The conscience of the eye : the design and social life of cities / Richard Sennett.

Main entry:

Sennett, Richard, 1943-

Title & Author:

The conscience of the eye : the design and social life of cities / Richard Sennett.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1990.

Description:

xiv, 266 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The Conscience of the Eye -- PART ONE: INTERIOR SHADOWS -- The Refuge -- The Neutral City -- PART TWO: THE EYE SEARCHES FOR UNITY -- The Open Window of the 18th Century -- The Unexpected Consequences of Visual Unity -- PART THREE: THE HUMANE CITY -- Exposure -- Streets Full of Life -- Places Full of Time -- PART FOUR: THE ART OF EXPOSURE -- Making Exposed Things -- Centering Oneself.

Summary:

A study of the search for shelter and the fear of exposure to strangers and new experience in Western culture--and how these two concerns have shaped the physical fabric of the city. Explores the development of urban society and structure, from the ancient world to the present.

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ISBN:

0394571045
9780394571041
0393308782
9780393308785

Subject:

City and town life.
City and town life History.
Sociology, Urban.
Public spaces.
Espaces publics.
Sociologie urbaine.
Vie urbaine.
Vie urbaine Histoire.
urban sociology.
71.14 urban society.
Geschichte
Lebensgefühl
Städtebau
Stadscultuur.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 64076
Call No.: ID:91-B1783
Status: Available

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