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Starting with a simple question, 'what do street addresses do?', Deirdre Mask travels the world and back in time to work out how we describe where we live and what that says about us. From the chronological numbers of Tokyo to the naming of Bobby Sands Street in Iran, she explores how our address - or lack of one - expresses our politics, culture and technology. It affects our health and wealth, and it can even affect the working of our brains.
From Ancient Rome to Kolkata today, from cholera epidemics to tax hungry monarchs, Mask discovers the different ways street names are created, celebrated, and in some cases, banned. Filled with fascinating people and histories, this incisive, entertaining book shows how addresses are about identity, class and race. But most of all they are about power: the power to name, to hide, to decide who counts, who doesn't, and why.
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- PublisherProfile Books
- Publication date2020
- ISBN 10 1781259003
- ISBN 13 9781781259009
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages336
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The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth and Power
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Award 2020 'Deirdre Mask's book was just up my Strasse, alley, avenue and boulevard.' -Simon Garfield, author of Just My Type 'Fascinating . intelligent but thoroughly accessible . full of surprises' - Sunday Times Starting with a simple question, 'what do street addresses do?', Deirdre Mask travels the world and back in time to work out how we describe where we live and what that says about us. From the chronological numbers of Tokyo to the naming of Bobby Sands Street in Iran, she explores how our address - or lack of one - expresses our politics, culture and technology. It affects our health and wealth, and it can even affect the working of our brains. From Ancient Rome to Kolkata today, from cholera epidemics to tax hungry monarchs, Mask discovers the different ways street names are created, celebrated, and in some cases, banned. Filled with fascinating people and histories, this incisive, entertaining book shows how addresses are about identity, class and race. But most of all they are about power: the power to name, to hide, to decide who counts, who doesn't, and why. 'A must read for urbanists and all those interested in cities and modern economic and social life.' - Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR010524476
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 320 pages. Starting with a simple question, 'what do street addresses do?', Deirdre Mask travels the world and back in time to work out how we describe where we live an d what that says about us. From the chronological numbers of Tokyo to the naming. Seller Inventory # 2028k
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The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity Race Wealth & Power
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ISBN 10: 1781259003
ISBN 13: 9781781259009
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21.0 x 14.0cms 326pp very good hardback & dustwrapper (short archivally sealed tears) This book shows how identity class and race endow some some people the power to name to hide to decide who counts (and who doesn't count)>. Seller Inventory # 20905781
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