Industrial Ruination, Community and Place: Landscapes and Legacies of Urban Decline
Awards:   Winner of British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Memorial Award 2013 (Brazil)
Author:   Alice Mah
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
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9781442613577


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   03 October 2012
Format:   Paperback
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  • Winner of British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Memorial Award 2013 (Brazil)

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Author:   Alice Mah
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9781442613577


ISBN 10:   1442613572
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   03 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Introduction PART ONE: Case Studies Chapter 2 “When the smell goes, the jobs go”: Ambivalent nostalgia and traumatic memory in Niagara Falls Chapter 3 Protracted decline and imminent regeneration: Memory and uncertainty in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne Chapter 4 “We ruined everything around us, but we couldn’t change ourselves”: Enduring Soviet and textile identities in Ivanovo PART TWO: Themes of Industrial Ruination Chapter 5 Reading landscapes of ruination, deprivation and decline Chapter 6 Devastation but also home Chapter 7 Imagining change, reinventing place Chapter 8 Conclusion Notes References

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'For researchers interested in industrial and urban sociology. Highly recommended.' -- P.J. Venturelli Choice Magazine - vol 50:09:2013


'For researchers interested in industrial and urban sociology. Highly recommended.'--P.J. Venturelli Choice Magazine - vol 50:09:2013


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Alice Mah is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick.

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