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  • Mapping Detroit

    Land, Community, and Shaping a City

    Series series Great Lakes Books
    Illustrates and analyzes Detroit's dramatic physical transformation in a balanced mix of text and maps.One of Detroit's most defining modern characteristics—and most pressing dilemmas—is its huge amount of neglected and vacant land. In Mapping Detroit: Land, Community, and Shaping a City, editors June Manning Thomas and Henco Bekkering use chapters based on a variety of maps to shed light on how ... Leer más

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  • The Bahá’í Faith and African American History

    Creating Racial and Religious Diversity

    This book examines the intersection of African American history with that of the Bahá’í Faith in the United States. Since the turn of the twentieth century, Bahá’ís in America have actively worked to establish interracial harmony within its own ranks and to contribute to social justice in the wider community, becoming in the process one of the country’s most diverse religious bodies. Spanning from ... Leer más

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    This is a practical examination of the idea that planning as a skill is essential to human progress, but that some individual exemplify this skill more than others, and furthermore that such individuals may be able to help organizations move in a more purposeful direction. The book reviews planning theory in relation to planning for a better future, looking at such classic authors as and then ... Leer más

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