City halls and civic materialism : towards a global history of urban public space /

The town hall or city hall as a place of local governance is historically related to the founding of cities in medieval Europe. As the space of representative civic authority, it aimed to set the terms of public space and engagement with the citizenry. In subsequent centuries, as the idea and built...

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Other Authors:	Chattopadhyay, Swati, 1962- (Editor), White, Jeremy (Jeremy Scott) (Editor), Ryan, Mary P.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Architext series.
Subjects:	City halls. Symbolism in architecture. Public spaces. ARCHITECTURE / General. ARCHITECTURE / Criticism. ARCHITECTURE / History / General.