{"product_id":"peoples-spaces-nihal-perera-9780415720298","title":"People's Spaces: Coping, Familiarizing, Creating","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho controls space? Powerful corporations, institutions, and individuals have great power to create physical and political space through income and influence. \u003ci\u003ePeople's Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e attempts to understand the struggle between people and institutions in the spaces they make. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCurrent literature on cities and planning often looks at popular resistance to institutional authority through open, mass-movement protest. These views overlook the fact that subaltern classes are not often afforded the luxury of open, organized political protest. \u003ci\u003ePeople's Spaces \u003c\/i\u003einvestigates individual's diverse approaches in reconciling the difference between their spatial needs and spatial availability. Through case studies in Southeast Asia, India, Nepal, and Central Asia, the book explores how people accommodate their spatial needs for everyday activities and cultural practices within a larger abstract spatial context produced by the power-holders. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nihal Perera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041572029X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415720298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Nihal Perera","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44365003096319,"sku":"9780415720298","price":68.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db616d08-007c-4452-b67a-927c7db15a10.jpg?v=1697056075","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/peoples-spaces-nihal-perera-9780415720298","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}