"In each volume, historical, cultural and biographical essays are interspersed with photographs and maps that inform and revise our understanding of America’s most storied places."

Washington Post

"Solnit’s [. . . , Snedecker's, and Jelly-Schapiro's] atlases masterfully chart great leaps of technology that have built our contemporary cities: the great work in filling shorelines, of building bridges, of creating ingenious public transit. But they also display the cost. Solnit’s project responds to the subjugating gaze of the traditional atlas by portraying her city through populist, communitarian stories."

America: The Jesuit Review

"The maps themselves are things of beauty."—The New York Times   Explore the hidden histories of San Francisco, New Orleans, and New York with this brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas. From Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro.   In the past decade, Rebecca Solnit—aided by local writers, artists, historians, urbanists, ethnographers, and cartographers—has compiled three stunning atlases that have radically changed the way we think about place. Each atlas provides a vivid, complex look at the multi-faceted nature of a city as experienced by its different inhabitants, replete with the celebrations and contradictions that make up urban life.   This three-volume paperback set contains: The original, gorgeously designed atlases—Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas; Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas; and Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas Three new and updated, full-color, fold-out posters for each city, including the popular “City of Women” mapA new and thoughtful essay by Rebecca Solnit reflecting on the project ten years after the publication of the first atlas   A stunning collection, this boxed set is a perfect treasury of imagination and insight, a rich people’s history of these infinite cities.  
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"Whimsical and socially conscious."—O, the Oprah Magazine "A nimble work of social history."—San Francisco Chronicle "A deeply illuminating assemblage of maps and essays."—Chicago Tribune "The maps are playful, colorful and alive."—The Wall Street Journal "A gorgeously produced collection.”—Los Angeles Review Of Books
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780520314290
Publisert
2019-09-03
Utgiver
Vendor
University of California Press
Vekt
2540 gr
Høyde
305 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Dybde
64 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Biographical note

Rebecca Solnit is a writer, historian, and activist. She is the author of twenty books on feminism, western and indigenous history, popular power, social change and insurrection, wandering and walking, and hope and disaster. These include the recent Men Explain Things to Me and The Mother of All QuestionsJoshua Jelly-Schapiro is a geographer, writer, and regular contributor to The New York Review of Books. He is the author of Island People: The Caribbean and the WorldRebecca Snedeker is an Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker and writer whose work supports human rights, creative expression, and her native city, New Orleans.