Free eBooks Tearing Down The Streets: Adventures In Urban Anarchy Available To Downloads
From New York to San Francisco, Times Square to the Tenderloin, graffiti artists, young people, radical environmentalists, and the homeless clash with police on city streets in an attempt to take back urban spaces from the developers and 'disneyfiers'. Drawing on more than a decade of first-hand research, this lively account goes inside the worlds of street musicians, homeless punks, militant bicycle activists, high-risk 'BASE jump' parachutists, skateboarders, outlaw radio operators, and hip hop graffiti artists, to explore the day-to-day skirmishes in the struggle over public life and public space.
Hardcover: 282 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 2002 edition (December 7, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312233353
ISBN-13: 978-0312233358
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
Best Sellers Rank: #1,667,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #393 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > Ideologies & Doctrines > Anarchism #1669 in Books > Arts & Photography > Architecture > Urban & Land Use Planning #2903 in Books > Textbooks > Social Sciences > Criminology
One of the most important books I have read for the reclaiming of social space in an increasingly controlled and legislated urban landscape. His discussion of hotel cleaning women working on a Sunday morning in different rooms while singing Gospel music with each other is alone worth the cost of the book. The book is mandatory reading for anyone doing public art or performance, writing about it, or just trying to figure out why the Paris Commune is so important to understanding life in the city.
Tearing Down the Streets: Adventures in Urban Anarchy Streets of Hope : The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood Tearing A New One: The Ins and Outs of Surviving Colorectal Cancer The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded American is Tearing Us Apart Take-Down Archery: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Building PVC Take-Down Bows, Take-Down Arrows, Strings and More ROCKY and BULLWINKLE: 6 COMPLETE CLASSIC COMIC BOOKS FROM THE 1950-60s - 216 PAGES OF ANARCHY AND MADCAP FUN (CLASSIC TELEVISION CARTOON COMIC BOOKS Book 3) Dr. Anarchy's Rules For World Domination: (Or How I Became God-Emperor Of Rhode Island) My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity Anarchy and Society: Reflections on Anarchist Sociology (Studies in Critical Social Sciences) We Do Not Fear Anarchy—We Invoke It: The First International and the Origins of the Anarchist Movement The New Arab Wars: Uprisings and Anarchy in the Middle East Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God Preppers Pantry: The Ultimate Survival Guide For Emergency Water & Food Storage During An Urban Emergency (Urban Survival Pantry, Canning And Preserving, Camping, Life Saving Meals, Survival Guide) Vertical Gardening for Beginners: How To Grow 40 Pounds of Organic Food in a 4x4 Space Without a Yard (vertical gardening, urban gardening, urban homestead, ... survival guides, survivalist series) Urban Survival: The Beginners Guide to Securing your Territory, Food and Weapons (How to Survive Your First Disaster) (Urban Preppers Survival Guide, SHTF, Emergency Preparedness) Social Sustainability in Urban Areas: Communities, Connectivity and the Urban Fabric Clearing the Way: Deconcentrating the Poor in Urban America (Urban Institute Press) Getting Around Brown: Desegregation, Development, and the Columbus Public Schools (Urban Life and Urban Landscape) Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice (Urban and Industrial Environments) SEX: FACE DOWN ASS UP (URBAN EROTICA AND BONUS BOX SET) BUNDLE
