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    A Companion to Urban Anthropology

    By Donald M. Nonini

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    A Companion to Urban Anthropology presents a collection of original essays from international scholars on key issues in urban anthropology and broader cross-disciplinary urban studies.

    • Features newly commissioned essays from 35 leading international scholars in urban and global studies
    • Includes essays in classic areas of concern to urban anthropologists such as built structures and urban planning, community, security, markets, and race
    • Covers emergent areas  in the field including: 21st-century cities borders, citizenship, sustainability, and urban sexualities
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWiley
    Release dateMar 17, 2014
    ISBN9781118378649
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