| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 266 pages) : illustrations |
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Remapping cultural history ; v. 10 |
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Remapping cultural history ; v. 10.
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| Contents |
Title page-Indispensable Eyesores; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Chapter 1-Dragons, Tunnels, Gold and Russians; Chapter 2-Between Pragmatic Clearance and Pure Iconoclasm; Chpater 3-13 May 2001, 8.01 A.M. -- 1 Building, 20,000 People and 450 Kilograms of Explosives; Chapter 4-Witnessing Urbicide; Chapter 5-From Nuclear Waste to a Temple of Consumerism; Chapter 6-Consuming the 'Platte' in East Berlin; Chapter 7-If Not Clearing, Then At Least Thinking Them Away; Chapter 8-'L' like 'Left to Its Own Devices'; Chapter 9-Exorcizing Remains; Chapter 10-In Fond Memory of a Rejected Edifice |
| Summary |
"The author presents a rich variety of undesired edifices in germany, Hungary, Austria and Bosnia-Herzegovina and investigates the different methods used ot dispose of them ... This analysis continues with a feflection on the afterlife of unwanted buildings, and concludes with a discussion on the life expectancy of buildings, their multi-sensory materiality and 'thing-ly' agency."--Page 4 of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-253) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Architecture and anthropology.
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Architecture -- Human factors.
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Abandoned buildings.
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Architecture and society.
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abandoned buildings.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Abandoned buildings
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Architecture and anthropology
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Architecture and society
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Architecture -- Human factors
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Sozialanthropologie
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Bauruine
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Verlassenes Haus
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009006165 |
| ISBN |
9781845459215 |
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1845459210 |
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