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This book brings the history of the geosciences and world cosmologies together, exploring many traditions, including Chinese, Pacific, Islamic, South and Southeast Asian conceptions of the earth’s origin and makeup. Together the chapters ask: How have different ideas about the sacred, animate, and earthly changed modern environmental sciences? How have different world(...)
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This book brings the history of the geosciences and world cosmologies together, exploring many traditions, including Chinese, Pacific, Islamic, South and Southeast Asian conceptions of the earth’s origin and makeup. Together the chapters ask: How have different ideas about the sacred, animate, and earthly changed modern environmental sciences? How have different world(...)
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Environment and environmental theory
Environment and environmental theory
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November 2023
November 2023
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New earth histories: Geo-cosmologies and the making of the modern world
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This book brings the history of the geosciences and world cosmologies together, exploring many traditions, including Chinese, Pacific, Islamic, South and Southeast Asian conceptions of the earth’s origin and makeup. Together the chapters ask: How have different ideas about the sacred, animate, and earthly changed modern environmental sciences? How have different world traditions understood human and geological origins? How does the inclusion of multiple cosmologies change the meaning of the Anthropocene and the global climate crisis? By carefully examining these questions, ''New earth histories'' sets an ambitious agenda for how we think about the earth. The chapters consider debates about the age and structure of the earth, how humans and earth systems interact, and how empire has been conceived in multiple traditions. The methods the authors deploy are diverse—from cultural history and visual and material studies to ethnography, geography, and Indigenous studies—and the effect is to highlight how earth knowledge emerged from historically specific situations. ''New earth histories'' provides both a framework for studying science at a global scale and fascinating examples to educate as well as inspire future work. Essential reading for students and scholars of earth science history, environmental humanities, history of science and religion, and science and empire.
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This book brings the history of the geosciences and world cosmologies together, exploring many traditions, including Chinese, Pacific, Islamic, South and Southeast Asian conceptions of the earth’s origin and makeup. Together the chapters ask: How have different ideas about the sacred, animate, and earthly changed modern environmental sciences? How have different world traditions understood human and geological origins? How does the inclusion of multiple cosmologies change the meaning of the Anthropocene and the global climate crisis? By carefully examining these questions, ''New earth histories'' sets an ambitious agenda for how we think about the earth. The chapters consider debates about the age and structure of the earth, how humans and earth systems interact, and how empire has been conceived in multiple traditions. The methods the authors deploy are diverse—from cultural history and visual and material studies to ethnography, geography, and Indigenous studies—and the effect is to highlight how earth knowledge emerged from historically specific situations. ''New earth histories'' provides both a framework for studying science at a global scale and fascinating examples to educate as well as inspire future work. Essential reading for students and scholars of earth science history, environmental humanities, history of science and religion, and science and empire.
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November 2023
November 2023
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Environment and environmental theory
Environment and environmental theory
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In the mid-nineteenth century, Napoleon III and his prefect, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, adapted Paris to the requirements of industrial capitalism, endowing the old city with elegant boulevards, an enhanced water supply, modern sewers, and public greenery. Esther da Costa Meyer provides a major reassessment of this ambitious project, which resulted in widespread(...)
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In the mid-nineteenth century, Napoleon III and his prefect, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, adapted Paris to the requirements of industrial capitalism, endowing the old city with elegant boulevards, an enhanced water supply, modern sewers, and public greenery. Esther da Costa Meyer provides a major reassessment of this ambitious project, which resulted in widespread(...)
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Dividing Paris: Urban renewal and social inequality 1852-1870
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In the mid-nineteenth century, Napoleon III and his prefect, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, adapted Paris to the requirements of industrial capitalism, endowing the old city with elegant boulevards, an enhanced water supply, modern sewers, and public greenery. Esther da Costa Meyer provides a major reassessment of this ambitious project, which resulted in widespread destruction in the historic center, displacing thousands of poor residents and polarizing the urban fabric. Drawing on newspapers, memoirs, and other archival materials, da Costa Meyer explores how people from different social strata?both women and men?experienced the urban reforms implemented by the Second Empire. As hundreds of tenements were destroyed to make way for upscale apartment buildings, thousands of impoverished residents were forced to the periphery, which lacked the services enjoyed by wealthier parts of the city. Challenging the idea of Paris as the capital of modernity, da Costa Meyer shows how the city was the hub of a sprawling colonial empire extending from the Caribbean to Asia, and exposes the underlying violence that enriched it at the expense of overseas territories. This book brings to light the contributions of those who actually built and maintained the impressive infrastructure of Paris, and reveals the consequences of colonial practices for the city's cultural, economic, and political life.
Dividing Paris: Urban renewal and social inequality 1852-1870
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In the mid-nineteenth century, Napoleon III and his prefect, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, adapted Paris to the requirements of industrial capitalism, endowing the old city with elegant boulevards, an enhanced water supply, modern sewers, and public greenery. Esther da Costa Meyer provides a major reassessment of this ambitious project, which resulted in widespread destruction in the historic center, displacing thousands of poor residents and polarizing the urban fabric. Drawing on newspapers, memoirs, and other archival materials, da Costa Meyer explores how people from different social strata?both women and men?experienced the urban reforms implemented by the Second Empire. As hundreds of tenements were destroyed to make way for upscale apartment buildings, thousands of impoverished residents were forced to the periphery, which lacked the services enjoyed by wealthier parts of the city. Challenging the idea of Paris as the capital of modernity, da Costa Meyer shows how the city was the hub of a sprawling colonial empire extending from the Caribbean to Asia, and exposes the underlying violence that enriched it at the expense of overseas territories. This book brings to light the contributions of those who actually built and maintained the impressive infrastructure of Paris, and reveals the consequences of colonial practices for the city's cultural, economic, and political life.
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February 2022
February 2022
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Les nouvelles technologies recomposent le monde selon leur propre logique, celle de la performance et de l’efficacité. Elles renforcent le règne de la compétition et l’exigence d’aller toujours plus vite, de se mobiliser intégralement pour son entreprise et sur les « réseaux sociaux », d’être capable de s’adapter à toutes les évolutions technoculturelles, sous peine(...)
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Les nouvelles technologies recomposent le monde selon leur propre logique, celle de la performance et de l’efficacité. Elles renforcent le règne de la compétition et l’exigence d’aller toujours plus vite, de se mobiliser intégralement pour son entreprise et sur les « réseaux sociaux », d’être capable de s’adapter à toutes les évolutions technoculturelles, sous peine(...)
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L'empire du numérique: comment internet et les nouvelles technologies ont colonisé nos vies
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Les nouvelles technologies recomposent le monde selon leur propre logique, celle de la performance et de l’efficacité. Elles renforcent le règne de la compétition et l’exigence d’aller toujours plus vite, de se mobiliser intégralement pour son entreprise et sur les « réseaux sociaux », d’être capable de s’adapter à toutes les évolutions technoculturelles, sous peine d’être exclu. L’Homme numérique croit avoir trouvé l’autonomie en se débarrassant des pesanteurs du vieux monde matériel. « Enfin libre! », dit-il, alors qu’au contraire, il dépend de plus en plus de dispositifs technoscientifiques. Pour rester dans la course et tenter de maîtriser un réel qui lui échappe, il multiplie les machines. Mais ce sont elles qui désormais le possèdent.
L'empire du numérique: comment internet et les nouvelles technologies ont colonisé nos vies
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Les nouvelles technologies recomposent le monde selon leur propre logique, celle de la performance et de l’efficacité. Elles renforcent le règne de la compétition et l’exigence d’aller toujours plus vite, de se mobiliser intégralement pour son entreprise et sur les « réseaux sociaux », d’être capable de s’adapter à toutes les évolutions technoculturelles, sous peine d’être exclu. L’Homme numérique croit avoir trouvé l’autonomie en se débarrassant des pesanteurs du vieux monde matériel. « Enfin libre! », dit-il, alors qu’au contraire, il dépend de plus en plus de dispositifs technoscientifiques. Pour rester dans la course et tenter de maîtriser un réel qui lui échappe, il multiplie les machines. Mais ce sont elles qui désormais le possèdent.
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October 2014
October 2014
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Immeuble qui demeura «le plus grand et le plus haut du monde» pendant 40 ans, l'Empire State Building fut, en son temps, l'opération immobilière de tous les records : 16 mois de chantier pour 200.000 m2 et 380 m de haut. Un article de Fortune en 1930 le décrit comme «un prisme bizarrement taillé, délimité d’un côté par 7.800 m2 de terrain et plafonné de l’autre par un(...)
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Immeuble qui demeura «le plus grand et le plus haut du monde» pendant 40 ans, l'Empire State Building fut, en son temps, l'opération immobilière de tous les records : 16 mois de chantier pour 200.000 m2 et 380 m de haut. Un article de Fortune en 1930 le décrit comme «un prisme bizarrement taillé, délimité d’un côté par 7.800 m2 de terrain et plafonné de l’autre par un(...)
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Form follows finance : l'Empire State Building et les forces qui l'ont façonné
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Immeuble qui demeura «le plus grand et le plus haut du monde» pendant 40 ans, l'Empire State Building fut, en son temps, l'opération immobilière de tous les records : 16 mois de chantier pour 200.000 m2 et 380 m de haut. Un article de Fortune en 1930 le décrit comme «un prisme bizarrement taillé, délimité d’un côté par 7.800 m2 de terrain et plafonné de l’autre par un budget de 35 millions de dollars ; les autres facettes en [sont] : la loi de décroissance des rendements, celles des caractéristiques physiques des structures en acier, les exigences des ordonnances du zonage et une mise à disposition locative au 1er mai 1931». Malgré son statut d'exception, Carol Willis montre que le mastodonte répondait aussi à une règle architecturale bien américaine – selon laquelle la forme suit (d'abord)... son financement.
Form follows finance : l'Empire State Building et les forces qui l'ont façonné
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Immeuble qui demeura «le plus grand et le plus haut du monde» pendant 40 ans, l'Empire State Building fut, en son temps, l'opération immobilière de tous les records : 16 mois de chantier pour 200.000 m2 et 380 m de haut. Un article de Fortune en 1930 le décrit comme «un prisme bizarrement taillé, délimité d’un côté par 7.800 m2 de terrain et plafonné de l’autre par un budget de 35 millions de dollars ; les autres facettes en [sont] : la loi de décroissance des rendements, celles des caractéristiques physiques des structures en acier, les exigences des ordonnances du zonage et une mise à disposition locative au 1er mai 1931». Malgré son statut d'exception, Carol Willis montre que le mastodonte répondait aussi à une règle architecturale bien américaine – selon laquelle la forme suit (d'abord)... son financement.
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November 2012
November 2012
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Architectural Theory
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The Soviet Union has left a vast heritage in interior design that is largely unknown in the West. Other than architecture and graphic or product design, interior design from the Soviet era has not yet been thoroughly investigated. This publication offers a comprehensive survey of the country's interior design culture between revolutionary avant-garde and late Soviet(...)
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The Soviet Union has left a vast heritage in interior design that is largely unknown in the West. Other than architecture and graphic or product design, interior design from the Soviet era has not yet been thoroughly investigated. This publication offers a comprehensive survey of the country's interior design culture between revolutionary avant-garde and late Soviet(...)
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Design, Periods and Styles
Design, Periods and Styles
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April 2020
April 2020
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Soviet design: from Constructivism to Modernism, 1920-1980
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The Soviet Union has left a vast heritage in interior design that is largely unknown in the West. Other than architecture and graphic or product design, interior design from the Soviet era has not yet been thoroughly investigated. This publication offers a comprehensive survey of the country's interior design culture between revolutionary avant-garde and late Soviet modernism. Drawing on archives that were inaccessible until recently and featuring a wealth of previously unpublished material, it documents the achievements of seven decades in the former socialist empire.
Soviet design: from Constructivism to Modernism, 1920-1980
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The Soviet Union has left a vast heritage in interior design that is largely unknown in the West. Other than architecture and graphic or product design, interior design from the Soviet era has not yet been thoroughly investigated. This publication offers a comprehensive survey of the country's interior design culture between revolutionary avant-garde and late Soviet modernism. Drawing on archives that were inaccessible until recently and featuring a wealth of previously unpublished material, it documents the achievements of seven decades in the former socialist empire.
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April 2020
April 2020
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Design, Periods and Styles
Design, Periods and Styles
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Alfred Stieglitz: New york
Alfred Stieglitz: New york
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Stieglitz witnessed a key period in New York’s history when the city suddenly transformed into a modern metropolis. As a child, he grew up in an upper Fifth Avenue brownstone still surrounded by empty lots and dirt roads. Naturally, he was fascinated by the monumental buildings rising around him, and you can sense his wonder in these images. Among the classic buildings he(...)
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Stieglitz witnessed a key period in New York’s history when the city suddenly transformed into a modern metropolis. As a child, he grew up in an upper Fifth Avenue brownstone still surrounded by empty lots and dirt roads. Naturally, he was fascinated by the monumental buildings rising around him, and you can sense his wonder in these images. Among the classic buildings he(...)
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Alfred Stieglitz: New york
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Stieglitz witnessed a key period in New York’s history when the city suddenly transformed into a modern metropolis. As a child, he grew up in an upper Fifth Avenue brownstone still surrounded by empty lots and dirt roads. Naturally, he was fascinated by the monumental buildings rising around him, and you can sense his wonder in these images. Among the classic buildings he so artfully captured here are the (now demolished) Madison Square Gardens, the Flatiron, Rockefeller Center, the Waldorf Astoria, the Chrysler, and the Empire State.
Alfred Stieglitz: New york
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Stieglitz witnessed a key period in New York’s history when the city suddenly transformed into a modern metropolis. As a child, he grew up in an upper Fifth Avenue brownstone still surrounded by empty lots and dirt roads. Naturally, he was fascinated by the monumental buildings rising around him, and you can sense his wonder in these images. Among the classic buildings he so artfully captured here are the (now demolished) Madison Square Gardens, the Flatiron, Rockefeller Center, the Waldorf Astoria, the Chrysler, and the Empire State.
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October 2010
October 2010
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Photography monographs
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Analyzing the evolution of the Roman amphitheatre as an architectural form, Katherine Welch addresses the critical period in the history of this building type. She covers the origins and dissemination under the Republic (from the third to first centuries BC); monumentalization as an architectural form under Augustus; and canonization as a building type with the Colosseum(...)
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Analyzing the evolution of the Roman amphitheatre as an architectural form, Katherine Welch addresses the critical period in the history of this building type. She covers the origins and dissemination under the Republic (from the third to first centuries BC); monumentalization as an architectural form under Augustus; and canonization as a building type with the Colosseum(...)
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The roman amphitheatre : From its origins to the colosseum
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Analyzing the evolution of the Roman amphitheatre as an architectural form, Katherine Welch addresses the critical period in the history of this building type. She covers the origins and dissemination under the Republic (from the third to first centuries BC); monumentalization as an architectural form under Augustus; and canonization as a building type with the Colosseum (AD 80). The study then focuses on the reception of the amphitheatre in the Greek East, a part of the Empire strongly divided about the new realities of Roman rule.
The roman amphitheatre : From its origins to the colosseum
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Analyzing the evolution of the Roman amphitheatre as an architectural form, Katherine Welch addresses the critical period in the history of this building type. She covers the origins and dissemination under the Republic (from the third to first centuries BC); monumentalization as an architectural form under Augustus; and canonization as a building type with the Colosseum (AD 80). The study then focuses on the reception of the amphitheatre in the Greek East, a part of the Empire strongly divided about the new realities of Roman rule.
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December 2003, Cambridge
December 2003, Cambridge
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History until 1900
History until 1900
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335 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2008.
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The dawn of the color photograph : Albert Kahn's Archives of the Planet / David Okuefuna.
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The dawn of the color photograph : Albert Kahn's Archives of the Planet / David Okuefuna.
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Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2008.
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Part of an accessibly written and generously illustrated series on architecture through the ages, this book features modern architecture's most important architects and buildings, interior and exterior photographs, detailed images, drawings and plans. A style driven by huge technological advances, modernism is architecture's most diverse period. It encompasses buildings(...)
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Part of an accessibly written and generously illustrated series on architecture through the ages, this book features modern architecture's most important architects and buildings, interior and exterior photographs, detailed images, drawings and plans. A style driven by huge technological advances, modernism is architecture's most diverse period. It encompasses buildings(...)
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The story of modern architecture
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Part of an accessibly written and generously illustrated series on architecture through the ages, this book features modern architecture's most important architects and buildings, interior and exterior photographs, detailed images, drawings and plans. A style driven by huge technological advances, modernism is architecture's most diverse period. It encompasses buildings as varied as the Sydney Opera House and the Empire State skyscraper. This volume helps readers sort through the numerous movements, schools of design, and architectural styles of Modernism. Chronologically arranged, it includes some of twentieth century's most exciting buildings.
The story of modern architecture
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Part of an accessibly written and generously illustrated series on architecture through the ages, this book features modern architecture's most important architects and buildings, interior and exterior photographs, detailed images, drawings and plans. A style driven by huge technological advances, modernism is architecture's most diverse period. It encompasses buildings as varied as the Sydney Opera House and the Empire State skyscraper. This volume helps readers sort through the numerous movements, schools of design, and architectural styles of Modernism. Chronologically arranged, it includes some of twentieth century's most exciting buildings.
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March 2012
March 2012
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Modernism
Modernism
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As oil prices soar and suburbs continue to sprawl, Grescoe hits the commuter road in a global quest to understand and illuminate the challenges of the post-automobile age. Straphanger offers a global tour of alternatives to car-based living, told through encounters with bicycle commuters, subway engineers, idealistic mayors and disillusioned trolley campaigners.(...)
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As oil prices soar and suburbs continue to sprawl, Grescoe hits the commuter road in a global quest to understand and illuminate the challenges of the post-automobile age. Straphanger offers a global tour of alternatives to car-based living, told through encounters with bicycle commuters, subway engineers, idealistic mayors and disillusioned trolley campaigners.(...)
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Straphanger: saving our cities and ourselves from the automobile
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As oil prices soar and suburbs continue to sprawl, Grescoe hits the commuter road in a global quest to understand and illuminate the challenges of the post-automobile age. Straphanger offers a global tour of alternatives to car-based living, told through encounters with bicycle commuters, subway engineers, idealistic mayors and disillusioned trolley campaigners. Along the way, Grescoe meets libertarian apologists for the automobile, urbanists who defend suburban sprawl, champions of buses, rapid transit and light rail, and planners fighting to liberate cities from the empire of the automobile.
Straphanger: saving our cities and ourselves from the automobile
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As oil prices soar and suburbs continue to sprawl, Grescoe hits the commuter road in a global quest to understand and illuminate the challenges of the post-automobile age. Straphanger offers a global tour of alternatives to car-based living, told through encounters with bicycle commuters, subway engineers, idealistic mayors and disillusioned trolley campaigners. Along the way, Grescoe meets libertarian apologists for the automobile, urbanists who defend suburban sprawl, champions of buses, rapid transit and light rail, and planners fighting to liberate cities from the empire of the automobile.
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April 2012
April 2012
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Transportation, Tourism, Migration
Transportation, Tourism, Migration
