Hirst, Paul Q. <br/><br/>
Space and Power :  politics, war and architecture. /  txt 
Paul Hirst. 
 - x, 260 p.  ill. ;  23 cm.  book 
<br/><br/> Index 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-251) and index. 
<br/><br/>List of Illustrations vi --<br/>Preface by Grahame Thompson vii --<br/>Acknowledgements xi --<br/>Part I:<br/>1 Space and Power: Architecture, Politics and War 3 --<br/>2 Cities, Globalization and Governance 7 --<br/>3 Politics and Territory 26 --<br/>Part II:<br/>4 The Spatial Dimensions of Military Power 51 --<br/>5 The Frontier, Conquest and Settlement 77 --<br/>6 War, Environment and Technology 98 --<br/>7 Information, Space and War 123 --<br/>Part III:<br/>8 Foucault and Architecture 155 --<br/>9 The Defence of Places: Fortification as Architecture 179 --<br/>10 The Defence of Places: From Sieges to Silos 198 --<br/>Notes 224 --<br/>Index 252 --<br/><br/><br/> Illustrations:<br/>1 G.B. Piranesi, Carceri d’invenzione, c. 1761, Second State VIII 173 --<br/>2 Newgate Gaol, c. 1783 architect George Dance 176 --<br/>3 Exterior view, The Retreat, York 178 --<br/>4 Aerial View of Naarden 181 --<br/>5 Designs for fortifications, Florence, c. 1528, Michelangelo 183 --<br/>6 View of the keep and support tower of the Rocca at Mondavio by Francesco di Giorgio, built 1482 to 1992 189 --<br/>7 Part of the Turkish trenches during the siege of Vienna of 1684 200 --<br/>8 View of the Magniot Line, showing tunnels, 1939 208 --<br/>9 Pillbox disguised as a removals van 209 --<br/>10 Radar and observation tower, L’Ancress, Guernsey part of the Atlantik Wall defences, built 1942 211 --<br/>11 Submarine pen at Bordeaux, built 1941 212 --<br/> 
<br/><br/> Paul Hirst was one was one of the most original thinkers of his generation. This book is being published post-humously after his tragic death in 2003. Written with verve and lucidity, it is a scholarly account of the various ways in which space is configured by power, and in which space becomes a resource for power. Erudite and exciting, the book combines new and old theory in an imaginative, yet pragmatic, way. It is typical of Hirst's ability to make inspiriational leaps across theoretical and disciplinary boundaries, critically combining insights from social theory, politics, history and geography. This is an important, forward-looking book that will influence academic debate for many years to come -- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780745634562 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005299583 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Boundaries<br/>Power (Social sciences)<br/>Architecture--Political aspects<br/>Space Architecture<br/>War<br/>Legislative power
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC323  / H57 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.12