Skateboarding, Space and the City: Architecture and the Body

by Iain Borden

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Skateboarders are an increasingly common feature of the urban environment - recent estimates total 40 million world-wide. We are all aware of their often extraordinary talent and manoeuvres on the city streets. This book is the first detailed study of the urban phenomenon of skateboarding. It looks at skateboarding history from the surf-beaches of California in the 1950s, through the purpose-built skateparks of the 1970s, to the street-skating of...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:185973488X

ISBN13:9781859734889

Release Date:April 2001

Publisher:Berg Publishers

Length:318 Pages

Weight:1.59 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

Architecture Arts, Music & Photography City Planning & Urban Development Geography Human Geography Humanities Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Policy

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