{"product_id":"skateboarding-and-the-city-iain-borden-9781472583451","title":"Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History","description":"\u003cp\u003eSkateboarding is both a sport and a way of life. Creative, physical, graphic, urban and controversial, it is full of contradictions - a billion-dollar global industry which still retains its vibrant, counter-cultural heart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSkateboarding and the City\u003c\/i\u003e presents the only complete history of the sport, exploring the story of skate culture from the surf-beaches of '60s California to the latest developments in street-skating today. Written by a life-long skater who also happens to be an architectural historian, and packed through with full-colour images - of skaters, boards, moves, graphics, and film-stills - this passionate, readable and rigorously-researched book explores the history of skateboarding and reveals a vivid understanding of how skateboarders, through their actions, experience the city and its architecture in a unique way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iain Borden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472583450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472583451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 8.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019","brand":"Iain Borden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046395539711,"sku":"9781472583451","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3cd6c62b-893d-4e45-ab51-0f39978b21c7.jpg?v=1684984315","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/skateboarding-and-the-city-iain-borden-9781472583451","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}