Return to the center [electronic resource] : culture, public space, and city building in a global era / text and photographs by Lawrence A. Herzog.
By: Herzog, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur).
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BookSeries: Roger Fullington series in architecture: Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006Edition: 1st ed.Description: xxi, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.Other title: Culture, public space, and city building in a global era.Subject(s): Public spaces -- Social aspects -- Spain -- Case studies | Public spaces -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Case studies | City planning -- Social aspects | Architecture and societyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 711/.40946 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Culture, public space, and cities -- The city and public space in Spain -- Modernity and public space in crisis: contemporary Madrid -- "City of architects": public space and the resurgence of Barcelona -- Spain meets Mesoamerica: the city and public space in Mexico -- Revitalizing historic centers in urban Mexico: politics and public space -- The globalization of urban form: transcultural public spaces along the Mexico-United States international border -- Return to the center? politics, Latino culture, and public space.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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