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The State of the City: Book Review Series

In recent years, there has been a surge of new research on the role, place and functioning of cities. This series, which is a collaboration between Urbānitūs and Not Even Past, aims to share insights from the latest research as well as classic books that explore the varied lives of cities and the connection between urban development and globalization.

Thomas Sugrue, Origins of the Urban Crisis

Kim Phillips-Fein, Fear City

Thomas Bender, Toward an Urban Vision

Thomas Bender, The Unfinished City

William Cronon, Nature’s Metropolis

George Chauncey, Gay New York

Mike Davis, City of Quartz

Robyn Metcalfe, Meat, Commerce, and the City

Walter Johnson, The Broken Heart of America

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