Böcker av Mona Domosh

Investigating why cities look the way they do, this book compares the strikingly different landscapes of Boston and New York. It explores the physical differences between the two, comparing building patterns and architectural styles to show how a society's vision creates its own urban form.

These are all skills that can then be applied in a wide range of academic and professional areas. With chapters organised into 5 different themes, you can choose which areas of the text you wish to focus on, including (mobility, region, globalization, nature-culture, cultural landscape).

Provides an interpretation of the relationship between consumerism, commercialism, and imperialism during the first empire building ear of America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This work also explores how the images of peoples overseas conveyed through goods elevated America's sense of itself in the world.