The villa at the edge of the Empire. Part one. : one hundred ways to read a city / Fiona Farrell.
The villa at the edge of the Empire. Part one. : one hundred ways to read a city / Fiona Farrell.
The villa at the edge of the Empire. Part one. : one hundred ways to read a city / Fiona Farrell.
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New Zealand : Vintage, 2015.
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G 2021/4473
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English
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Physical content
363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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still image
text
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
New Zealand : Vintage, 2015.
Date Published
2015.
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"From nineteenth-century attempts to create Utopias to America's rustbelt, from Darwin's study of worms to China's phantom cities, this work ranges widely through history and around the world. It examines the evolution of cities and of Christchurch in particular, looking at its swampy origins and its present reconstruction following the recent dest...
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The villa at the edge of the Empire. Part one. : one hundred ways to read a city / Fiona Farrell.
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The villa at the edge of the Empire is planned as a work in two volumes, one non-fiction, one fiction. This book is part one: non-fiction.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-363)
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Online version Villa at the edge of the empire 9781775537526
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©2015.
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G 2021/4473
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74VKa387d4rO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa387d4rO
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177553751X
9781775537519
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307.76
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991024408921202626
