Northern Cityscape
Author | : Norman Pressman |
Publisher | : Yellowknife, NT : Winter Cities Association |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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Author | : Norman Pressman |
Publisher | : Yellowknife, NT : Winter Cities Association |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : City planning |
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Author | : K. Cockin |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2012-06-07 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1137026871 |
According to Orwell, the North was 'a strange country.' In an industrial landscape, its inhabitants seem to inhabit a bleak world caught in the gaze of 1930s realism. Such stereotypes have been tenacious. This book challenges these stereotypes, establishing the strategic and mobile nature of 'the North' and the effects of literary realism.
Author | : Lance Freeman |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2019-04-16 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0231545576 |
The black ghetto is thought of as a place of urban decay and social disarray. Like the historical ghetto of Venice, it is perceived as a space of confinement, one imposed on black America by whites. It is the home of a marginalized underclass and a sign of the depth of American segregation. Yet while black urban neighborhoods have suffered from institutional racism and economic neglect, they have also been places of refuge and community. In A Haven and a Hell, Lance Freeman examines how the ghetto shaped black America and how black America shaped the ghetto. Freeman traces the evolving role of predominantly black neighborhoods in northern cities from the late nineteenth century through the present day. At times, the ghetto promised the freedom to build black social institutions and political power. At others, it suppressed and further stigmatized African Americans. Freeman reveals the forces that caused the ghetto’s role as haven or hell to wax and wane, spanning the Great Migration, mid-century opportunities, the eruptions of the sixties, the challenges of the seventies and eighties, and present-day issues of mass incarceration, the subprime crisis, and gentrification. Offering timely planning and policy recommendations based in this history, A Haven and a Hell provides a powerful new understanding of urban black communities at a time when the future of many inner-city neighborhoods appears uncertain.
Author | : Patricia Preston |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2009-04-25 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1453502238 |
Ireland Travel 101 The “travel Bible” for the Emerald Isle – East, South, West and North. Brimming with must-do experiences and off-the-beaten-path adventures, this book zeros in on how to find “the real Ireland” – the places that are high on the travel radar for a great Irish vacation. The fast-flowing chapters present the “wow” factors, sightseeing highlights, time and tactics needed to explore, hospitable hotels, recommended restaurants and cafes, noteworthy pubs, specialty shops and craft centers, local markets, useful tidbits and trivia, nearby digressions, and hundreds of helpful web site addresses. All of this information is capped by suggested day-to-day itineraries that you can use for your own special route. Author Patricia Preston has “been there, and done that” all over Ireland, and she is happy to share her insider’s tips with you. And if you still have questions, just go to Pat’s web site, www.IrelandExpert.com, and you’ll have your answer within 24 hours. For memorable travels and quite a few surprises, too, Ireland Travel 101 is the right book for you.
Author | : Pavel Lyssakov |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2018-04-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1351388029 |
Cities are constructed and organized by people, and in turn become an important factor in the organization of human life. They are sites of both social encounter and social division and provide for their inhabitants “a sense of place”. This book explores the nature of Russian cities, outlining the role played by various Russian cities over time. It focuses on a range of cities including provincial cities, considering both physical, iconic, created cities, and also cities as represented in films, fiction and other writing. Overall, the book provides a rich picture of the huge variety of Russian cities.
Author | : Chye Kiang Heng |
Publisher | : NUS Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9789971692230 |
The emergence of the open city during the 11th century is one of the most dramatic and important changes in Chinese urban history. While the Sui and the early Tang city was controlled and highly disciplined with restricted commercial activity, the late Northern Song city filled with pluralistic streets active round the clock became a new urban paradigm. These cities reflect the respective societies that gave rise to them - one rooted in a strong aristocratic power with a highly hierarchical social structure, and the other shaped by a pluralistic, mercantile society managed by pragmatic professional bureaucrats. This book provides an in-depth account of the process of transformation from the curfewed city of the Tang period to the open city of the Song. It analyses the multidimensional factors that gradually led to the development of an urban culture which in turn helped cement the trend towards the open city with its irregular layout and distinct urban tissue and silhouette.
Author | : Blake Atwood |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2016-11-08 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 023154314X |
It is nearly impossible to separate contemporary Iranian cinema from the Islamic revolution that transformed film production in the country in the late 1970s. As the aims of the revolution shifted and hardened once Khomeini took power and as an eight-year war with Iraq dragged on, Iranian filmmakers confronted new restrictions. In the 1990s, however, the Reformist Movement, led by Mohammad Khatami, and the film industry, developed an unlikely partnership that moved audiences away from revolutionary ideas and toward a discourse of reform. In Reform Cinema in Iran, Blake Atwood examines how new industrial and aesthetic practices created a distinct cultural and political style in Iranian film between 1989 and 2007. Atwood analyzes a range of popular, art, and documentary films. He provides new readings of internationally recognized films such as Abbas Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry (1997) and Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Time for Love (1990), as well as those by Rakhshan Bani, Masud Kiami, and other key Iranian directors. At the same time, he also considers how filmmakers and the film industry were affected by larger political and religious trends that took shape during Mohammad Khatami's presidency (1997-2005). Atwood analyzes political speeches, religious sermons, and newspaper editorials and pays close attention to technological developments, particularly the rise of video, to determine their role in democratizing filmmaking and realizing the goals of political reform. He concludes with a look at the legacy of reform cinema, including films produced under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose neoconservative discourse rejected the policies of reform that preceded him.
Author | : Various Authors |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 4310 |
Release | : 2022-07-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 131790737X |
Re-issuing books originally published between 1969 and 1990 this set of 15 volumes gives a 20 year perspective on the development of the discipline of social geography. The books emphasize the increasingly important contribution of geographical theory to the understanding of social change, values, economic and political organization and ethical imperatives. The volumes are authored by well-known international geographers and discuss the philosophy and sociology of geography as well as key themes such as the geography of health, crime, space. They also examine the cross-over of geography with other disciplines, such as literature and history.
Author | : Leena Cho |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2023-12-22 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1003828787 |
Design and the Built Environment of the Arctic is a concise introductory guide to the design and planning of the built environments in the Arctic region. As the global forces of change are becoming more pronounced in the Arctic, the future trajectories for living environments, city-making processes, and their adaptive capacities need to be addressed directly. This book presents 11 new and original contributions from both leading and emerging scholars and practitioners, positioning the Arctic as a dynamic, diverse, and lived place at the nexus of unprecedented socioenvironmental transformations. The volume offers key concepts for understanding and spatializing Arctic cities and landscapes; similarities and differences in the development of design and planning approaches responsive to specific climatic and cultural conditions; and historical and geographic case studies that provide unique perspectives for the management of the built environment, from the scales of a building and infrastructure to cities and territories. Altogether, the contributions expand regional Arctic design scholarship to understand how the variability of the Arctic context influences the designed urban, architecture, and landscape systems, and offer numerous lessons for design and other forms of spatial practice both within and beyond the Arctic. This is a unique resource for researchers, creative practitioners, policymakers, and community decision-makers, as well as for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.