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The Condition of Postmodernity:

An Enquiry Into the Origins of Cultural Change
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Wiley, 1989 - Social Science - 378 pages
In this new book, David Harvey seeks to determine what is meant by the term in its different contexts and to identify how accurate and useful it is as a description of contemporary experience.

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User Review  - Abhisek Gupta - Goodreads

The book covers a wide array of thoughts and streams in field of postmodernism. Ranging from discourse on architecture to temporal and spatial configurations, the author attempts to provide a brief introduction to such undercurrents. Overall an excellent read. Read full review

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User Review  - Hevel Cava - Goodreads

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About the author (1989)

David Harvey is Professor of Geography at the Johns Hopkins University. From 1987 to 1993 he held the Halford Mackinder Chair of Geography at Oxford University. His previous books include Social Justice and the City, The Limits to Capital (available in the USA from the University of Chicago Press, and elsewhere from Blackwell Publishers, UK) and The Urban Experience (available in the USA from the Johns University Press, and elsewhere from Blackwell Publishers, UK).

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