Maxwell Street: Writing and Thinking Place by Tim Cresswell (English) Hardcover

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Maxwell Street by Tim Cresswell Maxwell Street sheds light on a historic Chicago neighborhood and offers a new model for how to write about place, approaching the study of place as an "assemblage" of things, meanings, and practices. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description What is the nature of place, and how does one undertake to write about it? To answer these questions, geographer and poet Tim Cresswell looks to Chicagos iconic Maxwell Street Market area. Maxwell Street was for decades a place where people from all corners of the city mingled to buy and sell goods, play and listen to the blues, and encounter new foods and cultures. Now, redeveloped and renamed University Village, it could hardly be more different. In Maxwell Street, Cresswell advocates approaching the study of place as an "assemblage" of things, meanings, and practices. He models this innovative approach through a montage format that exposes the different types of texts—primary, secondary, and photographic sources—that have attempted to capture the essence of the area. Cresswell studies his historical sources just as he explores the different elements of Maxwell Street—exposing them layer by layer. Brilliantly interweaving words and images, Maxwell Street sheds light on a historic Chicago neighborhood and offers a new model for how to write about place that will interest anyone in the fields of geography, urban studies, or cultural history. Author Biography Tim Cresswell is dean of the faculty, vice president for academic affairs, and professor of America studies at Trinity College in Connecticut. He is the managing editor of the journal GeoHumanities, and the author of many books, including Place: AnIntroduction and Geographic Thought: A Critical Introduction. Table of Contents Acknowledgements Part One Writing Place Part Two Market/Place Part Three Thinking Place Notes Bibliography Index Review "Maxwell Street is about two things at once. On one hand, it is about a specific empirical case of a historical compact market district in Chicago, Illinois. On the other, it is about the nature of place and how one operationalizes the study of it. Professor Tim Cresswells new book extends a poetic, artistic sensibility to his slow scholarship in a way that is creative, formally experimenting, and occasionally exhilarating. The book deserves attention. . . . Maxwell Street is a well-constructed contemporary manifesto for a resolutely humanistic and grounded approach to studying place."-- "Southeastern Geographer""Maxwell Street: Writing and Thinking Place will appeal to readers interested in urban life, cultural geography and the city of Chicago, USA. It explores place from the real-world context of a colourful market in one of the citys oldest residential districts."-- "Geography""Through an extremely interesting set of sources, traces, and ideas, Cresswell generates a series of highly stimulating and imaginative juxtapositions. A fascinating addition to the current literature on Chicago, cultural history, and urban writing, Maxwell Street will appeal to diverse academic and public readerships."-- "Matthew Gandy, University of Cambridge" Review Quote "Through an extremely interesting set of sources, traces, and ideas, Cresswell generates a series of highly stimulating and imaginative juxtapositions. A fascinating addition to the current literature on Chicago, cultural history, and urban writing, Maxwell Street will appeal to diverse academic and public readerships." Details ISBN022660411X Author Tim Cresswell Pages 264 Year 2019 ISBN-10 022660411X ISBN-13 9780226604114 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2019-04-02 Imprint University of Chicago Press Subtitle Writing and Thinking Place Country of Publication United States DEWEY 977.311 Illustrations 57 halftones Short Title Maxwell Street Language English UK Release Date 2019-04-02 AU Release Date 2019-04-02 NZ Release Date 2019-04-02 US Release Date 2019-04-02 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161778671;

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