Main entry:

Hirst, Paul Q., author.

Title & Author:

Space and power : politics, war, and architecture / Paul Hirst.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2005.

Description:

x, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-251) and index.
Preface / Grahame Thompson -- 1. Space and power : architecture, politics, and war -- 2. Cities, globalization, and governance -- 3. Politics and territory -- 4. The spatial dimensions of military power -- 5. The frontier, conquest, and settlement -- 6. War, environment, and technology -- 7. Information, space, and war -- 8. Foucault and architecture -- 9. The defence of places : fortification as architecture -- 10. The defence of places : from sieges to silos.

Summary:

This scholarly account of the various ways in which space is configured by power, and in which space becomes a resource for power, combines insights from social theory, politics, history and geography.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0745634559 (hbk.)
9780745634555 (hbk.)
0745634567 (pbk.)
9780745634562 (pbk.)

Subject:

Boundaries.
Architecture and war.
Space (Architecture)
Architecture Political aspects.
Power (Social sciences)
Frontières.
Architecture et guerre.
Espace (Architecture)
Architecture Aspect politique.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
boundaries.
74.02 philosophy and theory of (human) geography.
Architektur
Krieg
Politik
Ruimte (algemeen)
Macht.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 237301
Call No.: BIB 167120
Status: Available