War of streets and houses
By: Sophie Yanow
Contributors: Kaczynski, Tom, 1973- book designer, editor; McKeen, Joel, book producer
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: Uncivilized Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 69
ISBN-13: 9780984681488
Subjects: Personal narratives; Student strikes; Police; Comic books, strips
Work titles: La guerre des rues et des maisons
Description: An American artist witnesses the Quebec spring 2012 student strike on the streets of Montreal. The brutal police response and their violent tactics trigger an exploration of urban planning and its hidden connections to military strategies. Marshal Bugeaud's urban warfare tactics in Algeria, Haussmann's plan for Paris, planning and repression in the New World; theory and personal experience collide into an ambitious and poetic cartoon memoir.
Notes: Translation from French of: La guerre des rues et des maisons.

Chiefly illustrations.

"The French Canadian edition of this work, titled La guerre des rues et des  maisons, is published by la mauvaise tête, under the direction of Sébastien Trahan and Vincent Giard"--Page opposite title page.

Translated from the French.