Political Science City Planning & Urban Development
Time and the Suburbs
The Politics of Built Environments and the Future of Dissent
- Publisher
- ARP Books
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2011
- Category
- City Planning & Urban Development, Social Psychology, Urban
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781894037525
- Publish Date
- Nov 2011
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
By combining provocative prose with photo-essay, Time and the Suburbs explores the disappearance of cities in North America under the weight of suburban, exurban, and other forms of development that are changing the way we live and do politics. Drawing on social theory from Henri Lefebvre and Guy Debord to Antonio Negri, this book reconceptualizes the tasks facing activists and social movments. This is both a provocative essay and introduction to important social theory for anyone interested in cites and urban development.
About the author
Rohan Quinby is a freelance writer, editor, and photographer living in Nashville, Tennessee. He has published essays on travel and urbanism and has a postgraduate degree in Public Policy from Massey University in New Zealand. His photography has appeared in publications and galleries, and he is the photography editor for carte blanche, the literary review of the Quebec Writers' Federation.
Editorial Reviews
Enlightening and at times threatening to the justness of a capitalist society, the book endorses the realistic sanctions that impede upon economic growth as defined by the consumerism model. -- TY Nice, Nexus