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Book Session: The American Urban Reader: History And Theory, Steven Corey
Book Session: The American Urban Reader: History And Theory, Steven Corey
Steven H. Corey
No abstract provided.
Review Of Michael Rawson, Eden On The Charles: The Making Of Boston, Steven Corey
Review Of Michael Rawson, Eden On The Charles: The Making Of Boston, Steven Corey
Steven H. Corey
No abstract provided.
Examining America’S Urban Landscape: From Social Reform To Social History, Steven Corey, Lisa Boehm
Examining America’S Urban Landscape: From Social Reform To Social History, Steven Corey, Lisa Boehm
Steven H. Corey
The American Urban Reader brings together the most exciting work on the evolution of the American city, from colonial settlement and western expansion to post-industrial cities and the growth of the suburbs. Each of the chronologically and thematically organized chapters includes thoughtfully selected scholarly essays from historians, social scientists and journalists, which are supplemented by relevant primary documents that offer more nuanced perspectives and convey the diversity and interdisciplinary nature of the study of the urban condition. A comprehensive companion website offers valuable further reading, compelling supplementary links, slideshows of additional images, and a dialogue opening blog written by one …
American Urban History: A Living Canon. Or Is Anyone Listening?, Steven Corey
American Urban History: A Living Canon. Or Is Anyone Listening?, Steven Corey
Steven H. Corey
No abstract provided.
Banking On Brownfields, Landfills, And History: Toxic Waste And Urban Renewal In Worcester, Massachusetts, 1986-Present, Steven Corey
Banking On Brownfields, Landfills, And History: Toxic Waste And Urban Renewal In Worcester, Massachusetts, 1986-Present, Steven Corey
Steven H. Corey
No abstract provided.
Teaching Urban Studies, Steven Corey
Rummaging Through Worcester’S Industrial Ruins: Active Learning And Environmental History, Steven Corey
Rummaging Through Worcester’S Industrial Ruins: Active Learning And Environmental History, Steven Corey
Steven H. Corey
No abstract provided.
Garbage In The Sea: Ocean Dumping In The New York Bight, 1850s-1930s, Steven Corey
Garbage In The Sea: Ocean Dumping In The New York Bight, 1850s-1930s, Steven Corey
Steven H. Corey
No abstract provided.
Teaching Urban History, Steven Corey
Public Health And Environmentalism: Adding Garbage To The History Of Environmental Ethics, Steven Corey, Christopher Preston
Public Health And Environmentalism: Adding Garbage To The History Of Environmental Ethics, Steven Corey, Christopher Preston
Steven H. Corey
No abstract provided.
Apostle Of Cleanliness: Colonel George E. Waring, Jr. And The Sanitary Reform Impulse In New York City, Steven Corey
Apostle Of Cleanliness: Colonel George E. Waring, Jr. And The Sanitary Reform Impulse In New York City, Steven Corey
Steven H. Corey
No abstract provided.
Teaching Urban Planning And Public Policy: Developing A "City As Classroom" Model At Two New England Colleges, Steven Corey, Mark Motte
Teaching Urban Planning And Public Policy: Developing A "City As Classroom" Model At Two New England Colleges, Steven Corey, Mark Motte
Steven H. Corey
Emerging trends in teaching urban geography, city planning, and public policy studies resonate with calls from think tanks, research associations, and most recently the Carnegie Foundation, for undergraduate education to be "reinvented" as interdisciplinary, inquiry-based, and experiential. This paper outlines a model that offers some success with inquiry-based learning strategies in the geography program at Rhode Island College and the urban studies program at Worcester State College. In grappling with the knotty problems of contemporary urban development/redevelopment policies in Providence and Worcester (downtown revitalization, infrastructure improvements, retail/commercial strategies, industrial restructuring, shifting labor markets, neighborhood planning, housing development, etc.), our students …
Garbage! The History And Politics Of Trash In New York City, Steven Corey, Elizabeth Fee
Garbage! The History And Politics Of Trash In New York City, Steven Corey, Elizabeth Fee
Steven H. Corey
No abstract provided.
Garbage In The Sea: New York City And Ocean Dumping, 1857-1934, Steven Corey
Garbage In The Sea: New York City And Ocean Dumping, 1857-1934, Steven Corey
Steven H. Corey
No abstract provided.