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  • Inequality at the Urban-Rural Nexus
    Alexander R. Thomas / Gregory M. Fulkerson / Kirsten Kemmerer
    This book examines the systemic and structural nature of social inequalities, focusing on how the urban-rural divide intersects with race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality to shape identities and access to opportunities.It offers valuable insights for sociologists and scholars of inequality seeking to broaden the scope of current research. Ultimately, the authors argue t...
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    141,29 €

  • Shelley at Oxford
    R. A. (Richard Alexander) Streatfeild / Thomas Jefferson Hogg
    'Shelley at Oxford' offers a captivating glimpse into the formative years of Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of English literature’s most celebrated poets. Written by his close friend, Thomas Jefferson Hogg, this biography provides a unique and intimate perspective on Shelley’s time at Oxford University during the 19th century. Delve into the intellectual and social climate that shap...
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    17,63 €

  • Cities, Change, and Conflict
    Alexander R. Thomas / Gregory Fulkerson / Nancy Kleniewski
    This sixth edition of Cities, Change, and Conflict features a new, groundbreaking chapter on the relationship between the physical environment and human settlements, including the urban-rural nexus. ...
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    271,76 €

  • City and Country
    Alexander R. Thomas / Gregory M. Fulkerson
    City and Country traces the evolution of urban-rural systems 7,000 years ago into the modern global order and argues that at the heart of the logic of capitalism is an even deeper logic: urbanization is based on urban dependency. ...
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    59,43 €

  • Urbanormativity
    Alexander R. Thomas / Gregory M. Fulkerson
    Urbanormativity examines the reality, representation, and consequences of living amid a cultural ideology that privileges urban over rural people and communities. The book analyzes and challenges the complex processes that work to devalue the rural and advocates for a rural justice ethic that reverses the present course. ...
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    54,09 €

  • The Talking Point
    Alexander N. Christakis / Alexander NChristakis / Thomas R. Flanagan / Thomas RFlanagan
    The Talking Point is all about how people learn within groups. People can be much smarter than crowds if you measure 'smart' as decision-making speed. Crowds can be much wiser than individuals if you measure wisdom by depth of understanding. It is possible to understand a great deal of information yet (or maybe because of this) you can also be slow to make decisions. If rushed,...
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    73,60 €

  • The Talking Point
    Alexander N. Christakis / Alexander NChristakis / Thomas R. Flanagan / Thomas RFlanagan
    The Talking Point is all about how people learn within groups. People can be much smarter than crowds if you measure 'smart' as decision-making speed. Crowds can be much wiser than individuals if you measure wisdom by depth of understanding. It is possible to understand a great deal of information yet (or maybe because of this) you can also be slow to make decisions. If rushed,...
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    135,88 €

  • Urban Dependency
    Alexander R. Thomas / Gregory M. Fulkerson
    Urban Dependency reveals how the world’s urban population fulfills its energy demands by exploiting rural energy supplies and workers. Fulkerson and Thomas explain how urban dependency is legitimized through urbanormative ideology and fueled by political-economic forces, and call for a more sustainable approach centered on promoting rural justice. ...
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    150,54 €

  • Urbanormativity
    Alexander R. Thomas / Alexander RThomas / Gregory M. Fulkerson / Gregory MFulkerson
    Urbanormativity examines the reality, representation, and consequences of living amid a cultural ideology that privileges urban over rural people and communities. The book analyzes and challenges the complex processes that work to devalue the rural and advocates for a rural justice ethic that reverses the present course. ...
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    122,37 €

  • Critical Rural Theory
    Alexander R. Thomas / Alexander RThomas / Brian Lowe / Greg Fulkerson
    Critical Rural Theory provides an exploratory foundation for anyone interested in examining the hegemonic power of urbanization and its impacts on rural people and places. This book is without parallel in the rural sociological literature for its commitment to uncovering the power of culture in addition to structure and space in maintaining urban power. ...
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    63,98 €

  • Evolution of the Ancient City
    Alexander R. Thomas / Alexander RThomas
    The Evolution of the Ancient City is an interdisciplinary look at how cities developed from Hunter-Gatherer societies to centers of vast empires in the Fertile Crescent between 21,500 BCE and 1,200 BCE. The reader is guided through each stage of social evolution and its consequences for our understanding of modern cities. As a result, urban theory must adapt to this long-range ...
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    70,94 €

  • Evolution of the Ancient City
    Alexander R. Thomas / Alexander RThomas / Alexander Thomas
    The Evolution of the Ancient City is an interdisciplinary look at how cities developed from Hunter-Gatherer societies to centers of vast empires in the Fertile Crescent between 21,500 BCE and 1,200 BCE. The reader is guided through each stage of social evolution and its consequences for our understanding of modern cities. As a result, urban theory must adapt to this long-range ...
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    164,98 €

  • The Works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D.; Volume 1
    R G. 1812-1888 Latham / Thomas Sydenham / William Alexander Greenhill
    This is Volume 1 of 'The Works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D.,' a comprehensive collection showcasing the writings of the eminent 17th-century English physician. Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689) was renowned for his emphasis on careful observation and practical experience in medicine. This volume offers insights into his groundbreaking approaches to diagnosing and treating diseases. Syden...
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    26,98 €

  • De Hierarchia Anglicana
    Edwardo Denny / R. D. Sarisburiensi / RDSarisburiensi / Thomas Alexander Lacey
    De Hierarchia Anglicana: Dissertatio Apologetica est liber auctore Edwardo Denny, editus anno MDCCCXCV. In hoc libro, Denny disputat de hierarchia ecclesiae Anglicanae, defendens eam contra accusationes et objectiones quae adversarii eius fecerunt. Auctor argumenta probat ex fontibus historicis et theologicis, ostendens quod hierarchia Anglicana est legitima et apostolica. Libe...
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    34,38 €

  • Upstate Down
    Alexander R. Thomas / Alexander RThomas / Polly J. Smith / Polly JSmith
    Upstate New York is in a malaise and sociologists Alexander Thomas and Polly Smith wanted to know why. They take the reader on a tour of New York in order to diagnose the problems affecting the state and what can be done to address the issues. ...
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    53,26 €

  • Gilboa
    Alexander R Thomas / Alexander R. Thomas / Alexander RThomas
    On the night of October 18, 1925, fire raged through the downtown area of the tiny Catskill Mountain village of Gilboa, New York. In the end, 18 buildings lie in smoldering ruins. Yet it was not the end of the town, but only a climax to a series of events that were razing the community more slowly. Gilboa was in the way of the Schoharie Reservoir, one of numerous artifical lake...
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    77,97 €

  • In Gotham’s Shadow
    Alexander R Thomas / Alexander R. Thomas
    Examines the effects of globalization on three New York communities-Utica, Cooperstown, and Hartwick.In what may be the first explicitly comparative study of the effects of globalization on metropolitan and rural communities, In Gotham’s Shadow examines how three central New York communities struggled over the last half century to survive in a global economy that seems to have ...
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    40,96 €