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stormdogI just read a couple short pieces by William Cronon for my research design class. I have to say, whether I'm reading his multi-hundred page history of Chicago, or a few columns in "Perspectives on History," that man can write.
And now it's on to Henre Lefebvre's "The Urban Revolution" for my social justice and the city class. I started reading Lefebvre's "The Production of Space" a couple years ago but got distracted, so here's my opportunity for Lefebvre I suppose.
It's interesting how context can add so much meaning to an image. The cover of the book has an image of the Champs-Élysées. It's a pretty picture of an urban place. But having read so much, in books like Robert Fishman's "Bourgeoise Utopias," about Georges-Eugène Haussman's renovation of Paris and what it meant for both physical and social constructions of the city, it says so much more than that.
And now it's on to Henre Lefebvre's "The Urban Revolution" for my social justice and the city class. I started reading Lefebvre's "The Production of Space" a couple years ago but got distracted, so here's my opportunity for Lefebvre I suppose.
It's interesting how context can add so much meaning to an image. The cover of the book has an image of the Champs-Élysées. It's a pretty picture of an urban place. But having read so much, in books like Robert Fishman's "Bourgeoise Utopias," about Georges-Eugène Haussman's renovation of Paris and what it meant for both physical and social constructions of the city, it says so much more than that.
