Deze studie over prostituees in New York City werpt een nieuw licht omtrent hun bestaan in de 19e eeuw. In 1830 was in New York de prostitutie zichtbaar en niet verborgen. Het was verweven in het stadsleven.
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Large-scale urban development projects aim to create better places in underused or deteriorated areas. For their realisation, cooperation between planning authorities and market parties is indispensable. This book focuses on the development agreements that these parties close. I…
Discusses many of the ways that New York City dropped its crime rate between the years of 1991 and 2000.
The crime decline -- some vital statistics -- A safe city now? -- Continuity and change in New York City -- Of demography and drugs: testing two 1990s theories of crime causation -- Policing in New York City -- Open questions -- Lessons for American crime control -- Crime and th…
"This brilliant work shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet where gay men were isolated, invisible, and self-hating.
Some 650 community gardens dot the city of New York. These gardens are attended by some of the least advantaged residents of the city. Urban residents use these spaces for horticulture, recreation, social gatherings, and artistic and cultural events. This book shows how, in the …
Immigration is dramatically changing major cities throughout the world. Nowhere is this more so than in New York City and Amsterdam, which, after decades of large-scale immigration, now have populations that are more than a third foreign-born. These cities have had to deal with …
