02997nam a2200433Ia 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023010001500064020002800079020003500107020001800142035001900160040003400179041000800213043003000221050002500251082002400276100003000300245006000330264004700390300003800437336002600475337002800501338002700529500001100556504001700567505089200584520054701476650004902023650004602072650006202118650005202180650006202232650007802294650006802372650004302440650005902483650002102542pucpr20260225102855.0011510s2000 enka b 001 0 eng  a 99043567  a0631209875 (alk. paper) a0631209883 (pbk. : alk. paper) a9780631209881 a(DLC) 99043567 apucprbengcpucprdpucprerda aspa an-mx---an-us-caan-us-nv00aHT384.U52bL674 199900a307.76/09794/942211 aDear, M. J.q(Michael J.)14aThe Postmodern Urban Condition :cMichael J. Dear.htxt aOxford :bBlackwell Publishers Ltd,c1999. axii, 337 p.bill. ;c25 cm.fbook 2rdacontentatextbtxt 2rdamediaaunmediadedbn 2rdacarrieravolumebnc aIndex. aBibliography aContents -- List of Figures vi -- List of Tables viii -- Preface ix -- Acknowledgments x -- Introduction 1 -- 1 Taking Los Angeles Seriously 10 -- 2 Mapping the Postmodern 25 -- 3 Postmodern Bloodlines : From Lefebvre to Jameson 47 -- 4 The Premature Demise of Postmodern Urbanism 70 -- 5 Reading the Modern City : A Colonial History of Los Angeles 1781 – 1991 91 -- 6 Deconstructing Urban Planning 117 -- 7 Postmodern Urbanism 140 -- 8 A Tale of Two Cities 1 . Tijuana 166 -- 9 Film , Architecture and Filmspace 176 -- 10 A Tale of Two Cities 2 . Las Vegas 199 -- 11 From Sidewalk to Cyberspace ( and back to Earth again ) 208 -- 12 The Personal Politics of Postmodernity 231 -- 13 The Power of Place 251 -- 14 The Geopolitics of Postmodernity 261 -- 15 Epistemological Politics 285 -- Epilogue : Beyond Postmodernism 317 -- A Beginner ' s Guide to Postmodernism 319 -- Index 321 --  a"This book will change the way we understand cities. It provides readers with not only an introduction to cities and urbanism in the postmodern world but also overturns many common assumptions about urban structure. Dear's analysis combines concepts of postmodernism, space and the urban to trace the genesis of a postmodern urban condition. He provides an understanding of the intellectual, moral, and political consequences of postmodernism and an evaluation of the role of space, and place in contemporary social theory and philosophy." -- 0aUrbanizationzCaliforniazLos Angeles2Local 0aHuman geographyzNevadazLas Vegas2Local 0aHuman geographyzMexicozTijuana (Baja California)2Local 0aHuman geographyzCaliforniazLos Angeles2Local 0aPost modernism.xSocial aspectszNevadazLas Vegas2Local 0aPost modernism.xSocial aspectszMexicozTijuana (Baja California)2Local 0aPost modernism.xSocial aspectszCaliforniazLos Angeles2Local 0aUrbanizationzNevadazLas Vegas2Local 0aUrbanizationzMexicozTijuana (Baja California)2Local 0aCities and towns