Offering powerful new ways of thinking about our cities, Shannon Mattern goes far beyond the historical concepts of origins, development, revolutions, and the accomplishments of an elite few. Her vivid prose leads readers through a historically and geographically broad range of stories and takes media archaeology to the city’s streets, revealing new ways to write our urban, media, and cultural histories.
Keywords: Cities urban media cultural history archaeology infrastructure print radio sound telecommunications
Print publication date: 2017 | Print ISBN-13: 9781517902438 |
Published to Minnesota Scholarship Online: September 2018 | DOI:10.5749/minnesota/9781517902438.001.0001 |