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UNINA9910451729703321 |
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Titolo |
Urban theory beyond the West : a world of cities / / edited by Tim Edensor and Mark Jayne |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-85119-9 |
1-136-62976-9 |
0-203-80286-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvii, 382 p. ) : ill., maps |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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EdensorTim <1957-> |
JayneMark <1970-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Urbanization - Philosophy |
City planning - Philosophy |
Urban geography |
Political geography |
Political ecology |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction: Urban Theory Beyond 'the West' Part 1: De-Centring the City 2. No Longer the Subaltern: Refiguring Cities of the Global South 3. China Exceptionalism? Unbounding Narratives on Urban China 4. Urban Theory beyond the 'East/West Divide'? Cities and Urban Research in Postsocialist Europe 5. Urbanism, Colonialism, and Subalternity Part 2: Order/Disorder 6. Governing Cities without States? Rethinking Urban Political Theories in Asia 7. Public Parks in the Americas: New York City and Buenos Aires 8. An Illness Called Managua: 'Extraordinary' Urbanisation and 'Mal- Development' in Nicaragua 9. The Concept of Privacy and Space in Kurdish Cities 10. The Networked City: Popular Modernizers and Urban Transformation in Morelia, Mexico, 1880-1955 Part 3: Mobilities 11. Distinctly Delhi: Affect and Exclusion in a Crowded City 12. Shanghai Borderlands: The Rise of a New Urbanity? 13. Contemporary Urban Culture in Latin America: Everyday Life in Santiago, Chile 14. Urban (Im)mobility: Public Encounters in Dubai Part |
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4: Imaginaries 15. Reality Tours: Experiencing the 'Real Thing' in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas 16. Modern Warfare and Theorization of the Middle Eastern City 17. Reading Thai Community: Reformation and Fragmentation 18. Urban Political Ecology in the Global South: Everyday Environmental Struggles of Home in Managua, Nicaragua 19. Spectral Kinshasa: Building the City through an Architecture of Words 20. Afterword: A World of Cities |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Since the late 18th century, academic engagement with political, economic, social, cultural and spatial changes in our cities has been dominated by theoretical frameworks crafted with reference to just a small number of cities. This book extends the study to cities outside the West. |
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