ISBN:
0415354528
,
0203001214
,
9780415354523
,
9780203001219
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 254 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Planning, history and environment series
Parallel Title:
Print version Ordinary Places/Extraordinary Events
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Ordinary places, extraordinary events
DDC:
307.76098
Keywords:
Public spaces Case studies Social aspects
;
Public spaces Case studies Political aspects
;
Cities and towns History
;
Lateinamerika
;
Stadt
;
Öffentlicher Raum
;
Historisches Ereignis
;
Geschichte 1980-2008
Abstract:
Clara Irazábal and her contributors explore the urban history of some of Latin America's cities through studies of their public spaces and what has taken place there, revealing contemporary definitions of citizenship and democracy in the Americas
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; The Contributors; Prologue: Ordinary Places, Extraordinary Events in Latin America; Chapter 1 Citizenship, Democracy, and Public Space in Latin America; Chapter 2 Political Appropriation of Public Space: Extraordinary Events in the Zocalo of Mexico City; Chapter 3 Reinventing the Void: Sao Paul's Museum of Art and Public Life along Avenida Paulista; Chapter 4 A Memorable Public Space: The Plaza of the Central Station in Santiago de Chile; Chapter 5 Lima's Historic Centre: Old Places Shaping New Social Arrangements
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 6 The Plaza de Bolívar of Bogotá: Uniqueness of Places, Multiplicity of EventsChapter 7 Space, Revolution and Resistance: Ordinary Places and Extraordinary Events in Caracas; Chapter 8 The Struggle for Urban Territories: Human Rights Activists in Buenos Aires; Chapter 9 Iconic Voids and Social Identity in a Polycentric City: Havana from the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century; Chapter 10 Unresolved Public Expressions of Anti-Trujilloism in Santo Domingo; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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