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