Public speaking in the city: debating and shaping the urban experience

Providing a compelling analysis of debates in and about the modern city, thisbook draws upon architecture, history, literary studies, new media and sociology to explore the multiple connections between location, speech and the emerging modern metropolis. It concludes by reflecting on public speaking in the construction of the virtual city. INDICE: List of Figures - Introduction: Public Speaking in the Modern City- Look Who's Talking - Architects and the Urban Public - Appearing in Public - Locating the Voices - Epilogue: Public Speaking and the City of the Future -Notes - Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-230-21809-3
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 12/08/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés