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- catalog abstract ""This book will change the way we understand cities. It provides readers with not only an introduction to cities and urbanism in the postmodern world but also overturns many common assumptions about urban structure. Dear's analysis combines concepts of postmodernism, space and the urban to trace the genesis of a postmodern urban condition. He provides an understanding of the intellectual, moral, and political consequences of postmodernism and an evaluation of the role of space, and place in contemporary social theory and philosophy."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11155447.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""This book will change the way we understand cities. It provides readers with not only an introduction to cities and urbanism in the postmodern world but also overturns many common assumptions about urban structure. Dear's analysis combines concepts of postmodernism, space and the urban to trace the genesis of a postmodern urban condition. He provides an understanding of the intellectual, moral, and political consequences of postmodernism and an evaluation of the role of space, and place in contemporary social theory and philosophy."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Taking Los Angeles seriously -- Mapping the postmodern -- Postmodern bloodlines: from Lefebvre to Jameson -- The premature demise of postmodern urbanism -- Reading the modern city: A colonial history of Los Angeles 1781-1991 -- Deconstructing urban planning -- Postmodern urbanism -- A tale of two cities 1. Tijuana -- Film, architecture and filmspace -- A tale of two cities 2. Las Vegas -- From sidewalk to cyberspace (and back to earth again) -- The personal politics of postmodernity -- The power of place -- The geopolitics of postmodernity -- Epistemological politics -- Epilogue: beyond postmodernism -- A beginner's guide to postmodernism.".
- catalog extent "xii, 337 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0631209875 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0631209883 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Malden, Mass : Blackwell,".
- catalog spatial "California Los Angeles.".
- catalog spatial "Mexico Tijuana (Baja California)".
- catalog spatial "Nevada Las Vegas.".
- catalog subject "307.76/09794/94 21".
- catalog subject "HT384.U52 L674 1999".
- catalog subject "Human geography California Los Angeles.".
- catalog subject "Human geography Mexico Tijuana (Baja California)".
- catalog subject "Human geography Nevada Las Vegas.".
- catalog subject "Postmodernism Social aspects California Los Angeles.".
- catalog subject "Postmodernism Social aspects Mexico Tijuana (Baja California)".
- catalog subject "Postmodernism Social aspects Nevada Las Vegas.".
- catalog subject "Urbanization California Los Angeles.".
- catalog subject "Urbanization Mexico Tijuana (Baja California)".
- catalog subject "Urbanization Nevada Las Vegas.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Taking Los Angeles seriously -- Mapping the postmodern -- Postmodern bloodlines: from Lefebvre to Jameson -- The premature demise of postmodern urbanism -- Reading the modern city: A colonial history of Los Angeles 1781-1991 -- Deconstructing urban planning -- Postmodern urbanism -- A tale of two cities 1. Tijuana -- Film, architecture and filmspace -- A tale of two cities 2. Las Vegas -- From sidewalk to cyberspace (and back to earth again) -- The personal politics of postmodernity -- The power of place -- The geopolitics of postmodernity -- Epistemological politics -- Epilogue: beyond postmodernism -- A beginner's guide to postmodernism.".
- catalog title "The postmodern urban condition / Michael J. Dear.".
- catalog type "text".