Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Germany and the Germans	Anita Ganeri	Examines the geography, agriculture, industries, people, history, and culture of Germany.	OL104026W
In the town	Karen Bryant-Mole	Spanish text and photographs identify things found in towns and cities, including stores and other buildings, buses and trains, items to buy such as food and toys, playgrounds, museums, signs, and ev…	OL104773W
Disappearing desert	Janine Schipper	"Phoenix, Arizona, is one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States. The city's expansion - at the rate of one acre per hour - comes at the expense of its Sonoran Desert environm…	OL11891727W
Good News	Edward Abbey	Jack, an old man in search of his son, and Sam, a Harvard-educated Indian, face the dictator and his nasty band of killers who are taking over the South.	OL13703570W
A city album	Peter Roop	Text, photographs, and illustrations identify and trace patterns of continuity and change in cities in the United States, including such topics as transportation, homes, recreation, and employment.	OL15022664W
Cities	Neil Morris	A basic overview of the ten most populated cities in the world, including Tokyo, New York, and Mexico City.	OL15028136W
Mexico City	R. Conrad Stein	Provides a physical description of the city as well as an overview of the history and customs of the capital of Mexico.	OL15036427W
Vienna	R. Conrad Stein	Describes the history, culture, daily life, people, sports, and points of interest in the capital and largest city in Austria.	OL15036533W
The city	Virginia Schomp	"Describes daily life in the cities of England during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), from the poor, to the middle classes, to the upper classes, with a focus on the lives of women and child…	OL15039632W
The Pushcart War	Jean Merrill	The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.	OL15150004W
Transport and Urban Development	David Banister	Today it is often stated that new transport infrastructure increases both the number of journeys and their length as well as the attractiveness of different locations for development. To understand t…	OL15186421W
Since 1920	Alexandra Wallner	As the years pass a quiet country house is overtaken by the growing city, until the granddaughter of the original homeowner helps to restore the neighborhood to its former beauty.	OL15204338W
State capital cities	Delia Goetz	A three-page description of the history, points of interest, and present-day industrial and cultural activities of the Fifty State capitals.	OL1544014W
Visual planning and the picturesque	Nikolaus Pevsner	A previously unpublished work by Nikolaus Pevsner, much of which was published as journal articles in the Architectural Review in the 1940s and 1950s during Pevsner's term as editor.	OL15640015W
A Fine Day for a Drive	Rick Cogbill	Humorous tales about life in a small town as seen by the local mechanic	OL15710779W
Your towns and cities	Eleanor Thomas	A social studies textbook for the upper elementary grades. Examines many aspects of life in three cities, San Francisco, South Bend, and Washington, D.C., and in the country of Thailand.	OL15846130W
International perspectives on suburbanization	N. A. Phelps	"New urban developments such as office blocks, warehouses and retail complexes are increasingly common in outer city regions across the world. This book examines the processes of post-suburbanization…	OL16116777W
Nationalism and the reshaping of urban communities in Europe, 1848-1914	William Whyte	"This book brings together a distinguished group of historians to explore the previously neglected relationship between nationalism and urban history. It reveals the contrasting experiences of nation…	OL16134389W
Ontologies in urban development projects	Gilles Falquet	"Ontologies are increasingly recognized as essential tools in information science. Although the concepts are well understood theoretically , the practical implementation of ontologies remains challe…	OL16489684W
Smart Cities	Anthony M. Townsend	From Goodreads: "An unflinching look at the aspiring city-builders of our smart, mobile, connected future. We live in a world defined by urbanization and digital ubiquity, where mobile broadban…	OL17366813W