Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State
By: Samuel Stein
3.94
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
“This superbly succinct and incisive book” on urban planning and real estate argues gentrification …
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1. The Death and Life of Great American Cities
By: Jane Jacobs
4.30
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arroganc… read more
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- architecture
- history
- politics
- urban studies
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- cities
- sociology
"We expect too much of new buildings, and too little of ourselves."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
"Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
"Most sentimental ideas imply, at bottom, a deep if unacknowledged disrespect."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
"When distance and convenience sets in; the small, the various and the personal wither away."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
2. Four Futures: Life After Capitalism
By: Peter Frase
3.78
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
An exhilarating exploration into the utopias and dystopias that could develop from present society … read more
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- history
- politics
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- economics
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"the path that leads to utopia is not necessarily itself utopian"-Peter Frase, Four Futures: Life After Capitalism
"… nature doesn’t care about us; it neither has interests nor desires, it simply exists."-Peter Frase, Four Futures: Life After Capitalism
"But we can also say that even in a society without clear rulers, history will tend to empathize with the survivors; they are, after all, literally the only ones around to write it."-Peter Frase, Four Futures: Life After Capitalism
"Both [social science & science fiction] attempt to understand empirical facts and lived experience as something that is shaped by abstract - and not directly perceptible - structural forces."-Peter Frase, Four Futures: Life After Capitalism
3. Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
By: Kim Phillips-Fein
4.21
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST An epic, riveting history of New York City on the edge of disaster―and an … read more
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- history
- politics
- urban studies
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- cities
- economics
4. Times Square Red, Times Square Blue
By: Samuel R. Delany
4.18
Format: 203 pages, Paperback
If one street in America can claim to be the most infamous, it is surely 42nd Street. Between Seven… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- sociology
"A glib wisdom holds that people like this just don’t want relationships. They have “problems with intimacy."-Samuel R. Delany, Times Square Red, Times Square Blue
"In order to dismantle such a discourse we must begin with the realization that desire is never “outside all social constraint."-Samuel R. Delany, Times Square Red, Times Square Blue
5. The Wretched of the Earth
By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Richard Philcox , Frantz Fanon , Homi K. Bhabha
4.32
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Fr… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- sociology
"إن لجوءك إلى لُغة تكنيكيَّة معناه أنّك قرَّرتَ أن تَعُدَّ الجماهير جاهلة"-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
"Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand."-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
"The business of obscuring language is a mask behind which stands the much greater business of plunder."-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
"إن المناضل ليدرك في كثير من الأحيان أن عمله لا أن يقاتل القوى العدوة فحسب، بل كذلك حبات اليأس المتبلورة في جسم المستعمَر."-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
6. The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
By: David Graeber
3.61
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Where does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and bureaucracy come from? How did we come to… read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- economics
- sociology
7. Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
By: Charles Montgomery
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Charles Montgomery's Happy Citywill revolutionize the way we think about urban life. After decades … read more
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- architecture
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- cities
8. Class War: The Privatization of Childhood
By: Megan Erickson
4.17
Format: 200 pages,
What is at stake when some American children go to school hungry and others go to school in $1,000 … read more
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- politics
- economics
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- sociology
9. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
By: Richard Rothstein
2.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading auth… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
10. Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity
By: Micah Uetricht
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Chicago Teachers Union strike was the most important domestic labor struggle so far this centur… read more
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11. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
By: Mike Davis
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
The hidden story of L.A. Mike Davis shows us where the city's money comes from and who controls it … read more
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12. How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
By: P.E. Moskowitz
4.02
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
The term gentrificationhas become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across … read more
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13. Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
By: David Harvey
3.14
Format: 54 pages, Hardcover
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14. The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It
By: Richard Florida
4.67
Format: 127 pages, Hardcover
In recent years, the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades … read more
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15. Planet of Slums
By: Mike Davis
4.01
Format: 448 pages,
Se a imagem da metropole no seculo XX era a dos arranha-ceus e das oportunidades de emprego, Planet… read more
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16. If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
By: Vincent Bevins
4.28
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world - and what comes next From 20… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- sociology
"In the history of revolutions, a couple of truisms had already emerged. One is that they are only successful when security forces defect or are defeated in violent conflict. Even if Moa Zedong was be…"-Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
17. Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
By: Yanis Varoufakis
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The #1 bestselling economist shows how capitalism has been replaced by a more exploitative system, … read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- economics
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"Il profitto è vulnerabile alla competizione di mercato, mentre la rendita non lo è."-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"Se non è un mercato capitalista, in cosa entriamo, buon Dio, quando andiamo su amazon.com ?"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"Oltre ad avvertirci che ogni nuova epoca forgiata da qualche tecnologia rivoluzionaria produce una generazione che “mai passerà un giorno immune da fatica e dolore, struggendosi anche di notte"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"La rivoluzione digitale potrebbe consistere nel trasformare i lavoratori salariati in proletari del cloud, che vivono una vita sempre più precaria e stressante sotto il controllo invisibile di capi a…"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
18. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
By: Dipo Faloyin
4.43
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
19. The People’s Republic of Walmart: How the World’s Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism
By: Leigh Phillips
3.90
Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition
Since the demise of the USSR, the mantle of the largest planned economies in the world has been tak… read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- economics
- sociology
20. Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
By: Eric Klinenberg
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint for rebuilding our frac… read more
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- architecture
- politics
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- cities
- economics
- sociology
"Democracy must begin at home, and its home is the neighborly community."-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
"Even the Internet, which was supposed to deliver unprecedented cultural diversity ad democratic communication, has become an echo chamber where people see and hear what they already believe."-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
"Today, our communities are full of children whose future, like Jelani's, will be formed in the places where they go to learn about themselves and the world they'll inherit. They deserve palaces. Whet…"-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
"The accessible physical space of the library is not the only factor that makes it work well as social infrastructure. The institution's extensive programming, organized by a professional staff that u…"-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
21. Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It
By: M. Nolan Gray
4.18
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
What if scrapping one flawed policy could bring US cities closer to addressing debilitating housing… read more
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- history
- politics
- urban studies
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- cities
- economics
22. In Defense of Housing: The Politics of Crisis
By: Peter Marcuse
4.06
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In every major city in the world there is a housing crisis. How did this happen and what can we do … read more
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- politics
- urban studies
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- cities
- economics
- sociology
23. The Future is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism
By: Matthias Schmelzer
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
We need to break free from the capitalist economy. Degrowth gives us the tools to bend its bars. Ec… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
- sociology
24. Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State
By: Samuel Stein
3.94
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
“This superbly succinct and incisive book” on urban planning and real estate argues gentrification … read more
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- history
- politics
- urban studies
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- cities
- economics
- sociology
25. Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto
By: Aaron Bastani
3.70
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
A different kind of politics for a new kind of society--beyond work, scarcity and capitalism In … read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- economics
- sociology
"We have a world to win"-Aaron Bastani, Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto
26. Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
By: Gregg Colburn
4.23
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Using rich and detailed data, this groundbreaking book explains why homelessness has become a crisi… read more
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- politics
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- economics
- sociology
27. Red State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics (Jacobin)
By: Eric Blanc
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
An indispensable window into the changing shape of the American working class and American politics… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- sociology
28. Building the Commune: Radical Democracy in Venezuela
By: George Ciccariello-Maher
4.01
Format: 144 pages, ebook
Latin America’s experiments in direct democracy Since 2011, a wave of popular uprisings has swep… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- economics
- sociology
29. A People’s Green New Deal
By: Max Ajl
4.41
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
An urgent demand for a People's Green New Deal, foregrounding global agricultural transformation an… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
- sociology
30. The Populist Moment: The Left After the Great Recession (Jacobin)
By: Anton Jäger
3.84
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
A Left-wing populist insurgency exploded across the West in the wake of the Great Financial CrisisA… read more
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- history
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31. Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat
By: Hannah Proctor
4.32
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
In the struggle for a better world, setbacks are inevitable. Defeat can feel overwhelming at times,… read more
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