The postmodern urban condition /
Dear, M. J.
The postmodern urban condition / Michael J. Dear. - xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-320) and index.
List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Taking Los Angeles Seriously -- Mapping the Postmodern -- Postmodern Bloodlines: From Lefebvre to Jameson -- The Premature Demise of Postmodern Urbanism -- Reading the Modern City: A Colonial History of Los Angeles 1781-1991 -- Deconstructing Urban Planning -- Postmodern Urbanism -- A Tale of Two Cities 1. Tijuana -- Film, Architecture and Filmspace -- A Tale of Two Cities 2. Las Vegas -- From Sidewalk to Cyberspace (and back to Earth again) -- The Personal Politics of Postmodernity -- The Power of Place -- The Geopolitics of Postmodernity -- Epistemological Politics -- Epilogue: Beyond Postmodernism -- A Beginner's Guide to Postmodernism -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
0631209883 9780631209881 0631209875 9780631209874
99043567
Urbanization--California--Los Angeles
Urbanization--Mexico--Tijuana (Baja California)
Urbanization--Nevada--Las Vegas
Postmodernism--Social aspects--California--Los Angeles
Postmodernism--Social aspects--Mexico--Tijuana (Baja California)
Postmodernism--Social aspects--Nevada--Las Vegas
Human geography--California--Los Angeles
Human geography--Mexico--Tijuana (Baja California)
Human geography--Nevada--Las Vegas
HT384.U52 / L674 2000
307.760979494
The postmodern urban condition / Michael J. Dear. - xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-320) and index.
List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Taking Los Angeles Seriously -- Mapping the Postmodern -- Postmodern Bloodlines: From Lefebvre to Jameson -- The Premature Demise of Postmodern Urbanism -- Reading the Modern City: A Colonial History of Los Angeles 1781-1991 -- Deconstructing Urban Planning -- Postmodern Urbanism -- A Tale of Two Cities 1. Tijuana -- Film, Architecture and Filmspace -- A Tale of Two Cities 2. Las Vegas -- From Sidewalk to Cyberspace (and back to Earth again) -- The Personal Politics of Postmodernity -- The Power of Place -- The Geopolitics of Postmodernity -- Epistemological Politics -- Epilogue: Beyond Postmodernism -- A Beginner's Guide to Postmodernism -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
0631209883 9780631209881 0631209875 9780631209874
99043567
Urbanization--California--Los Angeles
Urbanization--Mexico--Tijuana (Baja California)
Urbanization--Nevada--Las Vegas
Postmodernism--Social aspects--California--Los Angeles
Postmodernism--Social aspects--Mexico--Tijuana (Baja California)
Postmodernism--Social aspects--Nevada--Las Vegas
Human geography--California--Los Angeles
Human geography--Mexico--Tijuana (Baja California)
Human geography--Nevada--Las Vegas
HT384.U52 / L674 2000
307.760979494