Steven Logan

In the Suburbs of History

Modernist Visions of the Urban Periphery

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Produktbeschreibung

Reading modern architecture and urbanism in socialist and capitalist cities, this work challenges the twentieth-century divide between East and West in favour of a shared and contested history that plays out on the peripheries of the world’s cities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781487507886
• ISBN-10: 1487507887
• Artikelnr.: 59083690

Autorenporträt

Steven Logan is adjunct faculty at the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology at the University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Introduction: Crossing Divides
2. Looking for the Antithesis of the Suburb
3. Socialist Space
4. South City as a Work of Art in the Age of Mass-Produced Dwellings
5. Redesigning the Post-war Suburban Landscape
6. The "Total Image": The Making of Willowdale Modern
Conclusion: Unearthing the Suburban Core
Notes
References
Index