| Description |
1 online resource (pages cm) |
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text file |
| Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Athens: Democracy, Oligarchy, and Ruins in Classical Greece -- Rome: Ruins and Empire in the Late Antique World -- Baghdad: Postclassical Ruins and the Islamic Cityscape -- Tenochtitlan: Preservationism and Its Failures in Early Modern Mexico. |
| Summary |
"Broken Cities is a comparative sociological study of ruination, the process by which monuments, architectural sites, and urban centers decay into ruin over time. Weaving together four case studies of classical Athens, late antique Rome, medieval Baghdad, and sixteenth-century Mexico City, Devecka shows that ruination is a complex social process largely contingent on changing imperial control rather than the result of immediate (natural) catastrophic events, as popular opinion might assume"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- History -- To 1500.
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Cities and towns. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Greece -- Athens. |
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Social archaeology -- Case studies.
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Social archaeology. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Mexico City (Mexico) -- Antiquities.
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Baghdad (Iraq) -- Antiquities.
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Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
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Athens (Greece) -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
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Iraq -- Baghdad. |
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Italy -- Rome. |
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Mexico -- Mexico City. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Project Muse, distributor.
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| ISBN |
1421438437 |
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9781421438436 (electronic book) |
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9781421438412 |
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9781421438429 |
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1421438429 |
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