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Entangled Itineraries

…in motion, this volume follows itineraries that weaved in and out of busy, crowded cosmopolitan cities in China; in the trade hubs of Kucha and Malacca; and in centers of…

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Plans, Pragmatism, and People

|9780822961062|The Legacy of Soviet Planning for Today’s Cities||||…

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No Heaven

…to wrestle with the world as it is: “no hell below us, / above us only sky.” It is a world of cities, including New York, London, Jerusalem, and Berlin,…

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The Turning Points of Environmental History

…the use and abuse of the earth’s land in the development of agriculture, commercial forestry, and in the battle against desertification in arid and semi-arid regions. Cities, which first appeared…

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Steeplechase

|9780822967651|Poems|Steeplechase explores multiple landscapes, including Mississippi and its many church steeples; countries known and unknown; cities and inhabitants both aspirational and lost. Its voice is humorous, bewildered, disillusioned, hopeful. The…

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