Journal of Urban History (JUH), peer-reviewed and published bi-monthly, provides scholars and professionals with the latest research, analyses, and discussion on the history of cities and urban societies throughout the world. JUH presents original research by distinguished authors from the variety of fields concerned with urban history. Each insightful issue offers the latest scholarship on such topics as public housing, migration, urban growth, and more.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Articles
Grain Scale of Ottoman Istanbul: Architecture of the Unkapanı Landing Square Namık Erkal
Capitalizing on the Urban Fiscal Crisis: Predatory Tax Buyers in 1970s Chicago Andrew W. Kahrl
Building a Moral Metropolis: Philanthropy and City Building in Houston, Texas Thomas C. Henthorn
Origins of the French Bastides Catherine Jean Barrett
“Women and Girls in Jeopardy by His False Testimony”: Charles Dancy, Urban Policing, and Black Women in New York City during the 1920s LaShawn Denise Harris_
“Kid Thugs Are Spreading Terror Through the Streets”: Youth, Crime, and the Expansion of the Juvenile Justice System in Los Angeles, 1973-1980 Max Felker-Kantor
The Farm in the City in the Recent Past: Thoughts on a More Inclusive Urban Historiography Ruth Glasser
The Colors of Loisaida: Embedding Murals in Community Activism Timo Schrader
Review Essays
Making Cities Great Again? Nari Shelekpayev
Great Society, Law and Order Bell Julian Clement
The Origins and Consequences of Our Fossil Fuel Addiction Brian McCammack
Spatialities of Asia: Local Cases, Global Issues Beate Löffler
Nature by Design: Reading Urban Parks as Environmental History Claire Campbell