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Imagineering Atlanta

The Politics of Place in the City of Dreams

Imagineering Atlanta( )
Author: Rutheiser, Charles
ISBN:978-1-85984-800-5
Publication Date:Jun 1997
Publisher:Verso Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $60.00
Book Description:

In the age of decentralization, instant communications, and the subordination of locality to the demands of a globalizing market, contemporary cities have taken on place-less or a-geographic characters. They have become phantasmagorical landscapes. Atlanta, argues Charles Rutheiser, is in many ways paradigmatic of this generic urbanism. As such, it provides a fertile ground for investigating the play of culture, power and place within a "non-place urban realm." Rutheiser uses the...
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Book Details
Pages:334
Detailed Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, Ms, Nc, Sc, Tn, Va, Wv)
Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):4.953 x 7.917 x 0.039 Inches
Book Weight:1.25 Pounds



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