1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449734803321

Autore

Madsen Peter

Titolo

The Urban Lifeworld [[electronic resource] ] : Formation Perception Representation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2001

ISBN

1-134-56774-X

1-280-13940-4

0-203-99687-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PlunzRichard

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

City and town life

Copenhagen

Denmark

New York

New York (State)

City and town life in art

City and town life in literature

Intellectual life

Popular culture

Communities - Urban Groups

Sociology & Social History

Social Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 City: Culture: Nature; 2 Framing the Urban Development; 3 The Layered City; 4 Copenhagen; 5 Spotting Modern Copenhagen; 6 Midtown Manhattan at Midcentury; 7 Permeable Boundaries; 8 The Machine in the City; 9 Imaging New York; 10 Four Ways of Overlooking Copenhagen in Steen Eiler Rasmussen; 11 The Ashcan Artists; 12 Imagined Urbanity; 13 Urban Life as Entertainment; 14 The Double Erasure of Times Square; 14 The Double Erasure of Times Square; 15 The Musical (Theater) as Equipment for



Urban Living; 16 Jenny Holzer and Barbara Kruger at Times Square

Index

Sommario/riassunto

Urban conditions are crucial to our experience of modernity, and, as reflected by art, literature and popular  culture, have influenced contemporary ideas of what urban life is about.The Urban Lifeworld contributes to our understanding of the cultural role of cities by offering new insight into the analysis of urban experience. Two exceptional cities, New York and Copenhagen, are the focus of this exploration of cultural representations of urban life, which investigates the contrasts between perceptions and formation of the urban lifeworld.Integrating sociological, aesthetic a

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960800403321

Autore

Churchman Suzanne L

Titolo

Bringing math home : a parent's guide to elementary school math : games + activities + projects / / Suzanne L. Churchman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Ill., : Zephyr Press, c2006

ISBN

1-56976-688-6

1-56976-218-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Classificazione

EDU029010

Disciplina

372.7

Soggetti

Mathematics - Study and teaching (Elementary)

Mathematics

Mathematical recreations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Numbers and operations -- Algebra -- Geometry -- Measurement -- Data analysis and probability -- Problem solving -- Reasoning and proof -- Communication -- Connections -- Representation.

Sommario/riassunto

This ultimate parents' guide to elementary school math features projects, games, and activities children and parents can do together to increase their understanding of basic math concepts. Fun activities such as mapping a child's bedroom for practice in measurements or



keeping a diary of numeric items like vacation mileage and expenses reinforce the math skills outlined in each lesson. Using the standards issued by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics as a foundation, this book covers both content and process standards for areas such as algebra, geometry, measurement, problem s