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 the en...
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| Formato: | Recurso Electrónico livro electrónico |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Co.,
2012.
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| Acesso em linha: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Sumário:
- 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.