Making the Invisible Visible
Subtitle: A Multicultural Planning History (California Studies in Critical Human Geography, No 2)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: February 8, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780520207349
Subjects: City & town planning - architectural aspects; Cultural studies; Ethnic studies; Gender studies; History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Regional & Area Planning; Social history; Urban communities; Public Policy - Regional Planning; Urban Planning; Political Science; Sociology; Human Geography; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; Sociology - Urban; Science / Geography; History; City planning; Cross-cultural studies
First sentence: Professions (like nations) keep their shape by molding their members' (cit') understanding of the past, causing them to forget those events that do not accord with a righteous image, while keeping alive those memories that do.