The autonomous city : a history of urban squatting / Alexander Vasudevan.
The autonomous city : a history of urban squatting / Alexander Vasudevan.
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London ; New York : Verso, 2017.
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G 2017/3754
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English
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292 pages ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- From shantytown to "Operation move-in" : squatter sovereignty in New York -- "Who are the squatters?" : London's hidden history -- Building a squatters' movement : the politics of preservation and provocation in Amsterdam and Copenhagen -- "The struggle over housing continues" : urba...
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London ; New York : Verso, 2017.
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
"A radical history of squatting and the struggle for the right to remake the city The Autonomous City is the first popular history of squatting as practised in Europe and North America. Alex Vasudevan retraces the struggle for housing in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Detroit, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Milan, New York, and Vancouver. He looks at the...
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The autonomous city : a history of urban squatting / Alexander Vasudevan.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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©2017
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G 2017/3754
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74VKVXpdplgM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVXpdplgM
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ISBN
9781781687857
DDC
307.336
MMS ID
991024114017102626