The City of Collective Memory: Its Historical Imagery and Architectural Entertainments

by M. Christine Boyer

Describing a series of different visual and mental modes by which the urban environment has been recognized, depicted, and planned, Boyer (architecture, Princeton U.) examines theaters and museums, panoramas and maps, advertising, buildings and institutions, all of which are used to construct readings of the city as a system of representation and as a cultural entity. She considers a range of secondary historical literature and theoretical work, including the structural analysis of Rossi and post-structuralist criticism from Benjamin to the present. Handsome b&w illustrations. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Genres: Architecture, Nonfiction, History, Urban Planning

576 pages, Hardcover

First published November 2, 1994

Reviews

[Angeliki Mourelatou · Rating 4 out of 5]

Extremely wide range of information and while so usufull for actual research etc its poetic way of writing makes it even entertaining .

[Pat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Almost