Return to the center : culture, public space, and city building in a global era / text and photographs by Lawrence A. Herzog.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herzog, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur)

Series:

Roger Fullington series in architecture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public spaces--Social aspects--Spain--Case studies.

Public spaces.

Public spaces--Social aspects--Mexico--Case studies.

City planning--Social aspects.

City planning.

Architecture and society.

Public spaces--Social aspects.

Mexico.

Spain.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Culture, public space, and city building in a global era

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-266) and index.

ISBN:

0292712618

0292712626

OCLC:

61724460

Publisher Number:

9780292712621

Online:

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