The City of Collective Memory: Its Historical Imagery and Architectural Entertainments

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Christine Boyer faces head-on the crisis of the city in the late twentieth century, taking us on a fascinating journey through theaters and museums, panoramas and maps, buildings and institutions that are used to construct a new reading of the city as a system of representation, a complex cultural entity. Boyer brings together elements and concepts from geography, critical theory, architecture, literature, and painting in a synthetic and readable...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:026252211X

ISBN13:9780262522113

Release Date:February 1996

Publisher:Mit Press

Length:572 Pages

Weight:2.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 7.0" x 8.9"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Architecture Buildings Humanities Politics & Social Sciences Reference Social Sciences Urban & Land Use Planning

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