The Conscience of the Eye
Title | The Conscience of the Eye PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Sennett |
Publisher | Alfred a Knopf Incorporated |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780394571041 |
"Visionary, often brilliant." -Los Angeles Times
The Conscience of the Eye: The Design and Social Life of Cities
Title | The Conscience of the Eye: The Design and Social Life of Cities PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Sennett |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 285 |
Release | 1992-08-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0393346498 |
"Visionary, often brilliant." —Los Angeles Times From the assembly halls of Athens to the Turkish baths of New York's Lower East Side, from eighteenth-century English gardens to the housing projects of Harlem—a study of the physical fabric of the city as a mirror of Western society and culture.
The Urban Condition
Title | The Urban Condition PDF eBook |
Author | Ghent Urban Studies Team |
Publisher | 010 Publishers |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Areas metropolitanas |
ISBN | 9789064503559 |
What does the Western city at the end of the twentieth century look like? How did the modern metropolis of congestion and density turn into a posturban or even postsuburban cityscape? What are edge cities and technoburbs? How has the social composition of cities changed in the postwar era? What do gated communities tell us about social fragmentation? Is public space in the contemporary city being privatized and militarized? How can the urban self still be defined? What role does consumer aestheticism have to play in this? These and many more questions are addressed by this uniquely conceived multidisciplinary study. The Urban Condition seeks to interfere in current debates over the future and interpretation of our urban landscapes by reuniting studies of the city as a physical and material phenomenon and as a cultural and mental (arte)fact. The Ghent Urban Studies Team responsible for the writing and editing of this volume is directed by Kristiaan Versluys and Dirk De Meyer at the University of Ghent, Belgium. It is an interdisciplinary research team of young academics that further consists of Kristiaan Borret, Bart Eeckhout, Steven Jacobs, and Bart Keunen. The collective expertise of GUST ranges from architectural theory, urban planning, and art history to philosophy, literary criticism and cultural theory.
Encyclopedia of Community
Title | Encyclopedia of Community PDF eBook |
Author | DAVID LEVINSON |
Publisher | SAGE |
Pages | 2045 |
Release | 2003-06-30 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0761925988 |
The Encyclopedia of Community is a major four volume reference work that seeks to define one of the most widely researched topics in the behavioural and social sciences. Community itself is a concept, an experience, and a central part of being human. This pioneering major reference work seeks to provide the necessary definitions of community far beyond the traditional views.
The Conscience of the Eye: The Design and Social Life of Cities
Title | The Conscience of the Eye: The Design and Social Life of Cities PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Sennett |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1992-08-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780393308785 |
Sennett's brilliant study of the physical fabric of the city as a mirror of Western society and culture was originally published (cloth) in 1990 by Alfred A. Knopf. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
A Tale Of Two Cities
Title | A Tale Of Two Cities PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Evans |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2002-11-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1134773676 |
A Tale of Two Cities is a study of two major cities, Manchester and Sheffield. Drawing on the work of major theorists, the authors explore the everyday life, making contributions to our understanding of the defining activities of life.
A Tale of Two Cities
Title | A Tale of Two Cities PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Taylor |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 414 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Manchester (England) |
ISBN | 0415138299 |
A Tale of Two Cities is a study of two major cities, Manchester and Sheffield. Drawing on the work of major theorists, the authors explore the everyday life, making contributions to our understanding of the defining activities of life.