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Address book : What street addresses reveal about identity, race, wealth, and power

By: Publication details: London Profile books 2021Description: x,326pISBN:
  • 9781781259016
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 388.1 MAS
Contents:
Contents INTRODUCTION: Why Do Street Addresses Matter? 1 DEVELOPMENT 1. KOLKATA: How Can Street Addresses Transform the Slums? 17 2. HAITI: Could Street Addresses Stop an Epidemic? 36 ORIGINS 3. ROME: How Did the Ancient Romans Navigate? 59 4. LONDON: Where Do Street Names Come From? 72 5. VIENNA: What Can House Numbers Teach Us About Power? 91 6. PHILADELPHIA: Why Do Americans Love Numbered Streets? 110 7. KOREA AND JAPAN: Must Streets Be Named? 129 POLITICS 8. IRAN: Why Do Street Names Follow Revolutionaries? 143 9. BERLIN: What Do Nazi Street Names Tell Us About Vergangenheitsbewaltigung? 160 RACE 10. HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA: Why Can't Americans Stop Arguing About Confederate Street Names? 175 11. ST. LOUIS: What Do Martin Luther King Jr. Streets Reveal About Race in America? 190 12. SOUTH AFRICA: Who Belongs on South Africa's Street Signs? 202 CLASS AND STATUS 13. MANHATTAN: How Much Is a Street Name Worth? 225 14. HOMELESSNESS: How Do You Live Without an Address? 242 CONCLUSION: The Future: Are Street Addresses Doomed? 255 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 269 NOTES 273 INDEX 315
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Contents
INTRODUCTION: Why Do Street Addresses Matter? 1
DEVELOPMENT
1. KOLKATA: How Can Street Addresses Transform the Slums? 17
2. HAITI: Could Street Addresses Stop an Epidemic? 36
ORIGINS
3. ROME: How Did the Ancient Romans Navigate? 59
4. LONDON: Where Do Street Names Come From? 72
5. VIENNA: What Can House Numbers Teach Us About Power? 91
6. PHILADELPHIA: Why Do Americans Love Numbered Streets? 110
7. KOREA AND JAPAN: Must Streets Be Named? 129
POLITICS
8. IRAN: Why Do Street Names Follow Revolutionaries? 143
9. BERLIN: What Do Nazi Street Names Tell Us About Vergangenheitsbewaltigung? 160
RACE
10. HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA: Why Can't Americans Stop Arguing About Confederate Street Names? 175
11. ST. LOUIS: What Do Martin Luther King Jr. Streets Reveal About Race in America? 190
12. SOUTH AFRICA: Who Belongs on South Africa's Street Signs? 202
CLASS AND STATUS
13. MANHATTAN: How Much Is a Street Name Worth? 225
14. HOMELESSNESS: How Do You Live Without an Address? 242
CONCLUSION: The Future: Are Street Addresses Doomed? 255
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 269
NOTES 273
INDEX 315

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