{"product_id":"walking-in-cities-evrick-brown-9781439912218","title":"Walking in Cities: Quotidian Mobility as Urban Theory, Method, and Practice","description":"\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\u003e explore how walking intersects with sociological dimensions such as gender, race and ethnicity, social class, and power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVarious chapters explorethe \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.The essays in \u003ci\u003eWalking in Cities\u003c\/i\u003e provide important lessons about urban life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evrick Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439912211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439912218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2016","brand":"Evrick Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48444883304703,"sku":"9781439912218","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b833b8d-49c3-4818-bcdc-f65d0839bd1f.jpg?v=1777215195","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/walking-in-cities-evrick-brown-9781439912218","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}