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Author Herzog, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur)

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

Imprint Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxi, 273 p. : ill., maps.
Series Roger Fullington series in architecture
Roger Fullington series in architecture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Public spaces -- Social aspects -- Spain -- Case studies.
Public spaces -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Case studies.
City planning -- Social aspects.
Architecture and society.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title Culture, public space, and city building in a global era
ISBN 0292712618 (cloth : alk. paper)
0292712626 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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