Indispensable eyesores : an anthropology of undesired buildings /: an anthropology of undesired buildings. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mélanie van der Hoorn.
• Other Names: Hoorn, Mélanie van der
• Contents: Title page-Indispensable Eyesores; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Chapter 1-Dragons, Tunnels, Gold and Russians; Chapter 2-Between Pragmatic Clearance and Pure Iconoclasm; Chpater 3-13 May 2001, 8.01 A.M. -- 1 Building, 20, 000 People and 450 Kilograms of Explosives; Chapter 4-Witnessing Urbicide; Chapter 5-From Nuclear Waste to a Temple of Consumerism; Chapter 6-Consuming the 'Platte' in East Berlin; Chapter 7-If Not Clearing, Then At Least Thinking Them Away; Chapter 8-'L' like 'Left to Its Own Devices'; Chapter 9-Exorcizing Remains; Chapter 10-In Fond Memory of a Rejected Edifice.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 266 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 306.4/6; Architecture and anthropology; Architecture -- Human factors; Abandoned buildings; Architecture and society; Social Science; Architecture; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; Abandoned buildings; Architecture and anthropology; Architecture and society; Architecture -- Human factors; Sozialanthropologie; Bauruine; Verlassenes Haus; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845459215; 1845459210
• Related ISBNs: 9781845455309; 1845455304
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-253) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.