Main entry:

Boyer, M. Christine.

Title & Author:

The city of collective memory : its historical imagery and architectural entertainments / M. Christine Boyer.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1994.

Description:

x, 560 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-548) and index.
1. The Place of History and Memory in the Contemporary City. 2. City Images and Representational Forms -- pt. 1. Historical Precedents for the City of Collective Memory. 3. The City and the Theater. 4. The Art of Collective Memory. 5. Topographical Travelogues and City Views. 6. Invented Traditions and Cityscapes -- pt. 2. Contemporary Forms of the City of Collective Memory. 7. The Instruments of Memory. 8. Manhattan Montage. 9. The City as Radical Artifice.

Summary:

The City Of Collective Memory is a richly illustrated and documented study that pays considerable attention to the normally hidden and unspoken codes that regulate the order imposed on and derived from the city.

ISBN:

0262023717
9780262023719
9780262522113
026252211X
(hc. ; alk. paper)
9780262023717

Subject:

City planning Psychological aspects.
Architecture Aesthetics.
Urban beautification.
Architecture and society.
Architecture Esthétique.
Architecture et société.
Stedenbouw.
Sociale ideeën.
Psychologische aspecten.
Architectuurtheorieën.
Design urbain Aspect psychologique.
Villes Embellissement.
Architecture Aspect social.
Villes Histoire.
Cities History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 108198
Call No.: ID NA9031.B72; ID:94-B295
Status: Available