Hall, Edward T. 1914-2009

The hidden dimension / Edward T. Hall. - xiii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Reprint. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1966.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Culture as communication -- Distance regulation in animals -- Crowding and social behavior in animals -- Perception of space: distance receptors -- eyes, ears, and nose -- Perception of space: immediate receptors - skin and muscles -- Visual space -- Art as a clue to perception -- The language of space -- The anthropology of space: an organizing model -- Distances in man -- Proxemics in a cross-cultural context: Germans, English, and French -- Proxemics in a cross-cultural context: Japan and the Arab world -- Cities and culture -- Proxemics and the future of man -- Summary of James Gibson's Thirteen Varieties of Perspective as abstracted from The Perception of the Visual World.

Hall examines the various cultural concepts of space and how differences among them affect modern society. The Hidden Dimension demonstrates how man's use of space can affect personal and business relations, cross-cultural exchanges, architecture, city planning, and urban renewal. Illustrated.

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Spatial behavior.
Personal space.
Architecture--Psychological aspects.
City planning--Psychological aspects

BF469 / .H3 1990

304.23