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Urban Change and the European Left looks at the way politicians and critics use the city to ground their political messages.The book explores local narratives of urban change through ethnography, biography, travelogue, and social history. Drawing on novels, architectural commentaries, urban plans, political speeches, history and autobiography, Urban Change and the European Left provides accounts of public art, architecture, grassroots struggles, battles for control of the 1992 Olympics, and the city and Catalan identity.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 216 ● ISBN 9780203981917 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 1999 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2303338 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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