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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis book reflects upon the physical settings of North American city council chambers (nearly all in the United States) constructed since 1865. It interprets spatial composition, interior decoration ... Read full review
Contents
The Notion of Civic Space | 1 |
The Concepts of Civic Space | 7 |
This Study of Civic Space | 13 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Social Meaning of Civic Space: Studying Political Authority Through Architecture Studies in government and public policy |
| Author | Charles T. Goodsell |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University Press of Kansas, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 0700603476, 9780700603473 |
| Length | 229 pages |
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