City on the Edge
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City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami
By Alejandro Portes, Alex StepickHernando de Soto had been with Francisco Pizarro during the conquest of Peru, where he acquired great wealth and a reputation for bravery. Appointed governor of Cuba and adelantado of Florida by Emperor Charles I, De Soto organized and ...
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City on the Edge: Buffalo, New York, 1900 - Present
By Mark GoldmanBuffalo was particularly proud of the Pierce Arrow Company. Unlike most other automobiles, the Pierce Arrow was produced by teams of workers, not assembly line automatons—Pierce Arrow workers handcrafted each automobile in a manner ...
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City on the Edge: Hard Choices in the American Rust Belt
By Michael StreissguthAnd to Maureen and Ozzie Mocete, Mary Jo and Jim Spano, J. B., Joe Kelly who continued to ask, Fernando Diz who championed “edge” over “moments,” Chris and Gretchen Kinnell, Adam Sudmann of My Lucky Tummy, Peter Willner, ...
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City on the Edge: Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule
By Ho-fung HungIn City on the Edge, Ho-fung Hung offers a timely and engaging account of Hong Kong's development from precolonial times to the present, with particular focus on the post 1997 handover period.
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City on the Edge
By David SwinsonThis is the story of a boy and a family, besieged. Intimate in scope and wrenching in its vision of lost innocence, City on the Edge is a mystery and spy story from the past, and a coming of age story for our time
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City on the Edge
By David SwinsonThis is the story of a boy and a family, besieged. Intimate in scope and wrenching in its vision of lost innocence, City on the Edge is a mystery and spy story from the past, and a coming of age story for our time.
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City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami
By Alex Stepick, Prof. Alejandro PortesUncovering the hidden story of this dreamlike place, Portes and Stepick explore the transformations of Miami from a light-hearted tourist resort to a troubled, complex city.
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City on the Edge: Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule
By Ho-fung HungIn City on the Edge, Ho-fung Hung offers a timely and engaging account of Hong Kong's development from precolonial times to the present, with particular focus on the post 1997 handover period.
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City on the Edge: Buffalo, New York
By Mark GoldmanAt the beginning of the twentieth century, the city of Buffalo, New York, looked toward a future of great promise. During this era, the city was the host of a...
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City on the Edge: Hong Kong under Chinese Rule
By Ho-fung HungIn City on the Edge, Ho-fung Hung offers a timely and engaging account of Hong Kong's development from precolonial times to the present, with particular focus on the post 1997 handover period.