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The Third City

Chicago and American Urbanism

by Larry Bennett ...

Our traditional image of Chicago—as a gritty metropolis carved into ethnically defined enclaves where the game of machine politics overshadows its ends—is such a powerful shaper of the city's identity that many of its closest observers fail to notice that a new Chicago has emerged over the past two decades. Larry Bennett here tackles some of our more commonly held ideas about the Windy City ... Read more

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Our traditional image of Chicago—as a gritty metropolis carved into ethnically defined enclaves where the game of machine politics overshadows its ends—is such a powerful shaper of the city's identity that many of its closest observers fail to notice that a new Chicago has emerged over the past two decades. Larry Bennett here tackles some of our more commonly held ideas about the Windy City
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Reclaiming Modernity

Essays on a Paradoxical Nostalgia

by Larry Bennett ...

Why do we seek to return to the past or rescue pieces of the past that may have value in the present? Why does nostalgia attach to an approach to the world, social rules, and material products that willfully rejected the past?Larry Bennett explores the complexities of nostalgia with considerations of the historic preservation of brutalist architecture, specifically Bertrand Goldberg’s Prentice ... Read more

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Why do we seek to return to the past or rescue pieces of the past that may have value in the present? Why does nostalgia attach to an approach to the world, social rules, and material products that willfully rejected the past?Larry Bennett explores the complexities of nostalgia with considerations of the historic preservation of brutalist architecture, specifically Bertrand Goldberg’s Prentice
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Unwinding Privatization

Cities and the Restoration of Public Power

Edited by Alba Alexander, Larry Bennett, Evan McKenzie, Michael A. Pagano ...

Series series Urban and Industrial Environments
How remunicipalization can be implemented to restructure urban governance.Across North America, Europe, and the Global South, public services such as water and energy that were once privatized have returned to public sector functions—an intriguing new development known as remunicipalization. Unwinding Privatization, edited by Alba Alexander, Larry Bennett, Evan McKenzie, and Michael Pagano, ... Read more

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How remunicipalization can be implemented to restructure urban governance.Across North America, Europe, and the Global South, public services such as water and energy that were once privatized have returned to public sector functions—an intriguing new development known as remunicipalization. Unwinding Privatization, edited by Alba Alexander, Larry Bennett, Evan McKenzie, and Michael Pagano,
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Neighborhood Politics

Chicago and Sheffield

by Larry Bennett ...

First Published in 1997. This book is the outcome of a small project that grew and grew. In the fall of 1990 the Chicago-based Policy Research Action Group (PRAG) commissioned the author to do a study of the Uptown area, to which he had moved in 1988.lMeanwhile, in conjunction with his university's Foreign Study Program, he spent the fall of 1991 in Sheffield, England. ... Read more

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First Published in 1997. This book is the outcome of a small project that grew and grew. In the fall of 1990 the Chicago-based Policy Research Action Group (PRAG) commissioned the author to do a study of the Uptown area, to which he had moved in 1988.lMeanwhile, in conjunction with his university's Foreign Study Program, he spent the fall of 1991 in Sheffield, England.
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The Many Futures of Work

Rethinking Expectations and Breaking Molds

Edited by Peter A. Creticos, Larry Bennett, Laura Owen, Costas Spirou, Maxine Morphis-Riesbeck ...

What will work eventually look like? This is the question at the heart of this timely collection. The editors and contributors—a mix of policy experts, academics, and advocates—seek to reframe the typical projections of the “future” of work. They examine the impact of structural racism on work, the loss of family‑sustaining jobs, the new role of gig work, growing economic inequality, barriers to ... Read more

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What will work eventually look like? This is the question at the heart of this timely collection. The editors and contributors—a mix of policy experts, academics, and advocates—seek to reframe the typical projections of the “future” of work. They examine the impact of structural racism on work, the loss of family‑sustaining jobs, the new role of gig work, growing economic inequality, barriers to
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Ru-lan

The Prince is Born

by Larry Bennett ...

Illustrated by Basia Tov ...

Series Book 1 - The Adventures of Ru-lan
Shortly after his miraculous birth, made possible with help from the phoenix, Prince Ru-lan is captured by Su-ling, the evil enchantress, who plans to raise Ru-lan and use him to take over the kingdom. Several years later, the phoenix reminds the little boy of his real identity and he escapes from Su-ling's cottage with the help of his animal friends. Once their son is firmly ensconced in the ... Read more

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Shortly after his miraculous birth, made possible with help from the phoenix, Prince Ru-lan is captured by Su-ling, the evil enchantress, who plans to raise Ru-lan and use him to take over the kingdom. Several years later, the phoenix reminds the little boy of his real identity and he escapes from Su-ling's cottage with the help of his animal friends. Once their son is firmly ensconced in the
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Where are Poor People to Live?: Transforming Public Housing Communities

Transforming Public Housing Communities

by Larry Bennett, Janet L. Smith, Patricia A Wright ...

This groundbreaking book shows how major shifts in federal policy are spurring local public housing authorities to demolish their high-rise, low-income developments, and replace them with affordable low-rise, mixed income communities. It focuses on Chicago, and that city's affordable housing crisis, but it provides analytical frameworks that can be applied to developments in every American city. ... Read more

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This groundbreaking book shows how major shifts in federal policy are spurring local public housing authorities to demolish their high-rise, low-income developments, and replace them with affordable low-rise, mixed income communities. It focuses on Chicago, and that city's affordable housing crisis, but it provides analytical frameworks that can be applied to developments in every American city.
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Rock and Popular Music

Politics, Policies, Institutions

Edited by Tony Bennett, Simon Frith, Larry Grossberg, John Shepherd, Graeme Turner ...

Series series Culture: Policy and Politics
Rock and Popular Music examines the relations between the policies and institutions which regulate contemporary popular music and the political debates, contradictions and struggles in which those musics are involved.International in its scope and conception, this innovative collection explores the reasons for and ways in which governments have sought either to support or prohibit popular music in ... Read more

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Rock and Popular Music examines the relations between the policies and institutions which regulate contemporary popular music and the political debates, contradictions and struggles in which those musics are involved.International in its scope and conception, this innovative collection explores the reasons for and ways in which governments have sought either to support or prohibit popular music in
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God For Gays

by Lairy, Larry Wayne Bennett ...

God for Gays: A Yuma County RevelationIn 1970s Amarillo, Texas, there was nowhere for a questioning child to go with dangerous questions about sexuality and faith. Larry Bennett's raw, unflinching memoir chronicles a forty-year journey through domestic violence, addiction, incarceration, and family rejection—all while carrying a Jesus who never abandoned him, even when His supposed representatives ... Read more

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God for Gays: A Yuma County RevelationIn 1970s Amarillo, Texas, there was nowhere for a questioning child to go with dangerous questions about sexuality and faith. Larry Bennett's raw, unflinching memoir chronicles a forty-year journey through domestic violence, addiction, incarceration, and family rejection—all while carrying a Jesus who never abandoned him, even when His supposed representatives
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From Spiritual Warfare to Vision: A Survivor's Journey

by Larry Wayne Bennett ...

From Spiritual Warfare to Vision: A Survivor's Journey is the unflinching testimony of Larry Wayne Bennett—a gay man, survivor of abuse, homelessness, prison, and systemic neglect—who transforms his pain into a blueprint for revolutionary healing.This is not just a memoir of survival. It is a manifesto for those who have been told they don't belong, a vision for a world where trauma recovery is ... Read more

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From Spiritual Warfare to Vision: A Survivor's Journey is the unflinching testimony of Larry Wayne Bennett—a gay man, survivor of abuse, homelessness, prison, and systemic neglect—who transforms his pain into a blueprint for revolutionary healing.This is not just a memoir of survival. It is a manifesto for those who have been told they don't belong, a vision for a world where trauma recovery is
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Our Voices In His Head

by Larry Wayne Bennett ...

A voice from the margins. A rebellion written on park benches. A testament to the unbreakable human spirit.Our Voices in His Head is not a polished theory or a distant memoir. It is a living, breathing chronicle composed in homeless shelters, public libraries, and the stark silence of prison cells. Larry Bennett, a survivor of trauma, addiction, and systemic cruelty, offers a collection of ... Read more

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A voice from the margins. A rebellion written on park benches. A testament to the unbreakable human spirit.Our Voices in His Head is not a polished theory or a distant memoir. It is a living, breathing chronicle composed in homeless shelters, public libraries, and the stark silence of prison cells. Larry Bennett, a survivor of trauma, addiction, and systemic cruelty, offers a collection of
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Recapturing Sophocles' Antigone

by William Blake Tyrrell, Larry J. Bennett ...

Series series Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
In this book, Wm. Blake Tyrrell and Larry J. Bennett examine Sophocles' Antigone in the context of its setting in fifth-century Athens. The authors attempt to create an interpretive environment that is true to the issues and interests of fifth-century Athenians, as opposed to those of modern scholars and philosophers. As they contextualize the play in the dynamics of ancient Athens, the authors ... Read more

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In this book, Wm. Blake Tyrrell and Larry J. Bennett examine Sophocles' Antigone in the context of its setting in fifth-century Athens. The authors attempt to create an interpretive environment that is true to the issues and interests of fifth-century Athenians, as opposed to those of modern scholars and philosophers. As they contextualize the play in the dynamics of ancient Athens, the authors
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