39 results for 'Patricia A Urban'

The changes wrought by industrialization in the nineteenth century were heralded by many as the inevitable march of progress. Yet a fair share of critics opposed the encroachment of modernity into...

“Death’s Sweet Embrace is a compelling read. I can’t wait to read more about the Brethren.” —New York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur“Tracey O’Hara writes in a voice full of passion and power...

Small and midsized cities played a key role in the Industrial Revolution in the United States as hubs for the shipping, warehousing, and distribution of manufactured products. But as the twentieth...

An unsolved murder. A shadowy nemesis. A team of supernatural heroes determined to find the truth. Zariya Chanji will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her father's...

2021 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleA city of modest size, Providence, Rhode Island, had the third-largest Native American population in the United States by the first decade of the twentieth...

Magical beasts are hunting Alley Ward, a college student with a deadly secret she’s kept hidden for years.Alley Ward has a secret—the kind of secret that can level a city block. Her plan...

Winner, Warren Dean Memorial Prize, Conference on Latin American History (CLAH), 2018Street vending has supplied the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro with basic goods for several centuries. Once the...

Born in 1921, Manuel Llamojha Mitma became one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. Now Peru Is Mine combines extensive oral history interviews with archival research...

In this collection of urban fantasy stories, editors George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois explore the places where mystery waits at the end of every alley and where the things that go bump in the...

"Last Temptation by Michelle Stimpson was an excellent read. It is a story of temptation, love, lust, anger, and betrayal. Ms. Stimpson writes a fictional novel that is inspirational and full of hope...

A call for a revised form of spatial politics.A call for a revised form of spatial politics.This anthology presents work on cultures of assembly. It stresses the relevance of small-scale and...

Emergent Methods in Social Research introduces state-of-the-art social research methods that address the growing methods-theory gap within and across the disciplines. In this text, editors Sharlene...

The Politics of Trash explains how municipal trash collection solved odorous urban problems using nongovernmental and often unseemly means. Focusing on the persistent problems of filth and the...

“Perceptive and witty—like a Sally Rooney novel set in Southern California.” —Star Tribune (Minneapolis) “It’s this author’s best work yet. A Sapphic roller-coaster ride.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred...