Landscapes of Power
Douban
From Detroit to Disney World
Sharon Zukin
Sinossi
This study analyzes five different types of American urban communities to demonstrate the manner in which economic and political power have constructed the urban landscape. It uses such examples as Disneyworld and Henry Ford's industrial complex to show how powerful interests have shaped the land.
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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Market, Place, and Landscape
2. "Creative Destruction": The Inner Landscape
3. The Urban Landscape
Five Twentieth-Century Landscapes
4. Steeltown: Power and Autonomy in Weirton,
West Virginia
5. Motown's Steeltown: The Power of Productive
Labor in Detroit
6. The Mill and the Mall: Power and
Homogeneity in Westchester County
7. Gentrification, Cuisine, and the Critical
Infrastructure: Power and Centrality Downtown
8. Disney World: The Power of Facade I The
Facade of Power
Conclusion
9. Moral Landscapes
Notes
Index
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