Daniel Knowles Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Midwest correspondent @TheEconomist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC. I write about cities. Buy my book: https://t.co/2jGfnn0t9x
My Blood Runs Crimson: Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
Perrie PattersonDaniel Knowles@MaxPowers56 @FOP7Chicago @Chicago_Police @TheEconomist Just because you can doesn't mean you should
Paperback, 2021
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The Law Relating to Light Railways: Comprising the Light Railways Act, 1896, Together With the Enactments Relating Thereto With Notes and Index: Also
Cyril DoddDaniel Knowles@JonnElledge @SimonTilford Though that said, Coventry is actually a great case study of how Britain did things differently. Like, the big pedestrian plaza and the mall-like walkable city centre is part of the post-war planning that also did the ring road! In America they'd have bulldozed through
Hardcover, 2016
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Black in White Space: The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life
Elijah AndersonDaniel KnowlesElijah Anderson's latest book "Black in White Space", has helped me think about this recently. He makes a very persuasive case for why skin colour still matters and will continue to matter, while also explaining the growing diversity of being black in America
Paperback, 2023
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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
James C. ScottDaniel Knowles@Samfr Also James C Scott, Seeing Like A State. The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa, by Alex de Waal, which is specifically about the Horn but has lessons that apply more widely
Paperback, 2020
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The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa: Money, War and the Business of Power
Alex de WaalDaniel Knowles@Samfr Also James C Scott, Seeing Like A State. The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa, by Alex de Waal, which is specifically about the Horn but has lessons that apply more widely
Hardcover, 2015
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Diaries
George OrwellDaniel KnowlesEarlier tonight I found myself reading George Orwell's diaries from his reporting of Wigan Pier, and it is striking how he basically walked 10-15 miles every day, only occasionally taking buses, from Coventry to Manchester. And I suddenly have an urge to walk a bunch...
Paperback, 2013
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Chicago on the Make: Power and Inequality in a Modern City
Andrew J. DiamondDaniel Knowles@ourmaninchicago @JohnAmdor I have a copy of The South Side I inherited from my predecessor but haven't read it yet. Should add it to the list. Atm on my bedside table, I have @NeilSteinberg's latest that I am still reading in chunks at a time, and Chicago on the Make by Andrew Diamond
Hardcover, 2017
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Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
Jill LeovyDaniel Knowles@JohnKRoman It's honestly insane to me. In "Ghettoside" Jill Leovy writes about homicide detectives being looked down on and it seems... so weird? In British policing (which is hardly without problems!) it is like, the most prestigious job you can have
Paperback, 2015
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