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The autonomous city : a history of urban squatting / Alexander Vasudevan.

The autonomous city : a history of urban squatting / Al...

The autonomous city : a history of urban squatting / Alexander Vasudevan.

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The autonomous city : a history of urban squatting / Alexander Vasudevan.

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Full title

The autonomous city : a history of urban squatting / Alexander Vasudevan.

Publisher

London ; New York : Verso, 2017.

Call Numbers

G 2017/3754

Record Identifier

74VKVXpdplgM

MMS ID

991024114017102626

Language

English

Physical Description

Physical content

292 pages ; 22 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

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...

Publication information

Publisher

London ; New York : Verso, 2017.

Date Published

2017.

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Scope and Contents

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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Full title

The autonomous city : a history of urban squatting / Alexander Vasudevan.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2017

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2017/3754

Record Identifier

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

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