The
Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and
Power
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An
exuberant and insightful work of popular history of how streets got their
names, houses their numbers, and what it reveals about class, race, power, and
identity.
When most people think about
street addresses, if they think of them at all, it is in their capacity to
ensure that the postman can deliver mail or a traveler won’t get lost. But street
addresses were not invented to help you find your way; they were created to
find you. In many parts of the world, your address can reveal your race and
class.
In this wide-ranging and
remarkable book, Deirdre Mask looks at the fate of streets named after Martin
Luther King Jr., the wayfinding means of ancient Romans, and how Nazis haunt
the streets of modern Germany. The flipside of having an address is not having
one, and we also see what that means for millions of people today, including
those who live in the slums of Kolkata and on the streets of London.
Filled with fascinating people
and histories, The Address Book illuminates the complex and sometimes hidden
stories behind street names and their power to name, to hide, to decide who
counts, who doesn’t―and why.
Product
details
File Size :
16929 KB
Print Length : 336 pages
Publisher : St.
Martin's Press (April 14, 2020)
Publication Date : April 14, 2020
Sold by : Amazon.com Services
LLC
Language : English
ASIN : B07SBQDRQC
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