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Anthropology
Beriss, David -- Urban Anthropology (2000)
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Architecture
(See also Housing)

Bertram, Carel -- Domestic Architecture in Islam and the Poetics of Space (1999)
*Gilfoyle, Timothy J. -- Building Metropolis: A Social History Of American Urban Architecture (2000) Website
See also Heathcott, Metropolitan America: Cultures and Landscapes (2000)
Hein, Carola -- Japanese Architecture and Planning (2000)
See Malone, The Urban Built Environment: Technology and Material Culture in America (1995)
See Malone, The Urban Built Environment: Technology and Material Culture in America (2000)
Mattern, Shannon -- Mediating Spaces: Architecture as Media, Media Shaping Architecture (2003)
*University of California-Berkeley Library, Environmental Design Library -- Green Design / Sustainable Architecture: Information Sources Portal Website
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City Biographies
Bell, Michael E. -- Richmond: Across Three Centuries (1998)
Burrows, Edwin G. -- History of New York City (1995)
Diner, Stephen -- History of Metropolitan Washington (1995)
Graff, Harvey J. -- Dallas: The Course (1995)
Graff, Harvey J. -- Dallas: The Course [Revised] (1996)
H-DC -- Washington D.C. History Syllabi Portal Website
McShane, Clay -- History of Boston (2000)
McShane, Clay -- History of Boston (2003)
Mollenkopf, John -- Government & Politics of New York City [Revision] (1997)
Nelson, Scott -- Antebellum Richmond (1995)
Seligman, Amanda I. -- The Windy City: Chicago in American History (1996)
Tarr, Joel A. -- The Pittsburgh Laboratory (1995)
Tarr, Joel A. -- Pittsburgh and the Rise of the Modern American City (2002)
Tarr, Joel A. -- Pittsburgh and the Rise of the Modern American City (2003)
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Community Health
See Glickman and Newman, Community Development Studio (2001)
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Contemporary Issues
Heathcott, Joseph -- The Urban Crisis: Historical Perspectives On Modern American Cities (2000)
Seligman, Amanda I. -- The "Urban Crisis" in America (2001)
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Crime & Punishment
Schneider, Eric -- Crime and Punishment (2001)
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Culture
See Chronopoulos, Race, Inequality, and the American City since 1945 (2002)
Gilfoyle, Timothy J. -- Culture and Social Life in the American City, 1800-2000 (1999)
Graff, Harvey J. -- The Culture of Cities (2000)
Graff, Harvey J. -- The City in History: The Culture of Cities (2002)
Graff, Harvey J. -- Reading and Writing the City (1995)
Heathcott, Joseph -- Metropolitan America: Cultures And Landscapes Of The Twentieth-Century City (2000)
See Mattern, Mediating Spaces: Architecture as Media, Media Shaping Architecture (2003)
McElligott, Anthony -- Modernity and Crisis: Urban Germany 1890-1939 (2002)
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Developing Countries
Kohl, Ben -- The Global City: People, Production, and Planning in the Third World (2001)
Kohl, Ben -- The Political Economy of Infrastructure in the Third World (2000)
Kohl, Ben -- Third World Urbanization (2000)
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Ecology and Environment
Malone, Patrick M. -- Rivers In The Industrial City (2000)
See Morrow-Jones, Major Crises and Hidden Challenges: How Urban Regions React to Problems and Hazards (2004)
*Nilon, Charlie -- Urban Ecosystems (2002) Website
*Nilon, Charlie -- Urban Wildlife Management (2003) (esp. "Schedule Page") Website
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Films
Herwick, Mark S. -- The City in Film (1995)
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Gender Studies
See McElligott, Modernity and Crisis: Urban Germany 1890-1939 (2002)
Sewell, Jessica -- Gender, Sexuality, and the City (2002)
Serlin, David -- Sexual Identity and Urban Community (1998)
Stein, Marc -- Sex, Gender and Sexuality in the City (1995)
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General Urban History (National and Local)
Alexander, James -- The American City (2000)
Bell, Michael E. -- Richmond: Across Three Centuries (1998)
Bianco, Martha J. -- History of American Cities (1999)
Burrows, Edwin G. -- History of New York City (1995)
Center for History and New Media (CHNM) -- CHNM Syllabus Finder: "Urban History" Search Results Portal Website
Chudacoff, Howard P. -- American Urban History to 1870 (1999)
Diner, Stephen -- History of Metropolitan Washington (1995)
Ebner, Michael -- American Cities (2000)
Ebner, Michael -- "Vivid Glimpses: Field Study of Chicago Neighborhoods" American Cities (2001) Field Study
Graff, Harvey J. -- Cities: Communities, Spaces, and Places (2001)
See Graff, The City in History: The Culture of Cities (2002)
Graff, Harvey J. -- Dallas: The Course (1995)
Graff, Harvey J. -- Dallas: The Course [Revised] (1996)
Graff, Harvey J. -- The Development of American Urban Society (1996)
Graff, Harvey J. -- Development of American Urban Society (1997)
Graff, Harvey J. -- Searching for Cities Past and Future (2002)
See Hein, The Form of the City (2001)
Hein, Carola -- Topics in Modern Planning: “The European Metropolis” (2001)
Keating, Ann -- American Cities and Suburbs (2000)
Kennedy, Lawrence -- History of Urban America (2002)
Lauria, Mickey -- Seminar in Urban Studies (2002)
McShane, Clay -- History of Boston (2000)
McShane, Clay -- History of Boston (2003)
McShane, Clay -- U.S. Urban History (2002)
Nelson, Scott -- Antebellum Richmond (1995)
Public History Resource Center (PHRC) -- PHRC Syllabi Portal Website
*Schuyler, David -- The Urban Experience (2001) Website
Seligman, Amanda I. -- History of the American City (2000)
Seligman, Amanda I. -- The Windy City: Chicago in American History (1996)
Sewell, Jessica -- Exploring and Analyzing Cities: Introduction to the City 2 (2002)
Shi, Mingzheng -- The City in Modern China (1999)
Stelter, Gilbert A. -- Reading a Community: Doing Urban History at the Local Level (1996)
See Talen, Urban Structure and Function (2002)
Tarr, Joel A. -- Historical Perspectives on Urban Problems (1995)
See Tarr, Pittsburgh and the Rise of the Modern American City (2002)
See Tarr, Pittsburgh and the Rise of the Modern American City (2003)
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Geography
Harris, Richard -- Urban Historical Geography (1998)
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Globalization
See Chronopoulos, Race, Inequality, and the American City since 1945 (2002)
Clark, Terry Nichols -- Global-Local Politics: Transformations in Culture, State, and Policy (2001)
*Gilfoyle, Timothy J. -- Global Cities: A History Of International Urbanization (2000) Website
See Kohl, The Global City: People, Production, and Planning in the Third World (2001)
Leo, Christopher -- Globalization and City Politics (2000)
Marcuse, Peter -- Globalization and Urban Policy (2000)
Saunier, Pierre-Yves -- ‘La Fabrique de l'Universel': Réseaux Supranationaux et 'Question Urbanie' au 20E Siècle, un Terrain d'Histoire Transnationale et Ses Développements (2003), English version; French version
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Government and Politics
Baker, Paul -- American State and Local Government (1996)
Clark, Terry Nichols -- Urban Policy Analysis (1995)
Clark, Terry Nichols -- Urban Policy Analysis [Revised] (2000)
See Clark, Global-Local Politics: Transformations in Culture, State, and Policy (2001)
Dreier, Peter -- Community Organizing and Leadership: Community Internship (2001)
Dreier, Peter -- Community Organizing and Leadership: Community Internship (2002)
Dreier, Peter -- Community Organizing and Leadership: Community Internship (2003)
Dreier, Peter -- Urban Policy and Politics (2002)
Dreier, Peter -- Urban Policy and Politics (2003)
See Kohl, The Political Economy of Infrastructure in the Third World (2000)
See Leo, Globalization and City Politics (2000)
See Marcuse, Globalization and Urban Policy (2000)
Mollenkopf, John -- Government & Politics of New York City [Revision] (1997)
Mollenkopf, John -- Urban Policy (1997)
Mollenkopf, John -- Urban Politics (1998)
Morçöl, Göktug -- Urban Policy and Administration (1999)
Morçöl, Göktug -- Urban Policy and Administration [Revised] (2000)
See Newman, Community Development (2003)
Newman, Kathe -- Urban Social Policy (2003)
See Saunier, ‘La Fabrique de l'Universel' (2003), English version; French version
See Seligman, The History of the Poor in America (2001)
Seligman, Amanda I. -- History of Urban Problems (2002)
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Housing
See Anacker, Introduction to Planning for Housing (2003)
See Bertram, Domestic Architecture in Islam (1999)
See *Gilfoyle, Building Metropolis: A Social History Of American Urban Architecture (2000) Website
Glickman, Norman J. and Kathe Newman -- Community Development Studio (2001) (Health Care Center)
Harris, Richard -- The Landscape of Urban Housing (1998)
See Malone, The Urban Built Environment: Technology and Material Culture in America (1995)
See Malone, -- The Urban Built Environment: Technology and Material Culture in America (2000)
See Morrow-Jones, Americanization of German Cities: Case Studies in Housing (1998)
See Morrow-Jones, Major Crises and Hidden Challenges: How Urban Regions React to Problems and Hazards (2004)
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Industrialization & Deindustrialization
Tarr, Joel A. -- The Pittsburgh Laboratory (1995)
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Landscape Architecture
Malone, Patrick M. -- Green Cities: Parks and Designed Landscapes in Urban America (1998)
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Land Use
See Conroy, Improving the Livable Environment in the Urban Region (2002)
See Evans-Cowley, Sustainable Development in the Urban Region: A focus on revitalization (2003)
See Glickman and Newman, Community Development Studio (2003)
See Lauria, Planning Theory (2002)
See Marcuse, Globalization and Urban Policy (2000)
See Morrow-Jones, Americanization of German Cities: Case Studies in Housing (1998)
See Morrow-Jones, Community Redevelopment in a Regional Context: Problems and Strategies (2001)
See Morrow-Jones, Regional Growth and Regional Governance in the areas of Dresden and Columbus (1999)
See Morrow-Jones, Transformation at the Urban Edge: Urbanization in Exurbia (Spring 2000)
See Morrow-Jones, Transformation at the Urban Edge: Urbanization in Exurbia (Summer 2000)
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Planning
Anacker, Katrin B. -- Introduction to City and Regional Planning (2004)
Anacker, Katrin B. -- Introduction to Planning for Housing (2003)
See Glickman and Newman, Community Development Studio (2001)
Glickman, Norman J. and Kathe Newman -- Community Development Studio (2002) (CDC Program Assessment)
Glickman, Norman J. and Kathe Newman -- Community Development Studio (2003) (CDC Property Ownership and Taxation Survey)
Hein, Carola -- The Form of the City (2001)
See Hein, Japanese Architecture and Planning (2000)
See Hein, Topics in Modern Planning: “The European Metropolis” (2001)
Lauria, Mickey -- Planning Theory (2002)
Mandelbaum, Seymour J. -- History, Planning and Policy (1995)
Morrow-Jones, Hazel A. -- Americanization of German Cities: Case Studies in Housing (1998)
Morrow-Jones, Hazel A. -- Community Redevelopment in a Regional Context: Problems and Strategies (2001)
Morrow-Jones, Hazel A. -- Major Crises and Hidden Challenges: How Urban Regions React to Problems and Hazards (2004)
Morrow-Jones, Hazel A. -- Regional Growth and Regional Governance in the areas of Dresden and Columbus (1999)
Morrow-Jones, Hazel A. -- Transformation at the Urban Edge: Urbanization in Exurbia (Spring 2000)
Morrow-Jones, Hazel A. -- Transformation at the Urban Edge: Urbanization in Exurbia (Summer 2000)
Nasr, Joe -- History And Theory Of Urban Planning And Urban Design (1999)
Newman, Kathe -- Community Development (2003)
See Saunier, ‘La Fabrique de l'Universel' (2003), English version; French version
See *Schuyler, The Urban Experience (2001) Website
Talen, Emily -- Urban Structure and Function (2002)
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Poverty
Seligman, Amanda I. -- The History of the Poor in America (2001)
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Race
Casey-Leininger, Fritz -- History of the Urban African American Experience in the 20th Century: From the Great Migration to the "Second Ghetto" (2000)
Chronopoulos, Themis -- Race, Inequality, and the American City since 1945 (2002)
Grossman, James -- African-American Urban History (2000)
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Research Methods
Lauria, Mickey -- Research Design Seminar (2002)
See Sewell, Exploring and Analyzing Cities: Introduction to the City 2 (2002)
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Suburbs
See Keating, American Cities and Suburbs (2000)
Seligman, Amanda -- The New Suburban History (2003)
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Teaching Methods for Urban Studies
Morris, Meller, Rodger, et. al. -- Urbanization in Britain: 1780-1914. A Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (TLTP) Unit (1995)
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Technology and Science
Malone, Patrick M. -- The Urban Built Environment: Technology and Material Culture in America (1995)
Malone, Patrick M. -- The Urban Built Environment: Technology and Material Culture in America (2000)
See Mattern, Mediating Spaces: Architecture as Media, Media Shaping Architecture (2003)
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Transportation
Dyble, Louise Nelson -- From Railroads to Automobiles: Politics, Development, and Transportation in United States History (2000)
Malone, Patrick M. -- The Automobile in American Life: Technology and Material Culture in America (2001)
See Malone, Rivers In The Industrial City (2000)
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