America at the mall the cultural role of a retail utopia /

"This study explores the spiritual, emotional and physical effects of the enclosed shopping mall on the public, chronicling the growth of the mall as a popular development model, its role in shaping urban and suburban life in the United States, its positive and negative aspects on society and t...

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Автор: Scharoun, Lisa, 1979-
Співавтор: ebrary, Inc
Формат: Електронний ресурс eКнига
Мова:Англійська
Опубліковано: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2012.
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Зміст:
  • The birth of the mall
  • Suburbia and the american dream
  • The decline of downtown
  • The mall and religion
  • Main street
  • Teens and the mall
  • Senior citizens and the mall
  • The mall as "public" space
  • The mall and the environment
  • Dawn of the dead mall
  • The rise of the big boxes
  • Regional mall case studies
  • Case studies: super-regional malls, lifestyle centers
  • And hybrids
  • New urbanism and the death of the urban mall
  • The future of public space in America.