Breaking with the exoticizing cast of public discourse and conventional research, Urban Outcasts takes the reader inside the black ghetto of Chicago and the dei

This volume draws on a wealth of original fieldwork, surveys and historical data to show that the state of America's urban core is due to the public policies of

Extending current scholarship on South Asian Urban and Literary Studies, this volume examines the role of the discontents of the South Asian city. The collectio

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