Description
Book SynopsisUtilizing an innovative framework as an international, interdisciplinary dialogue, the volume provides an inventory of contemporary thought about the American city across a wide range of topics, including the design of transportation systems, workplaces, and housing to public art, urban ruins, and futurist visions.
Trade Review"While specialists in the history of the American city will enjoy this collection of essays and the provocative dialogue they spark, these investigations of the processes of shaping space will also appeal to readers in many interdisciplinary programs including American studies, cultural studies, urban studies, visual culture, technology studies, and environmental studies." * From the Foreword, by Dolores Hayden *
Table of ContentsForeword
—Dolores Hayden
Introduction
—Miles Orvell and Klaus Benesch
Chapter 1. Energy
—David E. Nye
Chapter 2. Sustainability
—Andrew Ross
Chapter 3. The Multicultural City
—Mabel O. Wilson
Chapter 4. Ruins
—Miles Orvell
Chapter 5. Aesthetic Space
—David M. Lubin
Chapter 6. Designing the City
—Albena Yaneva
Chapter 7. Mobility
—Klaus Benesch
Chapter 8. The Digital City
—Malcolm McCullough
Chapter 9. Future City
—Jeffrey L. Meikle
Conclusion
Notes
List of Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
