Understanding the City Through Its Margins

Understanding the City Through Its Margins

Author: André Chappatte

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781138045897

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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The city and its regulations: Unexpected margins -- Part I Space and state regulation: The urban interstices -- 2 Markets and marginality in Beirut -- 3 The tremendous making and unmaking of the peripheries in current Istanbul -- 4 Resilient forms of urbanity on the margins? Al-Kherba: A vivid market in a damaged section of the medina of Tunis -- 5 Whose margins? Marginality, poverty and the moral geography of pre-Soviet Bukhara -- 6 On the margins of the city: Izmir Prison in the late Ottoman Empire -- Part II Diversity and moral policing: Making claims through marginalisation -- 7 'Texas': An off-centre district at the heart of nightlife in Odienné -- 8 The Manyema in colonial Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) between urban margins and regional connections -- 9 On the margins: Suburban space and religious deviancy in Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur -- 10 Ethnic differentiation and conflict dynamics: Uzbeks' marginalisation and non-marginalisation in southern Kyrgyzstan -- Index


Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph

Author: Lee Engfer

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780736868884

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A biography on the life of Wilma Rudolph, hero of the 1960 Rome Olympics. Written in graphic-novel format.


Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale

Author: Shannon Knudsen

Publisher: First Avenue Editions

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 0876149050

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Recounts the life of Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale, whose decision to become a spy for General George Washington cost him his life.


Hiss Me Deadly

Hiss Me Deadly

Author: Bruce Hale

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 0152054820

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Chet Gecko is hired by Principal Zero to investigate the disappearance of valuable items from Emerson Hicky Elementary--including Mama Gecko's pearls.


Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Author: Matt Doeden

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 19

ISBN-13: 0736854886

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"In graphic novel format, tells the life story of President Thomas Jefferson, who authored the Declaration of Independence"--Provided by publisher.


Jumping Into Nothing

Jumping Into Nothing

Author: Gina Willner-Pardo

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9780395841303

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Nine-year-old Sophie tries to deal with her fear of jumping off the high diving board at the community pool by listing other things she is afraid of doing and forcing herself to do them.


Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull

Author: Augusta Stevenson

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1996-04

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 0689806280

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A biographical look at the childhood of Sitting Bull, one of the greatest Sioux warriors to fight against the white man.


Molly Gets Mad

Molly Gets Mad

Author: Suzy Kline

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780399234088

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Third grader Molly is jealous of Florence's superior ice skating ability but makes an interesting discovery about teamwork when she joins the hockey team.


Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman

Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman

Author: Monica Kulling

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2013-11-27

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 0385374798

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An easy-to-read, page-turning account of Harriet Tubman's life--from her childhood in slavery to her years as a conductor on the Underground Railroad to her later work as a suffragette and as a spy in the Civil War. This remarkable true story brings to life one of America's greatest female role models.


Get Lost!

Get Lost!

Author: Nancy E. Krulik

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2006-07-01

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9781599612331

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Katie Carew's third-grade class spends three days at Science Camp, where Katie magically changes places with the strict Head Counselor while on a hike and gets her group hopelessly lost.