Main entry:

Graeber, David, author.

Title & Author:

Cities made differently / David Graeber and Nika Dubrovsky.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2025]

Description:

119 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

The made differently series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Flying city : it's in the air -- The city that always sleeps : machines do the living for you -- City in the clouds : scholars control the ones below -- Military town : machine city for perfect soldiers -- City of freedom : people are smart and know how to run things -- The city of play : play is freedom -- City of greed : too much is never enough -- City as a family : no more strangers -- City in the desert : they made it -- Sanctuary city : where there's a place for everyone -- Leader city : safety first -- City of the watched : ready or not, here we come! -- Transparent city : no secrets, no crimes -- City of masks : reinvent yourself! -- Invisible city : a fantasy of total control -- Solitude city : privacy is a privilege -- One-man city : you are the one -- Ghost town : at first sight deserted -- City of runners : only one comes in first -- Underground city : under the radar -- City in the ocean : the only law they obey is their own -- City of punishment : they know how to keep you in line -- Trash city : sorting the refuse of others -- Noah's Ark : one house for the whole earth -- Model city : city as showcase -- City under siege : stay human -- Sun city : leave it to the experts -- School city : live and learn -- City of care : no one is an island -- Afterword. How doing things alone became doing things together.

Summary:

"This is a book about cities - how unexpectedly different they were in various countries and times, and cities that never existed, but someone dreamed of them or feared them. The project uses examples from a wide spectrum of different cultures, it researches the existential and universal question of what means to be human - as a child and as an adult - in order to explore the diversity of how people live globally and throughout history"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780262549332 paperback
0262549336 paperback
electronic book
9780262380089
9780262380096

Subject:

Cities and towns.
Sociology, Urban.
Villes.
Sociologie urbaine.
cities.
urban sociology.

Added entries:

Dubrovsky, Nika, 1967- author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 320558
Call No.: 320558
Copy: 1
Status: Available