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Routledge Ordinary Places/Extraordinary Events - Latin America

Name: Routledge Ordinary Places/Extraordinary Events - Latin America
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Explore the complex relationship between urban design and political life in Latin America. In Ordinary Places/Extraordinary Events, Clara Irazabal and a team of contributors examine how the public spaces of major cities serve as settings for significant historical movements. From the plazas of Mexico City and Havana to the avenues of Buenos Aires and Santiago, this book analyzes how urban environments shape the experience of citizenship and democracy. This study provides a deep look at how cities like Caracas, Bogota, Sao Paulo, Lima, and Santo Domingo use their physical layouts to facilitate or restrict public expression. Readers will learn how these spaces act as backdrops for history-making events, serving as tools for both democratic representation and totalitarian control. This text is an essential resource for anyone studying the connection between urban history, environment, and the social structures of Latin American metropolitan centers.

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Examines the urban history of major Latin American cities through the lens of their public spaces and social functions.

Analyzes how avenues and plazas in cities like Mexico City and Buenos Aires act as stages for history-making events.

Investigates the dual role of public spaces in supporting democratic expression or enabling totalitarianism.

Provides detailed studies on diverse metropolitan areas including Havana, Santo Domingo, Caracas, Bogota, Sao Paulo, Lima, and Santiago.

Part of the Planning, History and Environment Series for specialized academic study and reference.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0415354528
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Architecture > Reference > Study & Teaching
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 24 January 2008
Listed Since: 29 January 2007

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