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Dr. David Pinder - Visions of the City: Utopianism, Power and Politics in Twentieth-century Urbanism - 9780748614875 - V9780748614875
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Visions of the City: Utopianism, Power and Politics in Twentieth-century Urbanism

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Description for Visions of the City: Utopianism, Power and Politics in Twentieth-century Urbanism Hardback. Visions of the City is a dramatic account of utopian urbanism in the twentieth century. It explores radical demands for new spaces and ways of living, and considers their effects on planning, architecture and struggles to shape urban landscapes. Num Pages: 320 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AM; JFC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 790.
Visions of the City is a dramatic account of utopian urbanism in the twentieth century. It explores radical demands for new spaces and ways of living, and considers their effects on planning, architecture and struggles to shape urban landscapes. Such visions, it shows, have played a crucial role in informing understandings and imaginings of the modern city. The author critically examines influential traditions in western Europe associated with such figures as Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier, uncovering the political interests, desires and anxieties that lay behind their ideal cities, and drawing out their 'noir side'. He also investigates oppositional perspectives ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748614875
SKU
V9780748614875
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About Dr. David Pinder
David Pinder is based at the Department of Geography, Queen Mary College.

Reviews for Visions of the City: Utopianism, Power and Politics in Twentieth-century Urbanism
A superb critical exploration of the underside of utopian thought over the last hundred years and its continuing relevance in the here and now for thinking about possible urban worlds. The treatment of the Situationists and their milieu is a revelation.
David Harvey [Pinder] is both a wise and imaginative guide through the tradition and counter-tradition of utopian plans ... Read more

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