The public realm
Subtitle: exploring the city's quintessential social territory
By: Lyn H. Lofland
Series: Communication and social order; Communication and social order
Publisher: Aldine de Gruyter
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Hawthorne, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780585393773
Copyright date: 1998
Subjects: Cities and towns; Public spaces; Open spaces; Human territoriality; Social perception; Geographical perception; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Sociology; Urban
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-298) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 Toward a Geography and History of the Public Realm; title: part PART I CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PUBLIC REALM: ASPECTS OF A SOCIAL TERRITORY; title: chapter 2 The Normative or; title: chapter 3 The Relational Web: Persons, Places, Connections; title: chapter 4 A City; title: part PART II OPPONENTS OF THE PUBLIC REALM: ASSAULTS ON A SOCIAL TERRITORY; title: chapter 5 Antiurbanism and the Representational War on the Public Realm; title: chapter 6 Fear, Loathing, and Personal Privatism; title: chapter 7 Control by Design: The Architectural Assault on the Public Realm; title: chapter 8 Uses of the Public Realm.