Tower and slab: histories of global mass housing (Record no. 1526)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20181101095404.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-0-415-67629-8 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | AIKTC-KRRC |
| Transcribing agency | AIKTC-KRRC |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | ENG |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 725.97 |
| Item number | URB |
| Edition number | DDC23 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 4556 |
| Personal name | Urban, Florian |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Tower and slab: histories of global mass housing |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st Ed |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2012 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii, 208 Pages |
| Other physical details | | Binding - Paperback | |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | ower and Slab looks at the contradictory history of the modernist mass housing block - home to millions of city dwellers around the world. Few urban forms have roused as much controversy. While in the United States decades-long criticism caused the demolition of most mass housing projects for the poor, in the booming metropolises of Shanghai and Mumbai remarkably similar developments are being built for the wealthy middle class. While on the surface the modernist apartment block appears universal, it is in fact diverse in its significance and connotations as its many different cultural contexts.<br/><br/>Florian Urban studies the history of mass housing in seven narratives: Chicago, Paris, Berlin, Brasilia, Mumbai, Moscow, and Shanghai. Investigating the complex interactions between city planning and |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | SOCIALREFORM; MASSHOUSINGINCHICAGO; THECONCRETECORDONAROUNDPARIS |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | BUILDING TYPES (AR-BUIL) |
| 9 (RLIN) | 4787 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Circulation | School of Architecture | School of Architecture | General Stacks | 23/03/2015 | Medico's Book Aid | 2905.36 | 725.97 URB | A1574 | 04/07/2025 | Books |