Living the urban periphery

Living the urban peripheryAn empirically rich analysis of the drivers and lived experiences of urban change in African peripheries with a focus on city regions in Ethiopia, South Africa and Ghana. The book proposes five peripheral logics which frame the formation and character of urban peripheries and explores these on the ground through residents voices and narratives.

By examining the successes and failures of dozens of Chinese merchants involved in foreign trade

By combining hard-to-find historical documents with new unpublished interviews with fellow activists

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It charts the emergence of different approaches and thought styles within the field ranging from Cold War defense intellectuals such as Herman Kahn to critical peace activists like Robert Jungk

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collating the extant literature to provide a readable and concise grounding for the reader

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Massey demonstrates how Heidegger follows Bergson in seeking to uncover "primordial time" by disentangling temporality from spatiality

This comprehensive history shows how France coupled the pursuit of power and the furtherance of European integration over a sixty-year period

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Walk in the footsteps of Dorothy Parker and explore her world