{"product_id":"the-hieroglyphics-of-space-neil-leach-9780415198912","title":"The Hieroglyphics of Space: Reading and Experiencing the Modern Metropolis","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Spatial images', wrote the German cultural theorist, Siegfried Kracauer, 'are the dreams of society. Wherever the hieroglyphics of any spatial image are deciphered, there the basis of social reality presents itself.' But how exactly are these spatial images to be deciphered? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHieroglyphics of Space\u003c\/em\u003e addresses this question with a series of insightful essays on some of the great metropolitan centres of the world. From political interpretations to gendered analyses, from methods of mapping to filmic representations, and from studies in consumption to economic surveys, the volume offers a range of strategies for reading and experiencing the modern metropolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Leach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415198917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415198912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 6.52w x 0.91d","brand":"Neil Leach","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136055554303,"sku":"9780415198912","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_283da495-78aa-4680-b564-85f6281158ec.jpg?v=1770160215","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hieroglyphics-of-space-neil-leach-9780415198912","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}