Address book : What street addresses reveal about identity, race, wealth, and power
Publication details: London Profile books 2021Description: x,326pISBN:- 9781781259016
- 388.1 MAS
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | CEPT Library General | Faculty of Planning | 388.1 MAS | Available | 023707 |
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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