Tokyo
The Shogun's City at the 21st Century
Wiley (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 24. April 1998
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-471-97869-5 (ISBN)
Description
Tokyo the shogun's city at the 21st century Forbidden to outsiders for 250 years, destroyed by earthquake in 1923, carpet bombed in 1945, Tokyo is a city which never looks back and absolutely will not be stopped. Not just the capital of a country but increasingly of the world. The future of cities everywhere is already written, in thousands of neon lights, by a city which defies all attempts at control and planning. Tokyo captures the pounding, chattering rhythms of daily life among the towering high rises and clandestine knots of alleys and squares in the world's premier urban laboratory. It guides the reader through the maze of neighboring districts revealing an urban reality seldom seen, the underside of Tokyo - a place of secluded temples, bathhouses, gardens, and slums. The author explores a myriad of urban fragments, from a giant, naked Marilyn Monroe squared off for combat against a hulking Japanese sumo wrestler to the splendour of the Imperial Palace, to reveal the alien nature of the city which remains a wonder of eastern invention and dynamism. Tokyo is written as the city rebuilds.
However, this time it is not catastrophe which is the impetus for construction, it is the desire to keep Tokyo at the cutting edge, the fastest and richest city in the world. World Cities series is edited by R. J. Johnston and P. L. Knox Urban Studies / Planning / Social Science
However, this time it is not catastrophe which is the impetus for construction, it is the desire to keep Tokyo at the cutting edge, the fastest and richest city in the world. World Cities series is edited by R. J. Johnston and P. L. Knox Urban Studies / Planning / Social Science
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
photographs, illustrations, tables, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 172 mm
Weight
720 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-97869-5 (9780471978695)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Roman Cybriwsky is Professor and Chair of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University, Philadelphia.
Content
Orientation; historical development; contemporary Tokyo; faces of the metropolis; Tokyo directions; Tokyo 21.