The address book : what street addresses reveal about identity, race, wealth, and power
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250134769
- ISBN: 1250134765
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Physical Description:
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x, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-313) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Why do street addresses matter? -- Kolkata : how can street addresses transform the slums? -- Haiti : could street addresses stop an epidemic? -- Rome : how did the ancient Romans navigate? -- London : where do street names come from? -- Vienna : what can house numbers teach us about power? -- Philadelphia : why do Americans love numbered streets? -- Korea and Japan : must streets be named? -- Iran : why do street names follow revolutions? -- Berlin : what do Nazi street names tell us about Vergangenheitsbewältigung? -- Hollywood, Florida : why can't Americans stop arguing about Confederate street names? -- St. Louis : what do Martin Luther King Jr. Streets reveal about race in America? -- South Africa : who belongs on South Africa's street signs? -- Manhattan : how much is a street name worth? -- Homelessness : how do you live without an address? -- Conclusion: The future : are street addresses doomed? |
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Subject: | Street addresses Social aspects Street names Social aspects |
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Milton Public Library | 388.1 MAS (Text) | 33226000929119 | MLTM Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Albright Memorial Library | 388.1 MASK (Text) | 50686015608875 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | 388.1 MAS (Text) | 37268003094216 | AHMFL Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Altoona Area Public Library | 388.1 MAS (Text) | 33240004864297 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Cambria County Library | 388.1 M397a (Text) | 85131001789735 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Carroll Valley Library | 388.1 MASK (Text)
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Muriel Rice Named Endowment, 2020
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Clymer Library | 388.1 MAS (Text) | 32596000456664 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Coudersport Public Library | 388.1 MAS (Text) | 30183000948024 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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