Urban Studies

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This book, first published in 1984, recounts the daily life, the politics, religion and leisure pursuits of Jamaicans in working- and middle-class Kingston. The study provides a detailed contextual account of the significance of belonging to different classes. It provides a different perspective of ..

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

The essays in this book, first published in 1988, explore the changes that have occurred in the modern harbour in the 1970s and 1980s and the many roles of the public port in stimulating or responding to these changes. The goal of this study is to understand the modern harbour and public port and th..

_x005F_x000D_ Urban Sociolinguistics is a sociolinguistic study of twelve urban settings around the world. Building on William Labov’s famous New York Study, the authors demonstrate how language use in these areas is changing based on belief systems, behavioural norms and linguistic practices. Provi..

_x005F_x000D_ Urban Sociolinguistics is a sociolinguistic study of twelve urban settings around the world. Building on William Labov’s famous New York Study, the authors demonstrate how language use in these areas is changing based on belief systems, behavioural norms and linguistic practices. Provi..

This study, first published in 1968, was one of the first books on Canada’s urban development, bringing together the viewpoints of professionals who had studied various aspects of city growth – economic, social, geographic, political. The book demonstrates the effectiveness and potential of the cros..

Urbanization and Labour Markets provides a simple guide to the subject of labour in cities in underdeveloped countries...

This book is a rich exploration of the country's political, social and cultural history and geo-political development from its creation to the present day...

This book is a rich exploration of the country's political, social and cultural history and geo-political development from its creation to the present day...

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

The desire of city governments for a ‘renaissance’ of their inner-cities has become a defining feature of contemporary urban policy. From Berlin and Toronto to Johannesburg and Beijing, government policies are succeeding in attracting investment and middle-class populations (back) to their inner are..