ISBN:
9780812245615
Language:
English
Pages:
XVI, 245 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
1. ed.
Series Statement:
Architecture, technology, culture
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Rethinking the American City
DDC:
720.973/09051
Keywords:
City planning History 21st century
;
Cities and towns History 21st century
;
Architecture and society History 21st century
;
City planning / History / 21st century / United States Cities and towns / History / 21st century / United States
;
Architecture and society / History / 21st century / United States
;
Architecture and society
;
Cities and towns
;
City planning / United States / History
;
Stadt
;
Städtebau
;
Städtische Gesellschaft
;
Globalisierung
;
Stadtforschung
;
USA
;
USA
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
USA
;
Stadt
;
Gesellschaft
;
Städtebau
;
Globalisierung
;
USA
;
Stadtforschung
Abstract:
Whether struggling in the wake of postindustrial decay or reinventing themselves with new technologies and populations, cities have once again moved to the center of intellectual and political concern. Rethinking the American City brings together leading scholars from a range of disciplines to examine an array of topics that illuminate the past, present, and future of cities.Rethinking the American City offers a lively and fascinating survey of contemporary thinking about cities in a transnational context. Utilizing an innovative format, each chapter opens with an iconic image and includes a brief and provocative essay on a single topic followed by an extended dialogue among all the essayists. Topics range from energy use, design, and digital media to transportation systems and housing to public art, urban ruins, and futurist visions. By engaging with key contemporary concerns—public and private space, sustainability, ethnic and racial divisions, and technology—this volume illuminates how global society has imagined American urban life.Contributors: Klaus Benesch, Dolores Hayden, David M. Lubin, Malcolm McCullough, Jeffrey L. Meikle, David E. Nye, Miles Orvell, Andrew Ross, Mabel O. Wilson, Albena Yaneva.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
