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Books on: cities and towns

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Town, City, and Nation: England, 1850-1914

Book by P. J. Waller; Clarendon Press, 1983

Subjects:

Cities And Towns--England--History, England--Social Conditions--19th Century, England--Social Conditions--20th Century, Urbanization--England--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...people, and Englands cities, towns, and mining districts...migrants as all other towns combined; and both 1881...chiefly to Coventry a boom town of bicycle, later car...service in the great town. Country labour was...being disadvantaged in towns. Country skills were...
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African Cities and Towns before the European Conquest

Book by Richard W. Hull; Norton, 1976

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Africa, Sub-Saharan--Civilization--History, Cities And Towns--Africa, Sub-Saharan--History

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...Although the cosmopolitan Swahili city-states of the East African...traditional Africans towns and cities were more than mere transmitters...counterparts, African cities and towns were basically agrarian. At...Yorubaland was carried out in towns, not villages. 2 Indeed, many African towns and cities could boast of well...urban agglomeration is not a "town" unless a significant proportion...
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Towns and Cities: Competing for Survival

Book by Angus Mcintosh; Spon Press, 1997

Subjects:

Cities And Towns, City Planning, Social Change, Urban Policy

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...slowly disappeared for many towns and cities. Charles Handy...thing called civic pride. Town hall would compete with town hall in magnificence and in...has progressively stripped cities and towns of their powers, distrustful...Britain of this tradition is the city football club. Although there...
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Cities Divided: Politics and Religion in English Provincial Towns, 1660-1722

Book by John Miller; Oxford University Press, 2007

Subjects:

City And Town Life--England--History--17th Century, City And Town Life--England--History--18th Century, Municipal Government--England--History--17th Century, Municipal Government--England--History--18th Century

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...river Hull just north of the town, was a much larger structure...tracted dispute between the town and the crown as to who should maintain them; the town claimed in 1693 that it had...os How typical were these towns? None was as dependent on the...custom in most country towns and cities. There were also pleasant walks...
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Plain-Towns of Italy: The Cities of Old Venetia

Book by Egerton R. Williams Jr.; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911

Subjects:

Cities And Towns--Italy, Italy--Description And Travel

Collections: History, Entire Library

...architectural dress of these towns of the Veneto, interesting...because they are plain-towns, with the ideas of sameness...fancifully backgrounding the towered city, or the rich champaign, dotted...its numerous little walled cities at the feet of the Euganei...eminence. Among all those cities that owned the sovereignty...

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Journal Articles on: cities and towns

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America's Small Town/Big City Dialectic

Journal article by John A. Jakle; Journal of Cultural Geography, Vol. 18, 1999

Subjects:

Cities and towns--Social aspects, Neighborhood--Social aspects, Social interaction--Environmental aspects, Urban anthropology--Social aspects

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...This study argues that towns and cities shared much in common...important fact. Most big city residents in Americas...cities came from small town or rural backgrounds...traditionally symbolized small towns and big cities as contrasting place types. A big city/small town dialectic proved remarkably...shaping what American cities became. Americans came...
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Planning the Historic City: Reconstruction Plans in the United Kingdom in the 1940s

Journal article by John Pendlebury; The Town Planning Review, Vol. 74, 2003

Subjects:

Cities, Consultants, Councils, Historic buildings & sites, Historic preservation, Nonfiction, Towns, Traffic congestion

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...of the historic city came to the fore...and Practice of Town and Country Planning...planning for historic towns and cities. During the course...how the historic city was conceived...additional historic cities which produced significant...function of the town or city and proposals for...conclusion. These towns and cities mostly had a clear...
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Southworth, Michael and Eran Ben-Joseph. Streets and the Shaping of Towns and Cities

Journal article by Beth Moore Milroy; Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Vol. 13, 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Streets and the Shaping of Towns and Cities (Book)--Book reviews

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...Streets and the Shaping of Towns and Cities. by Beth Moore Milroy Southworth...and the Shaping of Towns and Cities. Washington, D.C.: Island...paucity of books about streets. City streets occupy more than a...land in most North American cities, literally shape the city...
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Lancaster, Ohio 1800-2000: Frontier Town to Edge City

Journal article by Lorle Porter; Michigan Historical Review, Vol. 26, 2000

Subjects:

Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Lancaster, Ohio 1800-2000: Frontier Town to Edge City (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Lancaster, Ohio 1800-2000: Frontier Town to Edge City. by Lorle Porter David R. Contosta...1800-2000: Frontier Town to Edge City. Columbus: Ohio State University...history of this lovely Fairfield County city decade by decade. Especially important...
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Covering Conflict: a Structural-pluralist Analysis of How a Small-town and a Big-city Newspaper Reported an Environmental Controversy

Journal article by Joseph C. Harry; Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 78, 2001

Subjects:

Cities, Comparative analysis, Environment, News media, Newspapers, Theory, Towns

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...town and a Big-city Newspaper Reported...performance in larger cities,4 casts structural...how smaller-town media perform...relatively small towns with as few as...category includes cities with populations...nature of small-town, consensus...between the big-city and small-town...thousands of other towns in America, East Liverpool, a town of about 13...Much larger cities, such as Youngstown...

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Magazine Articles on: cities and towns

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Supporting Towns and Cities to Achieve the MDGs: Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers

Magazine article by Anna Tibaijuka; UN Chronicle, Vol. 44, December 2007

Subjects:

Cities and towns--Social aspects, Poverty--Social aspects, Poverty--United States, Progress--Social aspects, Urban poor--Social aspects

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Supporting Towns and Cities to Achieve the MDGs...Nairobi and from Oslo to Cape Town, can understand. They have...humanity--will be living in towns and cities. And as urban centres...need to support our towns and cities, indeed our countries, to...greatest and fastest migration to cities and towns in history. An estimated...surroundings is a growing threat to city food and water supplies, homes...
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Bracing for Terror: The Threat of Terrorism Is an Ever Present One in Major Towns and Cities around the World and, Tragically, Another Major Incident May Be Only a Matter of Time Away, According to International Security Forces

Magazine article by Ed Blanche; The Middle East, November 2003

Subjects:

Antiterrorism measures--International aspects, Cities and towns--Crimes against, Security, International--Planning, Terrorism--Planning

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...present one in major towns and cities around the world...of other major UK cities are inevitable...embassies in the city, were also likely...near the northern town of Hadera, was the...Haifa, the largest city in northern Israel...
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Riga: Hansa City at the Baltic Crossroads: Neil Taylor Discusses How Political Change Has Left Its Mark on the Latvian Capital's Town Hall Square

Magazine article by Neil Taylor; History Today, Vol. 58, October 2008

Subjects:

Architecture--Evaluation, Cities and towns--Buildings and facilities, Cities and towns--Design and construction, Riga, Latvia (County)--Buildings and facilities, Riga, Latvia (County)--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

Riga: Hansa City at the Baltic Crossroads...the Latvian Capitals Town Hall Square. by Neil Taylor Some cities have an obvious historical...of the founding of the city. Most of the pre-war...have caused to the Old Town does not bear thinking...galleries, the major cities of Tallinn, Tartu and...
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Big City, Small Town

Magazine article by Peter Feuerherd; Commonweal, Vol. 128, October 26, 2001

Subjects:

Basketball--Social aspects, Cities and towns--Social aspects, Community--Personal narratives, Interpersonal relations--Analysis, Men--Social aspects, Women--Social aspects

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BIG CITY, SMALL TOWN by Peter Feuerherd For the past ten years...established pickup basketball game in New York City. The history of The Game goes back decades...And it has always been a kind of big-city tradition. There are lots of people you...
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Cape Town City Ballet

Magazine article by Roslyn Sulcas; Dance Magazine, Vol. 73, May 1999

Subjects:

Cape Town City Ballet--Reviews, Dancing--Reviews

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CAPE TOWN CITY BALLET by ROSLYN SULCAS CAPE TOWN CITY BALLET NICO OPERA HOUSE CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA DECEMBER 12...Paeper, artistic director of the recently baptized Cape Town City Ballet (known since the sixties as CAPAB Ballet, an acronym...

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Newspaper Articles on: cities and towns

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Small Towns Offer Much Big Cities Can't

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), September 27, 2007

Subjects:

Cities and towns

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Towns Offer Much Big Cities Cant. Byline: GUEST...specifically, small towns. It is an irony...live in New York City, but now find myself ensconced in a town of 1,000 and happy...who sneer at small town life. Full of rubes...belong here." Small towns definitely have their...downsides of small town life. We have a...our citizens that cities with 100 times our...
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Making Towns the Place to Shop. and a Whole Lot More; as Internet Shopping and Out-of-Town Retail Centres Continue to Grow, So the Future of Wales' Town Centres Could Be under Greater Threat Than Ever before. James Brown, Associate at Powell Dobson Urbanists in Cardiff, Explains How Wales' Approach to Urban Design Is Helping Towns and Cities to Fight Back against New Retail Trends the Thursday Essay

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 9, 2008

Subjects:

Cities and towns, City planning, Internet, Online shopping--Design and construction, Shopping centers--Design and construction, Urban planning

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...So the Future of Wales Town Centres Could Be under Greater...to Urban Design Is Helping Towns and Cities to Fight Back against New...shopping coupled with out-of-town retail centres are having a major impact on our towns and cities across the country...
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Our Big City Is One of the Greener Places on Earth; Large Towns Are Energy-Efficient; the Countryside Is Not. Building in the Green Belt Merely Boosts CO2 Emissions

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 8, 2009

Subjects:

Atmospheric carbon dioxide, Cities and towns, Green design

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Our Big City Is One of the Greener Places on Earth; Large Towns Are Energy-Efficient...planet is to live in a big city, preferably a very big...Most people think of cities as ecological disaster...Copenhagen. To Owen it is cities that are the ecological...each individual uses the city, and travels from it...
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Rules and Regs, Cities and Small Towns

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 1, 2010

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Cities and towns--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Rules and Regs, Cities and Small Towns. After living in New York City for a few weeks, Ive...nation. As a smallish-town girl come to the humongous city, I am all too aware of...restaurant fare in the city. OK, fine, trans fats...
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From Motown to Ghost Town; Detroit Was the Engine of America's Industrial Might - Now It Is Sinking Back into the Prairies, and Taking a Nation's Future with It. Peter Hitchens Reports on Motor City's Long, Slow Road to Ruin; Is This How All the Great Cities of the West Will One Day Look?

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), July 10, 2011

Subjects:

Automobile engines, Automobiles--Motors, engines, etc., Cities and towns

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

From Motown to Ghost Town; Detroit Was the Engine...This How All the Great Cities of the West Will One...was once the capital city of capitalism, the great...Because Detroit was a city based on the motor car...generous lots than in most cities. Detroit was designed...When trouble came, the city was too widespread...to the remote edge of town too strong. It was fine...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: cities and towns

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City Government

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CITY GOVERNMENT political...incorporating urban units (cities, boroughs, villages, towns) and allowing them freedom...the United States (see city ; local government...Frank Hague of Jersey City, and William Hale Thompson...machine has, in most cities, lost its former power...
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Kansas City

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the 1970s and 80s the outlying towns and cities that comprise Kansas Citys suburban...population of the two adjacent cities declined, and nearby suburban...have become full-fledged cities. Kansas City, Kans., is the seat of two...
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Utica , City, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

UTICA , city, United States city (1990 pop. 68,637), seat of Oneida co., central N.Y...stimulated its industrial development. Like the string of industrial towns and cities from southern New England through upstate New York and into the...
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Bristol , Cities, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...inc. as a Plymouth Colony town 1681, ceded to Rhode Island...and ended on the site of the town, and a monument on Mt. Hope...preserved colonial homes. The town is the seat of Roger Williams...with Portsmouth . 4 Industrial cities on the Tenn.-Va. line...Sapling Grove, inc. as separate towns 1856, as Bristol city 1890. The two cities, although...
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New Towns

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...reduce congestion in the great cities (or at least prevent its increase...Ebenezer Howard on "garden cities" (1898). It was given impetus...1903) and Welwyn Garden City (1919 20), both established...and other urban areas. New towns were also designated to stimulate...expansion of already large towns ( Peterborough , Northampton...Central Lancashire New Town, designated in 1970, represented...

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