In the Metro

by Marc Augé

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Tourists climb the Eiffel Tower to see Paris. Parisians know that to really see the city you must descend into the metro. In this revelatory book, Marc Auge takes readers below Paris in a work that is both an ethnography of the city and a personal narrative. Guiding us through history, memory, and physical space, Auge juxtaposes the romance of the metro with the reality of multiethnic urban France. His work is part autobiography, with impressions...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816634378

ISBN13:9780816634378

Release Date:September 2002

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:152 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.0" x 8.1"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Cultural Engineering Engineering & Transportation Europe France History Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Policy Regional Planning Social Science Social Sciences Sociology Urban Urban Planning & Development

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