Ordinary places, extraordinary events :citizenship, democracy, and public space in Latin America
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2008
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x, 254 p.: ill.
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Planning, history and environment series
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Prologue: ordinary places, extraordinary events in Latin America / Clara Irazabal -- Citzenship, democracy and public space in Latin America / Clara Irazabal -- Cities, democracies and powers -- Political appropriation of public space: extraordinary events in the Zocalo of Mexico City / Sergio Tamayo and Xochitl Cruz-Guzmssn -- Reinventing the void: SFao Paulo's Museum of Art and public life along Avenida Paulista / Zeuler R. Lima and Vera M. Pallamin -- A memorable public space: the plaza of the Central Station in Santiago de Chile / Rodrigo Vidal Rojas and Hans Fox Timmling -- Lima's historic centre: old places shaping new social arrangements / Miriam Chion and Wiley Ludea Urquizo -- The Plaza de Bolvar of Bogota: uniqueness of place, multiplicity of events / Alberto Saldarriaga Roa -- Place, citzenship and nationhood -- Space, revolution and resistance: ordinary places and extraordinary events in Caracas / Clara Irazabal and John Foley -- The struggle for urban territory -- Human rights activists in Buenos Aires / Susana Kaiser -- Iconic voids and social identity in a polycentric city: Havana from the nineteenth to the twentieth century / Roberto Segre -- Unresolved public expressions of anti-trujilloism in Santo Domingo / Robert Alexander Gonzalez -- Index
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Public spaces -- Latin America -- Political aspects -- Case studies
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Public spaces -- Latin America -- Social aspects -- Case studies