Interviews with scholars of urban studies about their new books
This book shows how a century of redlining, disinvestment, and the War on Drugs wreaked devastation
The first city to fight back against Uber, Washington, D.C., was also the first city where such resi
How can we challenge and change inequalities? In Seeing Others: How Recognition Works— and How It Ca
Bookshop.org is an online book retailer that donates more than 80% of its profits to independent boo
Industrial toxic emissions on the South Baltimore Peninsula are among the highest in the nation. Bec
Mobile is simultaneously a typical and unique city in the postwar United States. It was a quintessen
After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, many high-profile chefs in New Orleans pledged to help their city r
Lucia Carminati's book Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said: Labor Migration and the Making of the
In South Asian urban landscapes, men are everywhere. And yet we do not seem to know very much about
Race and the Greening of Atlanta: Inequality, Democracy, and Environmental Politics in an Ascendant
America's once-vibrant small-to-midsize cities--Syracuse, Worcester, Akron, Flint, Rockford, and oth
Katie Wells, a Postdoctoral Fritz Fellow with Georgetown University's Tech and Society Initiative, a
Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City (Black Dog &am
The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s is arguably the least examined crisis in American history.
The legacy of the businessmen who built Hong Kong are all over the city. Bankers work in Chater Hous
Andrii Portnov's Dnipro: An Entangled History of a European City (Academic Studies Press, 2022) is t
Housing and neighborhoods have an important contribution to make to our wellbeing and our sense of o
Certain cities—most famously New York, London, and Tokyo—have been identified as “global cities,” wh
Why is Memphis home to hundreds of motor carrier terminals and distribution centers? Why does the ti
The world is filling with ever more kinds of media, in ever more contexts and formats. Glowing recta
