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This book is the story of dramatic but unforeseen urban sights: how financial capital spawns empty towering skyscrapers and hollowed-out ghettoes; how the zoning of once-illicit sexual practices in marginal areas of the city results in the reinvention of culturally vibrant gay villages; how abandoned factories have been repurposed as creative hubs in a precarious postindustrial economy. It is also the story of how popular urban clichés and the fictional portrayal of cities powerfully shape the way we read and see the bricks, concrete and glass that surround us.
Thought-provoking and original, Why Cities Look the Way They Do will appeal to anyone who wants to understand the contemporary city, shedding new light on humanity's greatest collective invention.
This book is the story of dramatic but unforeseen urban sights: how financial capital spawns empty towering skyscrapers and hollowed-out ghettoes; how the zoning of once-illicit sexual practices in marginal areas of the city results in the reinvention of culturally vibrant gay villages; how abandoned factories have been repurposed as creative hubs in a precarious postindustrial economy. It is also the story of how popular urban clichés and the fictional portrayal of cities powerfully shape the way we read and see the bricks, concrete and glass that surround us.
Thought-provoking and original, Why Cities Look the Way They Do will appeal to anyone who wants to understand the contemporary city, shedding new light on humanity's greatest collective invention.
Richard J. Williams is Professor of Contemporary Visual Culture at the University of Edinburgh.
1. Introduction
2. Money
3. Power
4. Sex
5. Work
6. War
7. Culture
8. Conclusion
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Geografie |
| Genre: | Geowissenschaften |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 192 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780745691817 |
| ISBN-10: | 0745691811 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 1A745691810 |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Williams, Richard J |
| Hersteller: | Polity Press |
| Maße: | 216 x 139 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Richard J Williams |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 10.06.2019 |
| Gewicht: | 0,328 kg |
Richard J. Williams is Professor of Contemporary Visual Culture at the University of Edinburgh.
1. Introduction
2. Money
3. Power
4. Sex
5. Work
6. War
7. Culture
8. Conclusion
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Geografie |
| Genre: | Geowissenschaften |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 192 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780745691817 |
| ISBN-10: | 0745691811 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 1A745691810 |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Williams, Richard J |
| Hersteller: | Polity Press |
| Maße: | 216 x 139 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Richard J Williams |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 10.06.2019 |
| Gewicht: | 0,328 kg |
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