Author: Mateusz Laszczkowski
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1785332570
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Astana, the capital city of the post-Soviet Kazakhstan, has often been admired for the design and planning of its futuristic cityscape. This anthropological study of the development of the city focuses on every-day practices, official ideologies and representations alongside the memories and dreams of the city’s longstanding residents and recent migrants. Critically examining a range of approaches to place and space in anthropology, geography and other disciplines, the book argues for an understanding of space as inextricably material-and-imaginary, and unceasingly dynamic – allowing for a plurality of incompatible pasts and futures materialized in spatial form.
'City of the Future'
Author: Mateusz Laszczkowski
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1785332570
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Astana, the capital city of the post-Soviet Kazakhstan, has often been admired for the design and planning of its futuristic cityscape. This anthropological study of the development of the city focuses on every-day practices, official ideologies and representations alongside the memories and dreams of the city’s longstanding residents and recent migrants. Critically examining a range of approaches to place and space in anthropology, geography and other disciplines, the book argues for an understanding of space as inextricably material-and-imaginary, and unceasingly dynamic – allowing for a plurality of incompatible pasts and futures materialized in spatial form.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1785332570
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Astana, the capital city of the post-Soviet Kazakhstan, has often been admired for the design and planning of its futuristic cityscape. This anthropological study of the development of the city focuses on every-day practices, official ideologies and representations alongside the memories and dreams of the city’s longstanding residents and recent migrants. Critically examining a range of approaches to place and space in anthropology, geography and other disciplines, the book argues for an understanding of space as inextricably material-and-imaginary, and unceasingly dynamic – allowing for a plurality of incompatible pasts and futures materialized in spatial form.
The Garden City
Author: Stephen Ward
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135828954
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This examination of a phenomenon of 19th century planning traces the origins, implementation, international transference and adoption of the Garden City idea. It also considers its continuing relevance in the late 20th century and into the 21st century.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135828954
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This examination of a phenomenon of 19th century planning traces the origins, implementation, international transference and adoption of the Garden City idea. It also considers its continuing relevance in the late 20th century and into the 21st century.
Back to the Postindustrial Future
Author: Felix Ringel
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1785337998
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
How does an urban community come to terms with the loss of its future? The former socialist model city of Hoyerswerda is an extreme case of a declining postindustrial city. Built to serve the GDR coal industry, it lost over half its population to outmigration after German reunification and the coal industry crisis, leading to the large-scale deconstruction of its cityscape. This book tells the story of its inhabitants, now forced to reconsider their futures. Building on recent theoretical work, it advances a new anthropological approach to time, allowing us to investigate the postindustrial era and the futures it has supposedly lost.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1785337998
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
How does an urban community come to terms with the loss of its future? The former socialist model city of Hoyerswerda is an extreme case of a declining postindustrial city. Built to serve the GDR coal industry, it lost over half its population to outmigration after German reunification and the coal industry crisis, leading to the large-scale deconstruction of its cityscape. This book tells the story of its inhabitants, now forced to reconsider their futures. Building on recent theoretical work, it advances a new anthropological approach to time, allowing us to investigate the postindustrial era and the futures it has supposedly lost.
The History of the Science-fiction Magazine
Author: Michael Ashley
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1846310032
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
This third volume in Mike Ashley's four-volume study of the science-fiction magazines focuses on the turbulent years of the 1970s, when the United States emerged from the Vietnam War into an economic crisis. It saw the end of the Apollo moon programme and the start of the ecology movement. This proved to be one of the most complicated periods for the science-fiction magazines. Not only were they struggling to survive within the economic climate, they also had to cope with the death of the father of modern science fiction, John W. Campbell, Jr., while facing new and potentially threatening opposition. The market for science fiction diversified as never before, with the growth in new anthologies, the emergence of semi-professional magazines, the explosion of science fiction in college, the start of role-playing gaming magazines, underground and adult comics and, with the success of Star Wars, media magazines. This volume explores how the traditional science-fiction magazines coped with this, from the
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1846310032
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
This third volume in Mike Ashley's four-volume study of the science-fiction magazines focuses on the turbulent years of the 1970s, when the United States emerged from the Vietnam War into an economic crisis. It saw the end of the Apollo moon programme and the start of the ecology movement. This proved to be one of the most complicated periods for the science-fiction magazines. Not only were they struggling to survive within the economic climate, they also had to cope with the death of the father of modern science fiction, John W. Campbell, Jr., while facing new and potentially threatening opposition. The market for science fiction diversified as never before, with the growth in new anthologies, the emergence of semi-professional magazines, the explosion of science fiction in college, the start of role-playing gaming magazines, underground and adult comics and, with the success of Star Wars, media magazines. This volume explores how the traditional science-fiction magazines coped with this, from the
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Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Women's Evangelical Commentary: Old Testament
Author: Dorothy Kelley Patterson
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 0805428569
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 1602
Book Description
An Old Testament commentary written by women with theological training for women with an emphasis on passages of importance to women.
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 0805428569
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 1602
Book Description
An Old Testament commentary written by women with theological training for women with an emphasis on passages of importance to women.
Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the United States Government, 1881-1893
Author: United States. Department of the Interior. Division of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 822
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 822
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Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the United States Government, 1881-1893, by John G. Ames, Chief of Document Division
Author: United States. Department of the Interior. Division of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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Pacific Municipalities
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Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 838
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Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 838
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A U-Turn to the Future
Author: Martin Emanuel
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789205603
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
From local bike-sharing initiatives to overhauls of transport infrastructure, mobility is one of the most important areas in which modern cities are trying to realize a more sustainable future. Yet even as politicians and planners look ahead, there remain critical insights to be gleaned from the history of urban mobility and the unsustainable practices that still impact our everyday lives. United by their pursuit of a “usable past,” the studies in this interdisciplinary collection consider the ecological, social, and economic aspects of urban mobility, showing how historical inquiry can make both conceptual and practical contributions to the projects of sustainability and urban renewal.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789205603
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
From local bike-sharing initiatives to overhauls of transport infrastructure, mobility is one of the most important areas in which modern cities are trying to realize a more sustainable future. Yet even as politicians and planners look ahead, there remain critical insights to be gleaned from the history of urban mobility and the unsustainable practices that still impact our everyday lives. United by their pursuit of a “usable past,” the studies in this interdisciplinary collection consider the ecological, social, and economic aspects of urban mobility, showing how historical inquiry can make both conceptual and practical contributions to the projects of sustainability and urban renewal.