Title & Author:

Ordinary places, extraordinary events : citizenship, democracy and public space in Latin America / edited by Clara Irazábal.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Description:

x, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Planning, history and environment series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : ordinary places, extraordinary events in Latin America / Clara Irazábal -- Citizenship, democracy, and public space in Latin America / Clara Irazábal -- Cities, democracies and powers -- Political appropriation of public space : extraordinary events in the Zócalo of Mexico City / Sergio Tamayo and Xóchitl Cruz-Guzmán -- Reinventing the void : São Paulo's Museum of Art and public life along Avenida Paulista / Zeuler R. Lima and Vera M. Pallamin -- A memorable public space : the plaza of the Central Station in Santiago de Chile / Rodrigo Vidal Rojas and Hans Fox Timmling -- Lima's historic centre : old places shaping new social arrangements / Miriam Chion and Wiley Ludeña Urquizo -- The Plaza de Boløvar of Bogotá : uniqueness of place, multiplicity of events / Alberto Saldarriaga Roa -- Place, citizenship and nationhood -- Space, revolution and resistance : ordinary places and extraordinary events in Caracas / Clara Irazábal and John Foley -- The struggle for urban territories : human rights activists in Buenos Aires / Susana Kaiser -- Iconic voids and social identity in a polycentric city : Havana from the nineteenth to the twentieth century / Roberto Segre -- Unresolved public expressions of anti-Trujilloism in Santo Domingo / Robert Alexander González -- Index.
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Summary:

This volume explores the way that ordinary places are used and transformed in the minds of ordinary people involved in extraordinary, history-making events. It contains case studies that provide an unprecedented opportunity to look at cities with comparable cultural and political histories.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780415354523 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0415354528 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9780203001219 (ebk.)
0203001214 (ebk.)

Subject:

Public spaces Political aspects Latin America Case studies.
Public spaces Social aspects Latin America Case studies.
Cities and towns Latin America History.
Espaces publics Aspect politique Amérique latine Études de cas.
Espaces publics Aspect social Amérique latine Études de cas.
Villes Amérique latine Histoire.
15.85 history of America.
Cities and towns
Public spaces Political aspects
Public spaces Social aspects
Historisches Ereignis
Stadt
Öffentlicher Raum
Citizenship.
Democracy.
Public space.
Latin America
Lateinamerika
stedelijke gebieden
urban areas
steden
towns
sociologie
sociology
democratie
democracy
hedendaagse samenleving
contemporary society
politiek
politics
open ruimten
open spaces
latin america
burgers
citizens
Urban Society
Stedelijke samenleving

Form/genre:

Case studies
History
Études de cas.

Added entries:

Irazábal, Clara.
Planning, history, and the environment series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 256392
Call No.: BIB 186754
Status: Available