Fortress power : hostile designs and the politics of spatial control / Derek S. Denman.

Main entry:

Denman, Derek S., 1985- author .

Title & Author:

Fortress power : hostile designs and the politics of spatial control / Derek S. Denman.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2025]

Description:

223 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Military Fortification : Fortress Architecture and Defense in Depth -- Fortress Cities, Defensible Space, and Policing through Hostile Design -- Designing Border Landscapes and the Necropolitics of Hostile Terrain -- Democratic Fortitude : The Counterlogistics of Barricades and Circulation Struggles -- Speculative Futures of a Fortified Planet.

Summary:

"Focusing on the defensive architecture of bastion fortresses, urban design, and border landscapes, Fortress Power charts the rise of a form of governance grounded in hostility. Detailing how power manifests in everything from city centers to international boundaries, Derek S. Denman presents an insightful investigation of the weaponization of the built environment"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781517917937 pb
151791793X
9781517917920 hc
1517917921
e
9781452973203

Subject:

Fortification History.
Military architecture History.
Boundaries Philosophy.
Boundaries Political aspects.
Architecture militaire Histoire.
Frontières Philosophie.
Frontières Aspect politique.
Fortification

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Hostile designs and the politics of spatial control

Holdings:

Location: Library main 324489
Call No.: 324489
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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