{"product_id":"architectural-agents-9780816693399","title":"Architectural Agents","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchitectural Agents\u003c\/i\u003e makes the case that buildings act in the world independently of their makers, patrons, owners, or occupants. And often they act badly. Treating buildings as bodies, Annabel Jane Wharton writes biographies of symptomatic structures in order to diagnose their pathologies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Provocative and entertaining . . . a tour de force, richly imaginative, and full of warmth and insight.\"—\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wharton upends new stones of inquiry and exploration.\"—Art Libraries Society of North America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is an important book for architectural historians and Preservationists.\"—\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These are all well-researched and entertainingly written pieces ... indeed, the delightful and richly annotated essays in this volume make their arguments and methodology perfectly clear on their own.\"—\u003ci\u003eTraditional Dwellings and Settlements review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An insightful analysis of the political and social history of space and architecture in American, Middle Eastern, and European urban cultures.\"—\u003ci\u003eReading Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Architectural Agency\u003cbr\u003ePart I. Death \u003cbr\u003e1. Murder\u003cbr\u003e2. Spoils\u003cbr\u003ePart II. Disease\u003cbr\u003e3. Amnesia\u003cbr\u003e4. Urban Toxicity\u003cbr\u003ePart III. Addiction\u003cbr\u003e5. Gambling\u003cbr\u003e6. Digital Play\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Buildings\/Things, Bodies\/Texts, History\/Theory\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405975265623,"sku":"9780816693399","price":34.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816693399.jpg?v=1730494109","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/architectural-agents-9780816693399","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}