Writing the city square : on the history and the histories of city squares /: on the history and the histories of city squares. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Martin Zerlang.
• Authors: Zerlang, Martin, 1952-
• Contents: Introduction PART I: GENERAL OBSERVATIONS 1: Words on the square; 2: The mediated square; 3: Shapes and forms; 4: Doves and dances PART II: HISTORICAL TYPES 5: The Agora; 6: Forum Romanum; 7: Medieval Marketplace; 8: The piazza; 9: The plaza; 10: The Place Royale; 11: The residential square; 12: The Crescent in Bath PART III: REPRESENTING MODERN SQUARES 13: Place de la Concorde; 14: Between demonization and domestication; 15: Squares in European literature; 16: Squares in Latin American literature; 17: The American Corner PART IV: PLANNERS AND MODERNIZATION 18: Ildefonso Cerdà and Barcelona; 19: Charles Buls and Brussels; 20: Camillo Sitte and Vienna PART V: TRENDS IN THE 20th CENTURY 21: Modernism; 22: Communism; 23: Consumerism PART VI: THE POLITICAL SQUARE 24: The Arab square; 25: Maidan and Maidanistas; Concluding Words
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (242 pages)
• Subjects: 711.55; Plazas -- History; Plazas in literature; Architecture and society
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000865707; 9781000865660
• Related ISBNs: 9781032372006
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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