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This Book Will Change The Way We Understand Cities. It Provides Readers With Not Only An Introduction To Cities And Urbanism In The Postmodern World But Also Overturns Many Common Assumptions About Urban Structure. Dear's Analysis Combines Concepts Of Postmodernism, Space And The Urban To Trace The Genesis Of A Postmodern Urban Condition. He Provides An Understanding Of The Intellectual, Moral, And Political Consequences Of Postmodernism And An Evaluation Of The Role Of Space, And Place In Contemporary Social Theory And Philosophy.--jacket. Taking Los Angeles Seriously -- Mapping The Postmodern -- Postmodern Bloodlines: From Lefebvre To Jameson -- The Premature Demise Of Postmodern Urbanism -- Reading The Modern City: A Colonial History Of Los Angeles 1781-1991 -- Deconstructing Urban Planning -- Postmodern Urbanism -- A Tale Of Two Cities 1. Tijuana -- Film, Architecture And Filmspace -- A Tale Of Two Cities 2. Las Vegas -- From Sidewalk To Cyberspace (and Back To Earth Again) -- The Personal Politics Of Postmodernity -- The Power Of Place -- The Geopolitics Of Postmodernity -- Epistemological Politics -- Epilogue: Beyond Postmodernism -- A Beginner's Guide To Postmodernism. Micha

Author

Michael J. Dear

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780631209874

Subjects

Sociology, Social Science, Social_sciences

Updated

2026-03-24