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Liquid Times

por Zygmunt Bauman • 2007

The stable world of careers, communities, and safety nets is gone, replaced by a permanent churn.

3.87

1000+

Sociología

Filosofía

Política

Liquid Times

The stable world of careers, communities, and safety nets is gone, replaced by a permanent churn.

por Zygmunt Bauman 2007 128 páginas

3.87

1000+ valoraciones

Sociología

Filosofía

Política

Ciudad feliz

por Charles Montgomery • 2012

Sprawl isolates and exhausts. The evidence for repairing cities around human connection and joy.

4.36

9000+

Psicología

Ciudades

Arquitectura

Ciudad feliz

Sprawl isolates and exhausts. The evidence for repairing cities around human connection and joy.

por Charles Montgomery 2012 400 páginas

4.36

9000+ valoraciones

Psicología

Ciudades

Arquitectura

Invisible Child

por Andrea Elliott • 2021

Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.

4.70

19.000+

Historia

Biografía

Justicia social

Invisible Child

Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.

por Andrea Elliott 2021 640 páginas

4.70

19.000+ valoraciones

Historia

Biografía

Justicia social

Istanbul

por Orhan Pamuk • 2003

An artist's soul forged in a city of ruins: Pamuk's Istanbul memoir of black-and-white melancholy.

3.82

22.000+

Memorias

Viajes

Historia

Istanbul

An artist's soul forged in a city of ruins: Pamuk's Istanbul memoir of black-and-white melancholy.

por Orhan Pamuk 2003 356 páginas

3.82

22.000+ valoraciones

Memorias

Viajes

Historia

Palaces for the People

por Eric Klinenberg • 2018

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

3.97

5000+

Sociología

Política

Ciudades

Palaces for the People

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

por Eric Klinenberg 2018 288 páginas

3.97

5000+ valoraciones

Sociología

Política

Ciudades

The Rise of the Creative Class

por Richard Florida • 2004

Jobs once followed factories. Now a class of creatives clusters in the most tolerant cities.

3.68

3000+

Economía

Sociología

Negocios

The Rise of the Creative Class

Jobs once followed factories. Now a class of creatives clusters in the most tolerant cities.

por Richard Florida 2004 434 páginas

3.68

3000+ valoraciones

Economía

Sociología

Negocios

Smart Cities

por Anthony M. Townsend • 2013

Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.

3.61

500+

Tecnología

Ciudades

Política

Smart Cities

Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.

por Anthony M. Townsend 2013 400 páginas

3.61

500+ valoraciones

Tecnología

Ciudades

Política

Uses of Disorder

por Richard Sennett • 1970

The young craving for purity is architecting our cities into sterile, segregated cages.

3.88

258

Sociología

Filosofía

Psicología

Uses of Disorder

The young craving for purity is architecting our cities into sterile, segregated cages.

por Richard Sennett 1970 198 páginas

3.88

258 valoraciones

Sociología

Filosofía

Psicología

The Smart Enough City

por Ben Green • 2019

Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.

4.12

208

Ciudades

Tecnología

Política

The Smart Enough City

Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.

por Ben Green 2019 223 páginas

4.12

208 valoraciones

Ciudades

Tecnología

Política

The New Urban Crisis

por Richard Florida • 2017

Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.

3.49

1000+

Economía

Sociología

Ciudades

The New Urban Crisis

Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.

por Richard Florida 2017 336 páginas

3.49

1000+ valoraciones

Economía

Sociología

Ciudades

Stranger in the Shogun's City

por Amy Stanley • 2020

A country woman's flight to Edo in 1839 uncovers a society on the brink of upheaval.

3.77

2000+

Historia

Japón

Biografía

Stranger in the Shogun's City

A country woman's flight to Edo in 1839 uncovers a society on the brink of upheaval.

por Amy Stanley 2020 352 páginas

3.77

2000+ valoraciones

Historia

Japón

Biografía

Extrastatecraft

por Keller Easterling • 2014

Free zones and broadband cables don't just move goods. They rewrite who governs the world.

3.68

410

Arquitectura

Política

Diseño

Extrastatecraft

Free zones and broadband cables don't just move goods. They rewrite who governs the world.

por Keller Easterling 2014 252 páginas

3.68

410 valoraciones

Arquitectura

Política

Diseño

Escaping the Housing Trap

por Charles L. Marohn Jr. • 2024

Housing can't be both affordable shelter and a good investment. That conflict is the trap.

4.37

500+

Economía

Política

Ciudades

Escaping the Housing Trap

Housing can't be both affordable shelter and a good investment. That conflict is the trap.

por Charles L. Marohn Jr. 2024 225 páginas

4.37

500+ valoraciones

Economía

Política

Ciudades

Tactical Urbanism

por Mike Lydon • 2014

How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.

3.99

315

Ciudades

Urbano

Diseño

Tactical Urbanism

How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.

por Mike Lydon 2014 256 páginas

3.99

315 valoraciones

Ciudades

Urbano

Diseño

No Impact Man

por Colin Beavan • 2009

90 gallons of trash in 4 days: a Manhattan family aims for zero, for a year.

3.78

5000+

Memorias

Medio ambiente

Sostenibilidad

No Impact Man

90 gallons of trash in 4 days: a Manhattan family aims for zero, for a year.

por Colin Beavan 2009 288 páginas

3.78

5000+ valoraciones

Memorias

Medio ambiente

Sostenibilidad

Coffee Life in Japan (Volume 36)

por Merry White • 2012

A tea-loving nation now ranks third in global coffee consumption. Its cafés hold the explanation.

3.72

137

Antropología

Japón

Comida

Coffee Life in Japan (Volume 36)

A tea-loving nation now ranks third in global coffee consumption. Its cafés hold the explanation.

por Merry White 2012 240 páginas

3.72

137 valoraciones

Antropología

Japón

Comida

The Coming of Neo-Feudalism

por Joel Kotkin • 2020

Tech oligarchs and a new elite justify their rule; the middle class becomes the peasantry.

3.57

500+

Política

Economía

Sociología

The Coming of Neo-Feudalism

Tech oligarchs and a new elite justify their rule; the middle class becomes the peasantry.

por Joel Kotkin 2020 266 páginas

3.57

500+ valoraciones

Política

Economía

Sociología

Darwin Comes to Town

por Menno Schilthuizen • 2018

Evolution is unfolding faster on concrete than in any rainforest, right under your feet.

4.10

2000+

Ciencia

Biología

Evolución

Darwin Comes to Town

Evolution is unfolding faster on concrete than in any rainforest, right under your feet.

por Menno Schilthuizen 2018 304 páginas

4.10

2000+ valoraciones

Ciencia

Biología

Evolución

Capital City

por Samuel Stein • 2019

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

3.92

1000+

Política

Economía

Ciudades

Capital City

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

por Samuel Stein 2019 202 páginas

3.92

1000+ valoraciones

Política

Economía

Ciudades

The Great Reset

por Richard Florida • 2010

Crashes rebuild how we live. Two gave us factories and suburbs. The third is remaking cities.

3.59

500+

Economía

Historia

Negocios

The Great Reset

Crashes rebuild how we live. Two gave us factories and suburbs. The third is remaking cities.

por Richard Florida 2010 240 páginas

3.59

500+ valoraciones

Economía

Historia

Negocios

Radical Cities

por Justin McGuirk • 2014

The slums and squatter towers of Latin America are the world's most daring urban experiments.

4.27

434

Arquitectura

Ciudades

Latin America

Radical Cities

The slums and squatter towers of Latin America are the world's most daring urban experiments.

por Justin McGuirk 2014 304 páginas

4.27

434 valoraciones

Arquitectura

Ciudades

Latin America

Drawdown

por Paul Hawken • 2017

100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.

4.40

4000+

Ciencia

Medio ambiente

Naturaleza

Drawdown

100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.

por Paul Hawken 2017 240 páginas

4.40

4000+ valoraciones

Ciencia

Medio ambiente

Naturaleza

Venice

por Jan Morris • 1960

Once its fortress, the lagoon now threatens Venice: the life of history's most improbable city.

4.03

1000+

Viajes

Historia

Italia

Venice

Once its fortress, the lagoon now threatens Venice: the life of history's most improbable city.

por Jan Morris 1960 336 páginas

4.03

1000+ valoraciones

Viajes

Historia

Italia

Halt Station India

por Rajendra B. Aklekar • 2014

Bombay's oldest railway still passes through the ruins of the city it replaced.

4.38

120

Historia

India

Viajes

Halt Station India

Bombay's oldest railway still passes through the ruins of the city it replaced.

por Rajendra B. Aklekar 2014 227 páginas

4.38

120 valoraciones

Historia

India

Viajes

Hotel Babylon

por Anonymous • 2004

Luxury hotels: everything's for sale, everyone steals, and the concierge has a guy for that.

3.62

2000+

Viajes

Memorias

Humor

Hotel Babylon

Luxury hotels: everything's for sale, everyone steals, and the concierge has a guy for that.

por Anonymous 2004 271 páginas

3.62

2000+ valoraciones

Viajes

Memorias

Humor

Inside the Apple

por Michelle Nevius • 2009

A walking guide to reading Manhattan: every block holds a chapter of American history.

4.14

403

Historia

Nueva York

Ciudades

Inside the Apple

A walking guide to reading Manhattan: every block holds a chapter of American history.

por Michelle Nevius 2009 384 páginas

4.14

403 valoraciones

Historia

Nueva York

Ciudades

Population 10 Billion

por Danny Dorling • 2013

We may never reach 10 billion people. The real threat is inequality, not numbers.

3.40

186

Sociología

Economía

Medio ambiente

Population 10 Billion

We may never reach 10 billion people. The real threat is inequality, not numbers.

por Danny Dorling 2013 448 páginas

3.40

186 valoraciones

Sociología

Economía

Medio ambiente

Startup Cities

por Peter S. Cohan • 2018

Global startup success clusters in a handful of cities. A five-stage ladder explains the pattern.

3.50

Negocios

Economía

Emprendimiento

Startup Cities

Global startup success clusters in a handful of cities. A five-stage ladder explains the pattern.

por Peter S. Cohan 2018 286 páginas

3.50

6 valoraciones

Negocios

Economía

Emprendimiento

Bangkok Days

por Lawrence Osborne • 2009

Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.

3.41

1000+

Viajes

Memorias

Asia

Bangkok Days

Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.

por Lawrence Osborne 2009 288 páginas

3.41

1000+ valoraciones

Viajes

Memorias

Asia

Paint Your Town Red

por Matthew Brown • 2021

38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.

3.71

173

Política

Economía

Sociología

Paint Your Town Red

38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.

por Matthew Brown 2021 176 páginas

3.71

173 valoraciones

Política

Economía

Sociología

Vital Little Plans

por Jane Jacobs • 2016

Top-down planning kills cities. The sidewalk sees what the drafting table never will.

4.21

186

Ciudades

Arquitectura

Sociología

Vital Little Plans

Top-down planning kills cities. The sidewalk sees what the drafting table never will.

por Jane Jacobs 2016 544 páginas

4.21

186 valoraciones

Ciudades

Arquitectura

Sociología

The Option of Urbanism

por Christopher B. Leinberger • 2007

America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.

3.89

185

Ciudades

Economía

Urbano

The Option of Urbanism

America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.

por Christopher B. Leinberger 2007 224 páginas

3.89

185 valoraciones

Ciudades

Economía

Urbano

Justice at Work

por Marc Doussard • 2022

How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.

5.00

Política

Sociología

Economía

Justice at Work

How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.

por Marc Doussard 2022 252 páginas

5.00

3 valoraciones

Política

Sociología

Economía

The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City

por Barbara E. Mundy • 2015

The Aztec capital didn't fall. Markets, water, and ritual kept its heart alive inside Mexico City.

4.11

Historia

Antropología

Arqueología

The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City

The Aztec capital didn't fall. Markets, water, and ritual kept its heart alive inside Mexico City.

por Barbara E. Mundy 2015 256 páginas

4.11

71 valoraciones

Historia

Antropología

Arqueología

On Looking

por Alexandra Horowitz • 2013

The same city block holds eleven unseen worlds. A walk with those who can see them.

3.51

5000+

Psicología

Ciencia

Naturaleza

On Looking

The same city block holds eleven unseen worlds. A walk with those who can see them.

por Alexandra Horowitz 2013 308 páginas

3.51

5000+ valoraciones

Psicología

Ciencia

Naturaleza

Nature's Metropolis

por William Cronon • 1991

The grain and hogs flowing through Chicago didn't just feed the nation, they rewired the continent.

4.26

3000+

Historia

Medio ambiente

Economía

Nature's Metropolis

The grain and hogs flowing through Chicago didn't just feed the nation, they rewired the continent.

por William Cronon 1991 592 páginas

4.26

3000+ valoraciones

Historia

Medio ambiente

Economía

The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City

por Alan Ehrenhalt • 2012

American metros are inverting: affluence returns downtown, immigrants settle the suburbs.

3.77

500+

Ciudades

Historia

Sociología

The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City

American metros are inverting: affluence returns downtown, immigrants settle the suburbs.

por Alan Ehrenhalt 2012 288 páginas

3.77

500+ valoraciones

Ciudades

Historia

Sociología

Our Lives in Their Portfolios

por Brett Christophers • 2023

The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.

4.00

303

Economía

Finanzas

Política

Our Lives in Their Portfolios

The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.

por Brett Christophers 2023 389 páginas

4.00

303 valoraciones

Economía

Finanzas

Política

A Paradise Built in Hell

por Rebecca Solnit • 2009

Disasters create utopias of mutual aid. The catastrophe begins when authorities impose control.

3.95

3000+

Sociología

Historia

Política

A Paradise Built in Hell

Disasters create utopias of mutual aid. The catastrophe begins when authorities impose control.

por Rebecca Solnit 2009 353 páginas

3.95

3000+ valoraciones

Sociología

Historia

Política

Urban Acupuncture

por Jaime Lerner • 2003

Fast, precise interventions where a city hurts trigger chain reactions no master plan ever could.

3.66

490

Arquitectura

Ciudades

Diseño

Urban Acupuncture

Fast, precise interventions where a city hurts trigger chain reactions no master plan ever could.

por Jaime Lerner 2003 160 páginas

3.66

490 valoraciones

Arquitectura

Ciudades

Diseño

On Power

por Robert A. Caro • 2017

How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.

3.95

1000+

Política

Historia

Biografía

On Power

How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.

por Robert A. Caro 2017 2 páginas

3.95

1000+ valoraciones

Política

Historia

Biografía

An American Summer

por Alex Kotlowitz • 2019

172 killed, 793 wounded. One Chicago summer, inside the lives the violence leaves behind.

4.31

5000+

Crimen real

Periodismo

Sociología

An American Summer

172 killed, 793 wounded. One Chicago summer, inside the lives the violence leaves behind.

por Alex Kotlowitz 2019

4.31

5000+ valoraciones

Crimen real

Periodismo

Sociología

The Toronto Book of Love

por Adam Bunch • 2021

Jailed at eighteen for loving a Chinese man. Her sixty-year battle exposed Toronto's hidden heart.

4.35

136

Historia

Canadá

Ciudades

The Toronto Book of Love

Jailed at eighteen for loving a Chinese man. Her sixty-year battle exposed Toronto's hidden heart.

por Adam Bunch 2021 528 páginas

4.35

136 valoraciones

Historia

Canadá

Ciudades

The Myth of Santa Fe

por Chris Wilson • 1997

Santa Fe's adobe charm is a twentieth-century invention, built to attract tourists and new money.

3.87

Historia

Arquitectura

Sociología

The Myth of Santa Fe

Santa Fe's adobe charm is a twentieth-century invention, built to attract tourists and new money.

por Chris Wilson 1997 420 páginas

3.87

69 valoraciones

Historia

Arquitectura

Sociología

How Architecture Works

por Witold Rybczynski • 2013

How a single idea shapes a masterpiece: reading buildings through their plans, skins, and details.

3.74

408

Arquitectura

Arte

Diseño

How Architecture Works

How a single idea shapes a masterpiece: reading buildings through their plans, skins, and details.

por Witold Rybczynski 2013 368 páginas

3.74

408 valoraciones

Arquitectura

Arte

Diseño

Storia economica dell'Europa pre-industriale

por Carlo M. Cipolla • 1974

How plague, timber famine, and silver hunger forced medieval Europe to invent the modern economy.

4.29

277

Historia

Economía

Medieval

Storia economica dell'Europa pre-industriale

How plague, timber famine, and silver hunger forced medieval Europe to invent the modern economy.

por Carlo M. Cipolla 1974 491 páginas

4.29

277 valoraciones

Historia

Economía

Medieval

Sunbelt Capitalism

por Elizabeth Tandy Shermer • 2013

How Phoenix elites seized government, broke unions, and built a corporate model that remade America.

3.23

Historia

Política

Economía

Sunbelt Capitalism

How Phoenix elites seized government, broke unions, and built a corporate model that remade America.

por Elizabeth Tandy Shermer 2013 432 páginas

3.23

22 valoraciones

Historia

Política

Economía

From What Is to What If

por Rob Hopkins • 2019

Our collective imagination is collapsing. The remedy: less screen time, more play, better questions.

4.31

1000+

Política

Medio ambiente

Sociología

From What Is to What If

Our collective imagination is collapsing. The remedy: less screen time, more play, better questions.

por Rob Hopkins 2019 228 páginas

4.31

1000+ valoraciones

Política

Medio ambiente

Sociología

Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol. 3

por Fernand Braudel • 1979

Capitalism thrives by avoiding the market. How monopolies, not competition, built the modern world.

4.44

498

Historia

Economía

Capitalism

Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol. 3

Capitalism thrives by avoiding the market. How monopolies, not competition, built the modern world.

por Fernand Braudel 1979 699 páginas

4.44

498 valoraciones

Historia

Economía

Capitalism

Who Really Rules? New Haven and Community Power Reexamined

por G. William Domhoff • 1978

The pluralists said nobody ruled New Haven. Three club rosters and Yale's board minutes disagree.

3.75

Política

Sociología

Power

Who Really Rules? New Haven and Community Power Reexamined

The pluralists said nobody ruled New Haven. Three club rosters and Yale's board minutes disagree.

por G. William Domhoff 1978 204 páginas

3.75

8 valoraciones

Política

Sociología

Power

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