In this award-winning study, Abu-Lughod argues that the modern world economy had its roots not in the sixteenth century, as is widely supposed, but in the thirteenth century economy--a system far different from the European world system ...

New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles are more than global players: they are also home to forty million people. Abu-Lughod closes the book with a set of vignettes that captures the cities' differences as perceived by one who has lived in them.

These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.

These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.

This book weaves together historical narratives of major riots with the changing contexts in which they have occurred to show how urban space, politics, and economic conditions all structure the form and virulence of urban rebellions in the ...

These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.

Based on five years of research and participant observation, this book gives a vivid account of the contestants and their struggles in the battle for the Lower East Side.