{"product_id":"walking-in-cities-quotidian-mobility-as-urban-theory-method-and-practice-hardback-9781439912201","title":"Walking in Cities; Quotidian Mobility As Urban Theory, Method, and Practice (Hardback) 9781439912201","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWalking in Cities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eQuotidian Mobility As Urban Theory, Method, and Practice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEvrick Brown (Edited by), Timothy Shortell (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439912201\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 December 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e292 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalking connects the rhythms of urban life to the configuration of urban spaces. As the contributors and editors show in \u003ci\u003eWalking in Cities\u003c\/i\u003e, walking also reflects the systematic inequalities that order contemporary urban life. Walking has different meanings because it can be a way of temporarily “taking possession” of urban space, or it can make the relatively powerless more vulnerable to crime. The essays in \u003ci\u003eWalking in Cities \u003c\/i\u003eexplore how walking intersects with sociological dimensions such as gender, race and ethnicity, social class, and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVarious chapters explore\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eflÂneuse\u003c\/i\u003e, or female urban drifter, in Tehran’s shopping malls; Hispanic neighborhoods in New York, San Diego, and El Paso; and the intra-neighborhood and inter-class dynamics of gentrification in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003eWalking in Cities\u003c\/i\u003e provide important lessons about urban life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584912650520,"sku":"9781439912201","price":56.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/walking-in-cities-quotidian-mobility-as-urban-theory-method-and-practice-hardback-9781439912201","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}