The spirit of cities : why the identity of a city matters in a global age /

Cities shape the lives and outlooks of billions of people, yet they have been overshadowed in contemporary political thought by nation-states, identity groups, and concepts like justice and freedom. The Spirit of Cities revives the classical idea that a city expresses its own distinctive ethos or va...

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主要作者: Bell, Daniel (Daniel A.), 1964-
其他作者: De-Shalit, Avner
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: Princeton : Princeton University Press 2013.
在線閱讀:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fgzb2
書本目錄:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Preface to the Paperback Edition: The City and Identity; Introduction: Civicism; Jerusalem: The City of Religion; Montreal: The City of Language(s); Singapore: The City of Nation Building; Hong Kong: The City of Materialism; Beijing: The City of Political Power; Oxford: The City of Learning; Berlin: The City of (In)Tolerance; Paris: The City of Romance; New York: The City of Ambition; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.