The Address Book
Title | The Address Book PDF eBook |
Author | Deirdre Mask |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2020-04-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1250134781 |
Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction | One of Time Magazines's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 | Longlisted for the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards "An entertaining quest to trace the origins and implications of the names of the roads on which we reside." —Sarah Vowell, The New York Times Book Review When most people think about street addresses, if they think of them at all, it is in their capacity to ensure that the postman can deliver mail or a traveler won’t get lost. But street addresses were not invented to help you find your way; they were created to find you. In many parts of the world, your address can reveal your race and class. In this wide-ranging and remarkable book, Deirdre Mask looks at the fate of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., the wayfinding means of ancient Romans, and how Nazis haunt the streets of modern Germany. The flipside of having an address is not having one, and we also see what that means for millions of people today, including those who live in the slums of Kolkata and on the streets of London. Filled with fascinating people and histories, The Address Book illuminates the complex and sometimes hidden stories behind street names and their power to name, to hide, to decide who counts, who doesn’t—and why.
The Address Book
Title | The Address Book PDF eBook |
Author | Sophie Calle |
Publisher | Siglio Press |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780979956294 |
After finding a lost address book, the artist sets out to understand its owner by randomly interviewing contacts to learn more about the personality and past of its owner.
An Address to Christians, Recommending the Distribution of Cheap Religious Tracts
Title | An Address to Christians, Recommending the Distribution of Cheap Religious Tracts PDF eBook |
Author | Beilby Porteus |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1802 |
Genre | Bible |
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An Address to the Younger Clergy and Laity on the Present State of Religion: Being Some Contributions Towards a Defence of the Church of England
Title | An Address to the Younger Clergy and Laity on the Present State of Religion: Being Some Contributions Towards a Defence of the Church of England PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Ewing (Bishop of Argyll and the Isles.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 1865 |
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A True Relation of the Late Case in Convocation, Concerning an Address Proposed to be Presented to Her Majesty Upon the Conclusion of the Peace
Title | A True Relation of the Late Case in Convocation, Concerning an Address Proposed to be Presented to Her Majesty Upon the Conclusion of the Peace PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 1713 |
Genre | Church and state |
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Mechanics' Institutes and Popular Education. An address delivered at the ... Huddersfield Institute, December 13th, 1855
Title | Mechanics' Institutes and Popular Education. An address delivered at the ... Huddersfield Institute, December 13th, 1855 PDF eBook |
Author | Richard DAWES (Dean of Hereford.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1856 |
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An Address to the People of India, on the Death of Mir Syud Mohummed Khan Bahadoor, of Jyess, Late Tehseeldar of Jubbulpore, in Arabic and English
Title | An Address to the People of India, on the Death of Mir Syud Mohummed Khan Bahadoor, of Jyess, Late Tehseeldar of Jubbulpore, in Arabic and English PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Henry Palmer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 1868 |
Genre | Obituaries |
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