Imaginary Cities: A Tour of Dream Cities, Nightmare Cities, and Everywhere in Between

by Darran Anderson

Book Overview

For as long as humans have gathered in cities, those cities have had their shining--or shadowy--counterparts. Imaginary cities, potential cities, future cities, perfect cities. It is as if the city itself, its inescapable gritty reality and elbow-to-elbow nature, demands we call into being some alternative, yearned-for better place.

This book is about those cities. It's neither a history of grand plans nor a literary exploration of the utopian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022647030X
• ISBN13: 9780226470306
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 8.4"