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Reminiscences and Incidents of The Early Days of San Francisco Reminiscences and Incidents of The Early Days of San Francisco John Henry Brown The English-born John Henry Brown (1810-1905) went to sea at an early age and was living among the Cherokees in 1843 when he set out for the Pacific Coast. Reminiscences and incidents of "the early d… OL1287336W
Neoliberalizm ve devletin yeniden yapılandırılması Neoliberalizm ve devletin yeniden yapılandırılması Faruk Ataay NEOLİBERALİZM VE DEVLETİN YENİDEN YAPILANDIRILMASI FARUK ATAAY İÇİNDEKİLER PROF. DR. BİRGÜL AYMAN GÜLER’İN SUNUŞ’U ÖNSÖZ Bölüm I. KAMU HİZMETLERİNİN METALAŞTIRILMASI … OL13620207W
Kinshasa Kinshasa Francis Lelo Nzuzi Conséquence d'une croissance spatiale rapide et anarchique, Kinshasa connaît de sérieux problèmes environnementaux : érosions, inondations, pollution de l'air. Face à la défaillance du pouvoir, de je… OL13739498W
Kinshasa Kinshasa Jacques Fumunzanza Muketa L'auteur nous invite à une "promenade" utile et enrichissante dans Kinshasa, ville cosmopolite, vivante, magique et fascinante. Il explore pratiquement tous les quartiers de chacune des 24 communes q… OL13774326W
Our Italy Our Italy Charles Dudley Warner Famed essayist and journalist Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was the editor of the Hartford, Connecticut, Courant and a contributing editor to Harper's Magazine. Our Italy (1891) is Warner's accou… OL1497669W
Dubai. Stadt aus dem Nichts Dubai. Stadt aus dem Nichts Elisabeth Blum Das neue Dubai: eine Stadt ohne Stadtgesellschaft. 75 Kilometer Investment-Urbanismus auf Wüstengrund. Ein Stadtmodell, das auf funktionsoptimierte Infrastrukturen und unterkomplexe Lebensstile setzt… OL15378702W
Worlding cities Worlding cities Aihwa Ong,Ananya Roy "Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from… OL15902059W
Understanding Cairo Understanding Cairo David Sims Trying to make sense of the urban giant that is Cairo. "This book moves beyond superficial generalizations about Cairo as a chaotic metropolis in the developing world into an analysis of the ways the… OL16015254W
Precious commodity Precious commodity Martin V. Melosi xiv, 288 p. : 24 cm OL16162955W
California, in-doors and out California, in-doors and out Eliza W. Farnham During her three years as matron of the Female Prison at Sing Sing, 1844-1848, Eliza Burhans Farnham (1815-1864) tried to institute reforms based on phrenology. Discharged from the post, she soon lea… OL1618021W
A picture of pioneer times in California A picture of pioneer times in California William Francis White William Francis White (1829-1891?) and his young wife sailed from New York in 1849 round the Horn to San Francisco, where he set up an import business. He later represented Santa Cruz in the state co… OL1618072W
Ontologies in urban development projects 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
The remembered gate The remembered gate Barbara J. Berg "Chronicle of the beginning of woman's emancipation ... Dr. Berg finds its roots in the complex responses to intricate social change that accompanied the urbanization of America, maintaining that the… OL16578516W
Cities Without Cities Cities Without Cities Thomas Sieverts This book investigates the social, economic, environmental and formal characteristics of today's built environment. Providing a better understanding of this new type of urban form and argues for a ch… OL16981026W
Venturing Permanence Venturing Permanence Ivica Brnic 128 p. : 27 cm OL17494364W
Globalisation and agricultural landscapes Globalisation and agricultural landscapes Jørgen Primdahl "Whilst agricultural landscapes are products of the local ecosystem and community in which they are situated, they are becoming increasingly affected by the same global issues, and are converging und… OL18721178W
Ghost cities of China Ghost cities of China Wade Shepard "Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, the country's urban popula… OL20004794W
Seeing the better city Seeing the better city Charles R. Wolfe "In order to understand and improve cities today, personal observation remains as important as ever. While big data, digital mapping, and simulated cityscapes are valuable tools for understanding urb… OL20056643W
Recollections of a newspaperman Recollections of a newspaperman Frank Aleamon Leach Frank Aleamon Leach (b. 1846) published the Vallejo Evening Chronicle, 1867-1886; and the Oakland Enquirer, 1886-1898. He retired from journalism to become superintendent of the San Francisco Mint, 1… OL7000690W
Memoirs Of Elisha Oscar Crosby Memoirs Of Elisha Oscar Crosby Elisha Oscar Crosby Elisha Oscar Crosby (1818-1895), a New York lawyer, fell victim to "California fever" and sailed for the West in December 1848. In California he had a distinguished legal and political career that le… OL7687949W
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