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Fortress Power : Hostile Designs and the Politics of Spatial Control.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Denman, Derek S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fortification--History.
- Fortification.
- Military architecture--History.
- Military architecture.
- Boundaries--Philosophy.
- Boundaries.
- Boundaries--Political aspects.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Focusing on the defensive architecture of bastion fortresses, urban design, and border landscapes, Fortress Power charts the rise of a form of governance grounded in hostility. Detailing how power manifests in everything from city centers to international boundaries, Derek S. Denman presents an insightful investigation of the weaponization of the built environment"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Military Fortification: Fortress Architecture and Defense in Depth
- Chapter 2. Fortress Cities, Defensible Space, and Policing through Hostile Design
- Chapter 3. Designing Border Landscapes and the Necropolitics of Hostile Terrain
- Chapter 4. Democratic Fortitude: The Counterlogistics of Barricades and Circulation Struggles
- Conclusion: Speculative Futures of a Fortified Planet
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- Author Biography.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4529-7319-9
- OCLC:
- 1523371179
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