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Urban Change and the European Left: Tales from the New Barcelona [Hardcover]

Donald McNeill (Author)

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Publication Date: August 3, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0415170621 | ISBN-13: 978-0415170628 | Edition: 1

Urban Change and the European Left looks at the way politicians and critics use the city to ground their political messages.
The book explores local narratives of urban change through ethnography, biography, travelogue, and social history. Drawing on novels, architectural commentaries, urban plans, political speeches, history and autobiography, Urban Change and the European Left provides accounts of public art, architecture, grassroots struggles, battles for control of the 1992 Olympics, and the city and Catalan identity.

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The book explores local narratives of urban change through ethnography, biography, travelogue, and social history. Drawing on novels, architectural commentaries, urban plans, political speeches, history and autobiography, Urban Change and the European Left provides accounts of public art, architecture, grassroots struggles, battles for control of the 1992 Olympics, and the city and Catalan identity.

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Hardcover: 216 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (August 3, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415170621
ISBN-13: 978-0415170628
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
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This foray into the depths of Spain's most vibrant city is nothing less than captivating. The author indulges his reader with a veritable smorgasbord of literary treats: a metaphorical tapas bar, if you will, of insights into the city. I can hardly wait for Dr McNeill's next --and no doubt equally as enchanting-- book.

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2nd April, 1997, 10:30pm (local time). As the British Airways flight descends, I look out of the window at inky Barcelona flickering below, an invisible city but with tell-tale landmarks for the frequent flier: the green neon Sony sign in Placa dels Paisos Catalans, Santiago Calatrava's graceful wishbone tower, the evenly spaced streetlights of the Eixample. Read the first page

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neighbourhood movements, electoral map, neighbourhood groups, neighbourhood associations, social democratic movement

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Olympic Village, Manuel Castells, Poble Nou, Nou Barris, Zona Franca, Les Corts, Pasqual Maragall, Sant Andreu, European Union, Sant Gervasi, Barrio Chino, Ciutat Vella, Narcis Serra, North American, Robert Hughes, Sant Marti, Ajuntament de Barcelona, European Community, Gran Via, Committee of the Regions, Joan Clos, Jordi Borja, New Europe, Non Barris, Paisos Catalans

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This book cites 24 books:

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell in Front Matter, page 21, and Back Matter
The New Europe by John London on page 132, and Back Matter
The Power of Identity: The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture, Volume II (The Information Age) 2nd Edition by Manuel Castells in Back Matter
The Labour Party: A Centenary History by Brian Brivati on page 89
George Orwell by Raymond Williams in Front Matter

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The Capital of Europe: Architecture and Urban Planning for the European Union (Perspectives on the Twentieth Century) by Carola Hein in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Transforming Barcelona: The Renewal of a European Metropolis by Tim Marshall on page 1
Transforming Barcelona: The Renewal of a European Metropolis by Tim Marshall on page 22
Tourism Mobilities: Places to Play, Places in Play by Mimi Sheller in Back Matter
The European Dimension of British Planning by Mark Tewdwr-Jones in Back Matter

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