Governing by Design: Architecture, Economy, and Politics in the Twentieth Century
(Part of the Culture, Politics, and the Built Environment Series)
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Governing by Design offers a unique perspective on twentieth-century architectural history. It disputes the primacy placed on individuals in the design and planning process and instead looks to the larger influences of politics, culture, economics, and globalization to uncover the roots of how our built environment evolves. In these chapters, historians offer their analysis on design as a vehicle for power and as a mediator of social currents. Power...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822961784
ISBN13:9780822961789
Release Date:April 2012
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:300 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"
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