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Writing the City into Being is Bremner’s collection of essays, spanning more than a decade of work on Johannesburg. It is both an unflinching analysis of the characteristics of a city and a work of imagination – a bringing of the evasive city into being through writing. Johannesburg has become a touchstone in critical thinking on the development of the(...)
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Writing the City into Being is Bremner’s collection of essays, spanning more than a decade of work on Johannesburg. It is both an unflinching analysis of the characteristics of a city and a work of imagination – a bringing of the evasive city into being through writing. Johannesburg has become a touchstone in critical thinking on the development of the(...)
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Writing the city into being: essays on Johannesburg
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Writing the City into Being is Bremner’s collection of essays, spanning more than a decade of work on Johannesburg. It is both an unflinching analysis of the characteristics of a city and a work of imagination – a bringing of the evasive city into being through writing. Johannesburg has become a touchstone in critical thinking on the development of the twenty-first-century city, attracting scholars from around the world who seek to understand how cities are changing in the face of urban migration in all its myriad forms and the inflow of foreign capital and interest. Writing the City into Being is an important book for those seeking to understand cities in a rapidly changing and fragmenting world. Lindsay Bremner is a guide to the city of Johannesburg, and one of its most incisive commentators.
Writing the city into being: essays on Johannesburg
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Writing the City into Being is Bremner’s collection of essays, spanning more than a decade of work on Johannesburg. It is both an unflinching analysis of the characteristics of a city and a work of imagination – a bringing of the evasive city into being through writing. Johannesburg has become a touchstone in critical thinking on the development of the twenty-first-century city, attracting scholars from around the world who seek to understand how cities are changing in the face of urban migration in all its myriad forms and the inflow of foreign capital and interest. Writing the City into Being is an important book for those seeking to understand cities in a rapidly changing and fragmenting world. Lindsay Bremner is a guide to the city of Johannesburg, and one of its most incisive commentators.
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March 2011
March 2011
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Architecture since 1900, Africa
Architecture since 1900, Africa
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This book addresses the differences between apartheid and postapartheid Johannesburg and treats the city in regional, national, and international contexts. "Emerging Johannesburg" explores the recent economic and political transformations that have defined and hindered the city in its development as a world player. Contributors address issues such as Johannesburg's(...)
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This book addresses the differences between apartheid and postapartheid Johannesburg and treats the city in regional, national, and international contexts. "Emerging Johannesburg" explores the recent economic and political transformations that have defined and hindered the city in its development as a world player. Contributors address issues such as Johannesburg's(...)
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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March 2003, New York
March 2003, New York
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Emerging Johannesburg : perspectives on the postapartheid city
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This book addresses the differences between apartheid and postapartheid Johannesburg and treats the city in regional, national, and international contexts. "Emerging Johannesburg" explores the recent economic and political transformations that have defined and hindered the city in its development as a world player. Contributors address issues such as Johannesburg's urban/suburban divide and its relationship to poverty and socio-economical power, local politics, AIDS, and the effects of postapartheid on ordinary residents.
Emerging Johannesburg : perspectives on the postapartheid city
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This book addresses the differences between apartheid and postapartheid Johannesburg and treats the city in regional, national, and international contexts. "Emerging Johannesburg" explores the recent economic and political transformations that have defined and hindered the city in its development as a world player. Contributors address issues such as Johannesburg's urban/suburban divide and its relationship to poverty and socio-economical power, local politics, AIDS, and the effects of postapartheid on ordinary residents.
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March 2003, New York
March 2003, New York
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
