City of Rhetoric
Revitalizing the Public Sphere in Metropolitan America
1st Edition
Published on 22. October 2008
346 pages
978-0-7914-7731-1 (ISBN)
Description
Examines the relationship of civic discourse to built environments through a case study of the Cabrini Green urban revitalization project in Chicago.
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David Fleming is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Writing Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Content
List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Introduction: Death Corner
Part One The Geography of Politics
2. The Placelessness of Political Theory
3. A New Civic Map for Our Time
Part Two Designing the Twenty-fi rst Century Public Sphere
4. Ghetto: Chicago, 1995
5. Suburbia: Schaumburg, Illinois
6. The New Urbanism: North Town Village
7. Home: 1230 North Burling Street
Part Three Lessons for Theory and Practice
8. Toward a New Sociospatial Dialectic
9. Cities of Rhetoric
10. Afterword
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Preface
1. Introduction: Death Corner
Part One The Geography of Politics
2. The Placelessness of Political Theory
3. A New Civic Map for Our Time
Part Two Designing the Twenty-fi rst Century Public Sphere
4. Ghetto: Chicago, 1995
5. Suburbia: Schaumburg, Illinois
6. The New Urbanism: North Town Village
7. Home: 1230 North Burling Street
Part Three Lessons for Theory and Practice
8. Toward a New Sociospatial Dialectic
9. Cities of Rhetoric
10. Afterword
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
