The Face of the City
Author : Edith Lovejoy Pierce
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 44,86 MB
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Author : Edith Lovejoy Pierce
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 44,86 MB
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Page : 776 pages
File Size : 43,87 MB
Release : 1913
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Author : Max Rosenfeld
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Page : pages
File Size : 26,69 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Housing
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Page : 1314 pages
File Size : 14,16 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Banks and banking
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Author : Basil Jones
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Page : 1510 pages
File Size : 29,96 MB
Release : 1920
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Page : 628 pages
File Size : 43,92 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Congregational churches
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Author : Jim Hinckley
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 46,28 MB
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1610586883
An encyclopedia with a twist, The Route 66 Encyclopedia presents alphabetical entries on Route 66 history, landmarks, personalities, and culture, from Bobby Troup’s anthem “Route 66� to The Grapes of Wrath to the Wigwam Motel, illustrated with over 1,000 old and new, color and black-and-white photos and memorabilia.You'll learn about Jack Rittenhouse and Will Rogers as well as the contributions of lesser-known figures like Arthur Nelson and Angel Delgadillo. With references to the old (including the history of the U Drop Inn Café in Texas) and new (including a section about the recent Cars movie), The Route 66 Encyclopedia provides a sweeping look at a highway that has become more than just a road. These pages cover the history of Route 66 and the people who played a role in its transformation from highway to icon between 1926 and the present, but like the highway itself, this work does not fit within the traditional confines of generalities or terminology. Yes, this is an encyclopedia, a reference book for all things Route 66. However, it is also a time capsule, a travel guide, a history book, a memorial, a testimonial, and a chronicle of almost a century of societal evolution.
Author : H.V. Savitch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 26,95 MB
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1317474562
This book is about urban terror - its meaning, its ramifications, and its impact on city life. Written by a well-known expert in the field, "Cities in a Time of Terror" draws on data from more than a thousand cities across the globe and traces the evolution of urban terrorism between 1968 and 2006. It explains what kinds of cities have become prime targets, why terrorism has become increasingly lethal, and how its inspiration has changed from secular to religious. The author describes urban terrorism as an attempt to use the city's own strength against itself, forcing it to implode, and delineates three basic logics of terrorist choices for targeting cities. The book also includes a discussion of local resilience - the city's capacity to bounce back from attack - and suggests how that can be sustained. Examples from New York, London, Jerusalem, Istanbul, Moscow, Paris, and Madrid illustrate the book's central themes.
Author : T.A. Sinclair
Publisher : Pindar Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 26,23 MB
Release : 1990-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0907132529
The initial section here covers the monuments of the important Hellenistic kingdom of Commagene, and includes Edessa (Urfa), the capital of a Crusader state, where there are also significant Islamic buildings. The final section, on the Hatay, focuses on the city of Antioch, with Seleucid, Roman and Byzantine remains, and the castles of the Crusader period in its vicinity. The neo-Hittite site of Karatepe and the Georgian and Syrian monasteries in the Hatay region are also dealt with. A comprehensive bibliography and index to all four volumes comes at the end.
Author : Ian Bentley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,75 MB
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1134796366
Cities affect every person's life, yet across the traditional divides of class, age, gender and political affiliation, armies of people are united in their dislike of the transformations that cities have undergone in recent times. The physical form of the urban environment is not a designer add-on to 'real' social issues; it is a central aspect of the social world. Yet in many people's experience, the cumulative impacts of recent urban development have created widely un-loved urban places. To work towards better-loved urban environments, we need to understand how current problems have arisen and identify practical action to address them. Urban Transformations examines the crucial issues relating to how cities are formed, how people use these urban environments and how cities can be transformed into better places. Exploring the links between the concrete physicality of the built environment and the complex social, economic, political and cultural processes through which the physical urban form is produced and consumed, Ian Bentley proposes a framework of ideas to provoke and develop current debate and new forms of practice.