Описание: For more than a century, the term "Main Street" has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life. Representations exist all around us, from fiction and film to the architecture of shopping malls and Disneyland. All the while, the nation has become increasingly diverse, exposing tensions within this ideal. In The Death and Life of Main Street, Miles Orvell wrestles with the mythic allure of the small town in all its forms, illustrating how Americans continue to reinscribe these images on real places in order to forge consensus about inclusion and civic identity, especially in times of crisis. Orvell underscores the fact that Main Street was never what it seemed; it has always been much more complex than it appears, as he shows in his discussions of figures like Sinclair Lewis, Willa Cather, Frank Capra, Thornton Wilder, Margaret Bourke-White, and Walker Evans. He argues that translating the overly tidy cultural metaphor into real spaces--as has been done in recent decades, especially in the new urbanist planned communities of Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Andres Duany--actually diminishes the communitarian ideals at the center of this nostalgic construct. Orvell investigates the way these tensions play out in a variety of cultural realms and explores the rise of literary and artistic traditions that deliberately challenge the tropes and assumptions of small-town ideology and life.
Автор: Fulford David Название: Small-Scale Rural Biogas Programmes: A Handbook ISBN: 1853398497 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781853398490 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 16542.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: For people who wouldn`t know a Chateau d`Yquem from a can of orange Tango, help is at hand. Sediment is a wry look at the social, financial (and marital) issues surrounding middle-aged, middle-class wine drinking. For those of us who fail to detect notes of citrus, but mainly get a hint of alcohol with a grapey finish, the book is the perfect gift.
Автор: Wates Nick Название: Community Planning Handbook ISBN: 1844074900 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781844074907 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6123.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Essential tool kit for professionals involved in shaping their local community environment.
Название: Handbook of small-scale energy technologies ISBN: 1853397695 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781853397691 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13323.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Young David has a school assignment to learn about Beethoven and his music. Fortunately, his grandfather can not only play Beethovens music for him, but he can also tell David the story of Beethovens life. David learns that Beethoven learned to play piano at age four and kept composing music his whole life, even after losing his hearing. David cant help but appreciate the man and his music, which people have been listening to and enjoying for more than 200 years.
Описание: Through varied case studies this original book compares changes between Northern and Southern European countries, bigger and smaller cities over 10 years, to present a compelling framework showing how Europe`s post-industrial cities are striving to combat environmental and social unravelling.
Автор: Tar Usman A., Onwurah Charles P. Название: The Palgrave Handbook of Small Arms and Conflicts in Africa ISBN: 3030621855 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030621858 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 32142.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This handbook provides critical analyses of the theory and practices of small arms proliferation and its impact on conflicts and organized violence in Africa.
Автор: Tar Usman A., Onwurah Charles P. Название: The Palgrave Handbook of Small Arms and Conflicts in Africa ISBN: 3030621820 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030621827 Издательство: Springer Цена: 32142.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This handbook provides critical analyses of the theory and practices of small arms proliferation and its impact on conflicts and organized violence in Africa.
Автор: Power Anne Название: Cities for a Small Continent ISBN: 1447327535 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781447327530 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 5542.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Through varied case studies this original book compares changes between Northern and Southern European countries, bigger and smaller cities over 10 years, to present a compelling framework showing how Europe`s post-industrial cities are striving to combat environmental and social unravelling.
Автор: Friedman, Avi Название: Planning Small and Mid-Sized Towns ISBN: 0415539307 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415539302 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8726.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Williams Jack Название: Easy On, Easy Off: The Urban Pathology of America`s Small Towns ISBN: 0813938864 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813938868 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5079.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Life outside our nation’s big cities comprises a remarkably rich aspect of America—culturally, historically, and physically. Because of the way we move through the country, however—on roads built for maximum expediency—most of us are rarely if ever exposed to these small communities, a trend that is moving these towns dangerously far off the maps of commerce and public consciousness.In Easy On, Easy Off, Jack Williams takes to the roads of the interstate highway system to explore America’s small towns, bringing back diverse examples of both beautiful and neglected places that illustrate how shifts in modern transportation have influenced urban form. Most of these communities are little known beyond their discrete regions, yet their struggles to prosper are universal. Mill towns, county-seat court squares, villages of the Great Plains, mining towns, and California's forgotten Chinese settlements all share similar fates—overshadowed by interstate off-ramp towns and bypassed by high-speed traffic.Employing more than 150 historic maps and images, unique drawings, and contemporary photographs, Williams convincingly argues that irreversible changes have overtaken the landscapes of small-town America, with each community’s economic and social vitality slowly shifting away to other commercial places that attach to our highway interchanges and extrude into strip malls. A tale of success perhaps for the highway system, the more urgent story relayed in Easy On, Easy Off is of the loss of the complex fabric of thousands of small towns that once defined this nation.
Автор: Piga Giovanna Название: Waterfront Design in Small Mediterranean Port Towns ISBN: 0367516233 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367516239 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book addresses issues that waterfronts face in small Mediterranean port towns due to the increase in the tourism industry. Integrating theory and pragmatic approaches, Waterfront Design in Small Port Towns proposes a design matrix.
Название: Small towns resilience and heritage commodification ISBN: 2807617433 ISBN-13(EAN): 9782807617438 Издательство: Peter Lang Рейтинг: Цена: 9182.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Small towns are continuously overlooked and under-researched, although they represent a type of urban settlement present in large numbers, especially in Europe. Questions regarding the resilience of small towns are an important issue acknowledged in the EU policy of regional development. This volume is written by an international and interdisciplinary team of scholars who are convinced about the importance of small towns as a research topic. It looks at how towns approach heritage, its instrumental use and its commodification in support of its survival, asking about towns' strategies to achieve resilience to external pressure. The chapters present cases from Europe and beyond. It represents various types of situations and approaches of urban communities, but it is not limited to success stories. The authors deal with places that are undervalued, not fully exploited or in danger because of lack of appreciation. They explore a wide range of strategies in the fields of revitalization stabilization, stagnation, decline or desertification, considering the possible role of heritage, as well as small towns' creativity in networking initiatives.
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