Tokyo Vernacular : Common Spaces, Local Histories, Found Objects /

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Preserved buildings and historic districts, museums and reconstructions have become an important part of the landscape of cities around the world. Beginning in the 1970s, Tokyo participated in this trend. However, repeated destruction and rapid redevelopment left the city with little building stock...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sand, Jordan, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Historic preservation.
Historic buildings > Conservation and restoration.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Historic buildings > Conservation and restoration > Japan > Tokyo > History > 20th century.
Historic preservation > Japan > Tokyo > History > 20th century.
Japan > Tokyo.
Tokyo (Japan) > History > 1945-
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Rediscovering Tokyo's Vernacular
  • Hiroba : The Public Square and the Boundaries of the Commons
  • Yanesen : Writing Local Community
  • Deviant Properties : Street Observation Studies
  • Museums, Heritage, and Everyday Life
  • Conclusion : History and Memory in a City without Monuments.

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