What is the nature of place, and how does one undertake to write
about it? To answer these questions, geographer and poet Tim
Cresswell looks to Chicago’s iconic Maxwell Street market area.
Maxwell Street was for decades a place where people from all
corners of the city mingled to buy and sell goods, play and listen
to the blues, and encounter new foods and cultures. Now,
redeveloped and renamed University Village, it could hardly be more
different. In Maxwell Street, Cresswell advocates approaching the
study of place as an “assemblage” of things, meanings, and
practices. In exploring the neighborhood, he models this innovative
approach through a montage format that exposes the different types
of texts—primary, secondary, and photographic sources—that have
attempted to capture the essence of the area. Cresswell studies his
historical sources just as he explores the different elements of
Maxwell Street—exposing them layer by layer. Brilliantly
interweaving words and images, Maxwell Street sheds light on a
historic Chicago neighborhood and offers a new model for how to
write about place that will interest anyone in the fields of
geography, urban studies, or cultural history.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2019 |
| Authors: |
Tim Cresswell
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| Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
264 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-60425-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-226-60425-X |
| Barcode: |
9780226604251 |
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