilled Sociability: Queer Bars -- Passing Through, Trespassing, Passing in Public Spaces -- Bubis behind Bars: Prisons as Queer Spaces -- Conclusion: Changing Queer Constellations Before and After 1970.…”
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Ottoman Izmir the rise of a cosmopolitan port, 1840/1880 / by Zandi-Sayek, Sibel

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a world in flux -- Defining citizenship : property, taxation, and sovereignty -- Ordering the streets : public space and urban governance -- Shaping the waterfront : public works and the public good -- Performing community : rituals and identity -- Epilogue : the view from Izmir.…”
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Ottoman Izmir the rise of a cosmopolitan port, 1840/1880 / by Zandi-Sayek, Sibel

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a world in flux -- Defining citizenship : property, taxation, and sovereignty -- Ordering the streets : public space and urban governance -- Shaping the waterfront : public works and the public good -- Performing community : rituals and identity -- Epilogue : the view from Izmir.…”
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Counterpreservation : Architectural Decay in Berlin since 1989 / by Sandler, Daniela, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Counterpreservation as a concept -- Living projects : collective housing, alternative culture, and spaces of resistance -- Cultural centers : history, architecture, and public space -- Decrepitude and memory in the landscape -- Counterpreservation in reverse -- Destruction and disappearance : East German ruins -- Conclusion : toward an architecture of change.…”
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Counterpreservation : Architectural Decay in Berlin since 1989 / by Sandler, Daniela, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Counterpreservation as a concept -- Living projects : collective housing, alternative culture, and spaces of resistance -- Cultural centers : history, architecture, and public space -- Decrepitude and memory in the landscape -- Counterpreservation in reverse -- Destruction and disappearance : East German ruins -- Conclusion : toward an architecture of change.…”
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Governance in dark times practical philosophy for public service / by Stivers, Camilla

Table of Contents: “…Rethinking reason after September 11 -- Public administration and the question of torture -- Thinking, judging, and public life -- Two models of governance -- Security in dark times -- The social reality of public space -- Governance from the ground up -- Philosophy for practice -- Pragmatism in public service -- Public service ethics in dark times.…”
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Governance in dark times practical philosophy for public service / by Stivers, Camilla

Table of Contents: “…Rethinking reason after September 11 -- Public administration and the question of torture -- Thinking, judging, and public life -- Two models of governance -- Security in dark times -- The social reality of public space -- Governance from the ground up -- Philosophy for practice -- Pragmatism in public service -- Public service ethics in dark times.…”
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Everyday Religiosity and the Politics of Belonging in Ukraine / by Wanner, Catherine, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…"Freedom is Our Religion" : Enabling the Religious Dimensions of Political Life -- Gold Domed Kyiv : An Atmosphere of Religiosity -- Radical Hope : The Maidan as Historic Event -- The Aesthetics of Relatedness : Commemorative Spirits and Public Space -- Serving on the Front and the Home Front : Military Chaplains in Public Institutions -- Conclusion : The Politics of Hope and Belonging.…”
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Everyday Religiosity and the Politics of Belonging in Ukraine / by Wanner, Catherine, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…"Freedom is Our Religion" : Enabling the Religious Dimensions of Political Life -- Gold Domed Kyiv : An Atmosphere of Religiosity -- Radical Hope : The Maidan as Historic Event -- The Aesthetics of Relatedness : Commemorative Spirits and Public Space -- Serving on the Front and the Home Front : Military Chaplains in Public Institutions -- Conclusion : The Politics of Hope and Belonging.…”
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