"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.
"A fascinating account of the various kinds of manipulated but very real places in America today, this book is a model of cultural richness, strong critique, and vibrant history." --Gwendolyn Wright, author of Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America
"These witty and properly outraged essays are the best introduction I know to worsening urban scene from sea to poisoned sea. Clarifying and terrifying by turns, they don't let you off with any happy ending. This is the Blade Runner of urban analysis, the rapier at the end of the window, the autopsy of a future already over--unless, perhaps, everyone who loves cities reads this book." --Todd Gitlin, author of The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage
"This is a scathing indictment of visual image and power. It shows the American landscape turned inside out: the conviction that all places are the same, that we are in constant movement to get there, that our search for authority and authenticity in the built environment winds up excluding others and buying into a visual theme." --Sharon Zuckin, author of Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disney World
America's cities are being rapidly transformed by a sinister and homogenous design. A new Kind of urbanism--manipulative, dispersed, and hostile to traditional public space--is emerging both at the heart and at the edge of town in megamalls, corporate enclaves, gentrified zones, and psuedo-historic marketplaces. If anything can be described as a paradigm for these places, it's the theme park, an apparently benign environment in which all is structured to achieve maximum control and in which the idea of authentic interaction among citizens has been thoroughly purged. In this bold collection, eight of our leading urbanists and architectural critics explore the emblematic sites of this new cityscape--from Silicon Valley to Epcot Center, South Street Seaport to downtown Los Angeles--and reveal their disturbing implications for American public life.
"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.
Gastos de envío:
GRATIS
A Estados Unidos de America
Descripción Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. Variations on a Theme Park: The New American City and the End of Public Space 0.8. Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: BBS-9780374523145
Descripción Condición: New. Nº de ref. del artículo: 468826-n
Descripción Condición: New. Nº de ref. del artículo: ABLIING23Feb2215580168490
Descripción Paperback. Condición: New. Brand New! This item is printed on demand. Nº de ref. del artículo: 0374523142
Descripción Condición: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition. Nº de ref. del artículo: bk0374523142xvz189zvxnew
Descripción Condición: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Nº de ref. del artículo: 353-0374523142-new
Descripción Condición: New. Nº de ref. del artículo: I-9780374523145
Descripción Condición: New. . Nº de ref. del artículo: 52GZZZ00XLGH_ns
Descripción Paperback. Condición: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Nº de ref. del artículo: Holz_New_0374523142
Descripción PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Nº de ref. del artículo: IQ-9780374523145