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Author : Alan James Christian Mayne
Release : 2001-12-13
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 753/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Archaeology of Urban Landscapes by : Alan James Christian Mayne
Download or read book The Archaeology of Urban Landscapes written by Alan James Christian Mayne. This book was released on 2001-12-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2001 investigation of the historical archaeology of urban slums, including eleven case studies.
Author : Amy L Young
Release : 2000-10-18
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Archaeology of Southern Urban Landscapes by : Amy L Young
Download or read book Archaeology of Southern Urban Landscapes written by Amy L Young. This book was released on 2000-10-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amy L. Young is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Southern Mississippi. ...
Author : Alan Mayne
Release : 2001-12-13
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis The Archaeology of Urban Landscapes by : Alan Mayne
Download or read book The Archaeology of Urban Landscapes written by Alan Mayne. This book was released on 2001-12-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting collection on a new movement in urban archaeology investigates the historical archaeology of urban slums. The "stuff" that is dug up--broken dinner plates, nails and plaster samples--will not quickly find its way into museum collections. But, properly interpreted, it yields evidence of lives and communities that have left little in the way of written records. Twelve case studies define a new field, which will attract the attention of a range of students and scholars outside archaeology, in particular, historical sociologists and historians.
Author : Augustin F. C. Holl
Release : 2006-01-01
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Book Synopsis West African Early Towns by : Augustin F. C. Holl
Download or read book West African Early Towns written by Augustin F. C. Holl. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher Tilley
Release : 2019-05-07
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 608/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis London’s Urban Landscape by : Christopher Tilley
Download or read book London’s Urban Landscape written by Christopher Tilley. This book was released on 2019-05-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London’s Urban Landscape is the first major study of a global city to adopt a materialist perspective and stress the significance of place and the built environment to the urban landscape. Edited by Christopher Tilley, the volume is inspired by phenomenological thinking and presents fine-grained ethnographies of the practices of everyday life in London. In doing so, it charts a unique perspective on the city that integrates ethnographies of daily life with an analysis of material culture. The first part of the volume considers the residential sphere of urban life, discussing in detailed case studies ordinary residential streets, housing estates, suburbia and London’s mobile ‘linear village’ of houseboats. The second part analyses the public sphere, including ethnographies of markets, a park, the social rhythms of a taxi rank, and graffiti and street art. London’s Urban Landscape returns us to the everyday lives of people and the manner in which they understand their lives. The deeply sensuous character of the embodied experience of the city is invoked in the thick descriptions of entangled relationships between people and places, and the paths of movement between them. What stories do door bells and house facades tell us about contemporary life in a Victorian terrace? How do antiques acquire value and significance in a market? How does living in a concrete megastructure relate to the lives of the people who dwell there? These and a host of other questions are addressed in this fascinating book that will appeal widely to all readers interested in London or contemporary urban life.
