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In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower

In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower Hardback - 2021

by Davarian L. Baldwin

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Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Across America, universities have become big businesses--and our cities their company towns. But there is a cost to those who live in their shadow. Urban universities play an outsized role in America's cities. They bring diverse ideas a
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  • Title In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower
  • Author Davarian L. Baldwin
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bold Type Books
  • Date 2021-03-30
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9781568588926_inp
  • ISBN 9781568588926 / 1568588925
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 5.7 x 1.2 in (23.62 x 14.48 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
  • Library of Congress subjects Community development, Urban - United States, Community and college - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020045203
  • Dewey Decimal Code 378.103

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Citations

  • Choice, 12/01/2022, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/15/2021, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 02/01/2021, Page 98
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/21/2020, Page 0

About the author

Davarian L. Baldwin is a leading urbanist, historian, and cultural critic. The Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies and founding director of the Smart Cities Lab at Trinity College, Baldwin is the author of Chicago's New Negroes: Modernity, the Great Migration, and Black Urban Life (UNC, 2007) and co-editor, with Minkah Makalani, of the essay collection Escape From New York! The New Negro Renaissance beyond Harlem (Minnesota, 2013). He has received grants and fellowships from Harvard University, the University of Virginia, the University of Notre Dame, and the Logan Nonfiction Writing Fellowship from the Carey Institute for the Global Good. He lives with his wife and children in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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