Variations on a Theme Park
The New American City and the End of Public Space
ed. and intr. by Michael Sorkin ; texts by Neil Smith, Trevor Boddy, Mike Davis ...[et al.]

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Author(s)

Michael Sorkin, Neil Smith, Trevor Boddy, Mike Davis, ...[et al.]

Editor(s)

Michael Sorkin

Publication, year

New York : Hill and Wang, 1995

Scope

252 Pages, illustrated, 23 cm.

ISBN

0374523142

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America's cities are being rapidly transformed by a sinister and homogenous design. If anything can be described as a paradigm for these places, it's the theme park, an apparently benign environment in which all is structured to achieve maximum control and in which the idea of authentic interaction among citizens has been thoroughly purged.

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Location

Cabinet 17 - 1: Marketing van de stad ; Toerisme

Remarks

Incl. Bibliographical References