Urban Change and the European Left
Tales from the New Barcelona
Price: $220.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-17062-8
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 24th June 1999
- Pages: 216
- Illustrations: 3 maps and 10 b+w photos
About the Book
Urban Change and the European Left looks at the way politicians and critics use the city to ground their political messages.The book explores local narratives of urban change through ethnography, biography, travelogue, and social history. Drawing on novels, architectural commentaries, urban plans, political speeches, history and autobiography, Urban Change and the European Left provides accounts of public art, architecture, grassroots struggles, battles for control of the 1992 Olympics, and the city and Catalan identity.