1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990006489930403321

Autore

Niane, Djibril Tamsir <1932- >

Titolo

Recherches sur l'Empire du Mali au moyen age : suivi de Mise en place des populations de la Haute-Guinee / DjibrilTamsir Niane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris : Presence Africaine, 1975

Descrizione fisica

112 p. 18 cm

Disciplina

966

Locazione

FSPBC

Collocazione

XIV E 2918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000181640203316

Autore

Naylor, Arch W.

Titolo

Linear operator theory in engineering and science / Arch W. Naylor, George R. Sell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York [etc.] : Springer-Verlag, copyr. 1982

ISBN

0-387-90748-3

Descrizione fisica

XV, 624 p. : 120 ill. ; 24 cm

Collana

Applied mathematical sciences ; 40

Disciplina

515724

Collocazione

515.724 6 NAY

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910807930903321

Autore

Lowes Mark Douglas <1969->

Titolo

Indy dreams and urban nightmares : speed merchants, spectacle, and the struggle over public space in the world-class city / / Mark Douglas Lowes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

1-4426-7022-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Indy Dreams and Urban Nightmares

Disciplina

307.76/0971133

Soggetti

Automobile racing - British Columbia - Vancouver

City planning - British Columbia - Vancouver - Citizen participation

Public spaces - British Columbia - Vancouver

Sports and tourism - British Columbia - Vancouver

Case studies.

Electronic books.

Hastings Park (Vancouver, B.C.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Spectacular Consumption Spaces""; ""2 Competing Visions""; ""3 Selling the Spectacle""; ""4 Resisting the Spectacle""; ""5 Spectacular Space and the Ideology of the 'World-Class' City""; ""APPENDIX: A NOTE ON METHOD""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""W""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

What role do sporting spectacles play in the making of a 'world-class' city?Indy Dreams and Urban Nightmares reports on the conflict that arose between a Vancouver community and the civic boosters who wanted to move the Molson Indy Vancouver motorsport event to their neighbourhood park. Arguing that such events are simply a matter of economic and cultural 'common sense', the civic boosters promoted the Indy spectacle as a means of gaining 'world-class' status for the city.



Against this background, Lowes explores the complex relations among major league sport, urban landscape, and civic identity. He argues that the capacity to articulate a city's 'vision' for itself is an important manifestation of power and ideology, and a notable point of struggle in contemporary urban life. This encompasses much larger issues related to the struggle over urban public space and the legitimacy of a particular narrative of urban growth and civic identity - one that increasingly privileges the consumer over the citizen. Provocative and engaging, this study examines the impact of major sports events on urban centres, and shows how urban public culture is defined and shaped by competition for the right to conceptualize, control, and experience a city's public spaces.