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Cities and crisis

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Cities and crisis

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An ambitious global study of the state of cities in the early twenty-first century, their role in society, and their contribution to the financial crisis

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Manchester University Press

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1784996033

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9781784996031

Cities, Citizenship and Jews in France and the United States, 1905–2022 (Volume 2)

By: Josef W. Konvitz

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Cities, Citizenship and Jews in France and the United States, 1905–2022 (Volume 2)

By: Josef W. Konvitz

This comparative, transatlantic two-volume work covers nearly 120 years of the history of the rights, integration, and security of the Jewish people in both the United States and France, the countries with the largest and third-largest Jewish populations. Religious freedom and secularism have evolved differently in France and the United States, reinforcing their separate national identities. Yet there are parallels to their Jewish history, and in how the security of Jews has repeatedly defined and tested the national interests of France and the United States in world affairs. Drawing on the author’s personal experience as an international civil servant, these volumes explore topics such as tensions and common interests between France and the United States, the memory of the Shoah, social mobility, the tepid commitment of the United States to the rights of French Jews during World War II, trends in antisemitism and tolerance, and global climate change as a threat to largely coastal Jewish communities. They highlight what makes insecurity different in the 21st century and why a paradigm shift in policy is needed. This title is intended both for a general audience and advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in Jewish history, urban history, and international relations.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000998983

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9781000998986

Cities, Citizenship and Jews in France and the United States, 1905–2022 (Volume 1)

By: Josef W. Konvitz

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1000998959

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Cities & the Sea

Port City Planning in Early Modern Europe

By: Josef W. Konvitz

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Cities & the Sea

Port City Planning in Early Modern Europe

By: Josef W. Konvitz

Originally published in 1978. Josef Konvitz provides a broad comparative study of European port cities since the Renaissance by examining how they were built and rebuilt in the context of urban industrialization. Konvitz argues that as seafaring became more critical to Western civilization, intellectuals and rulers placed more importance on urban planning. Planning looked different, of course, in various European cities. In Paris, riverside planning was patched into the existing frame of the city, whereas Scandinavian towns on the Baltic were over-designed to accommodate a degree of maritime trade unsustainable for cities writ large. In the eighteenth century, city planning fell out of vogue, and new solutions were introduced to help solve the problems created by urban development. With a series of helpful maps, Konvitz's book is an important source for urban historians of early modern Europe.

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JHU Press

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1421434628

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9781421434629

Cartography in France, 1660-1848

Science, Engineering, and Statecraft

By: Josef Konvitz

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Cartography in France, 1660-1848

Science, Engineering, and Statecraft

By: Josef Konvitz

French scientists, engineers, and public officials were responsible for the most important and distinctive innovations in cartography in eighteenth-century Europe. By expanding the analytical uses of maps, by establishing unprecedented standards of accuracy, and by nurturing institutional frameworks to sustain mapping projects over many years, the French contributed to one of the central concepts of modern times: that man, through direct observation and accumulated information can better understand and manage his affairs. Concentrating on how and why new concepts and techniques of making and using maps were introduced, Josef Konvitz skillfully traces the modernization of cartography during the French Enlightenment. The story he unfolds is not merely a narrative of who did what, but an analysis of how the map itself influenced attitudes toward the land and the consequent effects on planning and the development of resources. Throughout, Konvitz demonstrates the significant relationship between cartography and political, economic, and military life. He emphasizes efforts to enlarge the practical applications of maps in government and the impact of government policy on the evolution of cartography.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226450945

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9780226450940

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Cities and crisis

Cities and crisis

Cities, Citizenship and Jews in France and the United States, 1905–2022 (Volume 2)

Cities, Citizenship and Jews in France and the United States, 1905–2022 (Volume 2)

Cities, Citizenship and Jews in France and the United States, 1905–2022 (Volume 1)

Cities, Citizenship and Jews in France and the United States, 1905–2022 (Volume 1)

Cities & the Sea

Cities & the Sea

Cartography in France, 1660-1848

Cartography in France, 1660-1848

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