The Power of Place
Urban Landscapes as Public History
$70.86
- Paperback
316 pages
- Release Date
24 February 1997
Summary
Based on her extensive experience in the urban communities of Los Angeles, historian and architect Dolores Hayden proposes new perspectives on gender, race, and ethnicity to broaden the practice of public history and public art, enlarge urban preservation, and reorient the writing of urban history to spatial struggles.In the first part of The Power of Place, Hayden outlines the elements of a social history of urban space to connect people’s lives and livelihoods to the urban landscape as it c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262581523 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262581523 |
| Author: | Dolores Hayden |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 316 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 24 February 1997 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm x 14mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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Critics Review
The Power of Place is a well-timed, well-reasoned call forfusing history and the environment to create a more democratic andinclusive interpretation of the places in which most of us live andwork. Ms. Hayden greatly strengthens preservation with arguments that give the historic environment a critical dimension beyond beauty and rarity.
—The New York Times Book ReviewAbout The Author
Dolores Hayden
Dolores Hayden, professor of architecture and American studies at Yale, writes about the politics of design.
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