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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789394703321

Autore

Lefebvre Henri <1901-1991.>

Titolo

The urban revolution / / Henri Lefebvre ; translated by Robert Bononno ; foreword by Neil Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , [2003]

©2003

ISBN

1-4529-4373-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BononnoRobert

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Cities and towns

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: La révolution urbaine.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

From the city to urban society -- Blind field -- The urban phenomenon -- Levels and dimensions -- Urban myths and ideologies -- Urban form -- Toward an urban strategy -- The urban illusion -- Urban society.

Sommario/riassunto

Originally published in 1970, The Urban Revolution marked Henri Lefebvre's first sustained critique of urban society, a work in which he pioneered the use of semiotic, structuralist, and poststructuralist methodologies in analyzing the development of the urban environment. Although it is widely considered a foundational book in contemporary thinking about the city, The Urban Revolution has never been translated into English-until now. This first English edition, deftly translated by Robert Bononno, makes available to a broad audience Lefebvre's sophisticated insights into the urban dimensions