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Indispensable eyesores : an anthropology of undesired buildings /

"The author presents a rich variety of undesired edifices in germany, Hungary, Austria and Bosnia-Herzegovina and investigates the different methods used ot dispose of them ... This analysis continues with a feflection on the afterlife of unwanted buildings, and concludes with a discussion on t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoorn, Mélanie van der
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
Colección:Remapping cultural history ; v. 10.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Title page-Indispensable Eyesores; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Chapter 1-Dragons, Tunnels, Gold and Russians; Chapter 2-Between Pragmatic Clearance and Pure Iconoclasm; Chpater 3-13 May 2001, 8.01 A.M.
  • 1 Building, 20,000 People and 450 Kilograms of Explosives; Chapter 4-Witnessing Urbicide; Chapter 5-From Nuclear Waste to a Temple of Consumerism; Chapter 6-Consuming the 'Platte' in East Berlin; Chapter 7-If Not Clearing, Then At Least Thinking Them Away; Chapter 8-'L' like 'Left to Its Own Devices'; Chapter 9-Exorcizing Remains; Chapter 10-In Fond Memory of a Rejected Edifice.