Broken cities : a historical sociology of ruins / Martin Devecka.
Broken cities : a historical sociology of ruins / Martin Devecka.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
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G 2020/3278
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English
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Physical content
viii, 175 pages; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Athens: Democracy, Oligarchy, and Ruins in Classical Greece -- Rome: Ruins and Empire in the Late Antique World -- Baghdad: Postclassical Ruins and the Islamic Cityscape -- Tenochtitlan: Preservationism and Its Failures in Early Modern Mexico.
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Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
"Broken Cities is a comparative sociological study of ruination, the process by which monuments, architectural sites, and urban centers decay into ruin over time. Weaving together four case studies of classical Athens, late antique Rome, medieval Baghdad, and sixteenth-century Mexico City, Devecka shows that ruination is a complex social process la...
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Broken cities : a historical sociology of ruins / Martin Devecka.
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Historical sociology of ruins
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-168) and index.
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©2020
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G 2020/3278
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74VKamMv5DXM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKamMv5DXM
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ISBN
1421438429 (paperback)
9781421438412 (hardcover)
1421438410 (hardcover)
9781421438429 (paperback)
DDC
938
MMS ID
991024332718002626
