Abstract from the distributor:
This paper considers the work of one of Indonesia’s most prominent contemporary writers, Seno Gumira Ajidarma. In this paper, I look at how Seno’s writing over the last 30 years traces and documents changes…
Abstract from the publisher: This book explores the politics of place marketing and the process of ‘urban reinvention’ in Berlin between 1989 and 2011. In the context of the dramatic socio-economic restructuring processes, changes in…
Abstract from the publisher : This book considers twentieth and twenty-first century literary and cultural formations of the postcolonial city and the constitution of new subjects within it. Varma offers a reading of both historical and…
Abstract from the publisher :
- The companion to Phaidon’s popular The Endless City, with the same mix of smart writing, remarkable photographs and incisive data on the field of urban development and its related disciplines
- An authoritative…
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Entre 1858 et 1868, le baron Haussmann charge le photographe Charles Marville d’immortaliser les transformations de Paris bouleversé par les gigantesques travaux d’urbanisation…
Présentation par l'éditeur :
En 1853, Haussmann est nommé préfet de la Seine. Sa mission : reconstruire sur elle-même la vieille capitale du Second Empire. Deux ans plus tard, alors que le formidable chantier…
Abstract from the publisher :
In this small, but sharply-pointed book, renowned theorist Sanford Kwinter addresses the sometimes subtle, sometimes brutal transformations that characterized the modernization processes set into motion at the turn of…
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Le chaos ou le développement durable, voici l'alternative à laquelle est confrontée ce XXIe siècle. L'urgence est encore plus prégnante pour les métropoles.
Cet…
Présentation par l'éditeur :
1989. Les coups de pioches répondent au violoncelle de Rostropovitch. Une marée humaine déferle sur la porte de Brandebourg. Ces images de liesse gravées dans les mémoires…
Abstract from the publisher :
One in every ten people lived in urban areas a century ago. Now, for the first time ever, most people live in cities. By 2050, the United Nations projects, almost three-quarters of the world's population will call…
Extract from the introduction by Marco Bontje :
After the conference, the participants have been asked to write a book contribution based on their presentations... While all contributions to this volume have been written by researchers from…