| 1. |  | Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (The Institution for Social and Policy St)
from Yale University Press
Price: $18.90
Customer Review:
Scott's work is a meticulously-detailed analysis of the blinding effects of big-picture macro-economics. There's nothing radically new here - remember the old adage that the "slave sees the master, but the master never sees the slave." And he buttresses his standard, post-Communist negativity toward... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Contemporary Urban Planning (5th Edition)
from Prentice Hall
Customer Review:
The overall quality of the book was excellent, but the covers always get little smudges in anything I get through Amazon. The local bookstore seems to always have a pristine cover to their books. Work on protecting the cover to paperbacks better.
The speed of delivery was excellent, arriving on... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Cities and Urban Life (4th Edition) (MySearchLab Series)
from Prentice Hall
Price: $89.28
Customer Review:
Half of the book is citations from other authors. The other half is rambling. If I did not find the subject matter incredibly interesting I probably would have shot myself in the face a long time ago.
There are some parts that are quite amusing and well-written, and the book does succeed in... more info | 2.5 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | The City Reader: 2nd Edition
from Routledge
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If you are an Urban Studies person, this book is a must. It will remain a resource for future papers and insight. | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Community Planning: An Introduction To The Comprehensive Plan
from Island Press
Price: $40.50
Customer Review:
A textbook for public planners of various ilks. Provides an overview rather than an in depth analysis of particular issues. For that reason, it is liable to be pertinent for awhile yet. Good for what it is. | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa's Future
from Palgrave Macmillan
Price: $19.95
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Ayittey is an economist who remains very realist in revealing how much some African leaders have ruined their continent. The hope relies in the generation of Cheetah, ready to dirt their hands and to sustain the local capacities. The former generation considered as hippo who seat in chairs and ready... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Toward Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and Their Governments
from New Society Publishers
Customer Review:
I used this book as a tool for a graduate-level course. It is outstanding in its ability to present a sometimes difficult topic in an easy-to-understand format. The book includes practical tips, ideas, and examples. Highly recommended! | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life
from South End Press
Price: $11.56
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ALL OUR RELATIONS by Indigenous Activist Winona LaDuke is a must read for everyone who cares about our earth. LaDuke presents the state of the environment focusing on several land, treaty rights and toxic exposure struggles on reservations across North America and in Hawaii. Since I met Winona when... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam
from Belknap Press
Customer Review:
Written by one of France's premiere experts on political Islam, Jihad is a comprehensive history of its modern resurgence within the Islamic world. As a descriptive historical explanation of the phenomenon, it succeeds. As a guide to Islamism's future (Kepel thought it was declining, insofar as... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography (World Development Report)
from World Bank Publications
Price: $36.00
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