New City Upon a Hill
Title | New City Upon a Hill PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Rocco Mitchell |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 2007-03-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1614230994 |
Published in anticipation of Columbia's fortieth anniversary in 2007, this book showcases the history of one of the nation's leading "new towns." Built from the brilliant plan developed by visionary designer James Rouse, Columbia's innovative design is the foundation for a unique community that has thrived for decades and flourishes today.
Ghosts of the New City
Title | Ghosts of the New City PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Alan Johnson |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | 210 |
Release | 2014-07-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0824847822 |
Chiang Mai (literally, “new city”) suffered badly in the 1997 Asian financial crisis as the Northern Thai real estate bubble collapsed along with the Thai baht, crushing dreams of a renaissance of Northern prosperity. Years later, the ruins of the excesses of the 1990s still stain the skyline. In Ghosts of the New City, Andrew Alan Johnson shows how the trauma of the crash, brought back vividly by the political crisis of 2006, haunts efforts to remake the city. For many Chiang Mai residents, new developments harbor the seeds of the crash, which manifest themselves in anxious stories of ghosts and criminals who conceal themselves behind the city’s progressive veneer. Hopes for rebirth and fears of decline have their roots in Thai conceptions of progress, which draw from Buddhist and animist ideas of power and sacrality. Cities, Johnson argues, were centers where the charismatic power of kings and animist spirits were grounded; these entities assured progress by imbuing the space with sacred power that would avert disaster. Johnson traces such magico-religious conceptions of potency and space from historical records through present-day popular religious practice and draws parallels between these and secular attempts at urban revitalization. Through a detailed ethnography of the contested ways in which academics, urban activists, spirit mediums, and architects seek to revitalize the flagging economy and infrastructure of Chiang Mai, Johnson finds that alongside the hope for progress there exists a discourse about urban ghosts, deadly construction sites, and the lurking anxiety of another possible crash, a discourse that calls into question history’s upward trajectory. In this way, Ghosts of the New City draws new connections between urban history and popular religion that have implications far beyond Southeast Asia.
The New City Home
Title | The New City Home PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie Plummer Clagett |
Publisher | Taunton Press |
Total Pages | 220 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9781561586486 |
This illustrated guide to making the most of an urban living space profiles 25 homes in major metropolitan areas. 35 illustrations. 240 color photos.
The New York City experience
Title | The New York City experience PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 120 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Warrington: From New Town to New City?
Title | Warrington: From New Town to New City? PDF eBook |
Author | Janice Hayes |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | 158 |
Release | 2019-11-15 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN | 1445691949 |
Ties-in with the community history project celebrating the 50th anniversary of Warrington's creation as a New Town.
Housing and Urban Development Legislation of 1970
Title | Housing and Urban Development Legislation of 1970 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1608 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | City planning and redevelopment law |
ISBN |
Federal home loan bank board, Housing and home finance agency, National aeronautics and space administration, National aeronautics and space council, National science foundation, Office of science and technology
Title | Federal home loan bank board, Housing and home finance agency, National aeronautics and space administration, National aeronautics and space council, National science foundation, Office of science and technology PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1288 |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | Executive departments |
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