Andy Merrifield

The New Urban Question

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The New Urban Question is an exuberant and illuminating adventure through our current global urban condition, tracing the connections between radical urban theory and political activism. From Haussmann's attempts to use urban planning to rid 19th-century Paris of workers revolution to the contemporary metropolis, including urban disaster-zones such as downtown Detroit, Merrifield reveals how the urban experience has been profoundly shaped by class antagonism and been the battle-ground for conspiracies, revolts and social eruptions. Going beyond the work of earlier urban theorists such as Manuel C… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-7453-3483-7
EAN: 9780745334837
Produktnummer: 15580009
Verlag: Pluto Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 160 S.
Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.9 cm x D0.8 cm 164 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 164

Über den Autor

Andy Merrifield is a Fellow of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge and the author of numerous books including The New Urban Question, (Pluto, 2014) Magical Marxism (Pluto, 2011) and The Wisdom of Donkeys (Short Books, 2009).