Distant Publics: Development Rhetoric and the Subject of Crisis

by Jenny Rice

Urban sprawl is omnipresent in America and has left many citizens questioning their ability to stop it. In Distant Publics, Jenny Rice examines patterns of public discourse that have evolved in response to development in urban and suburban environments. Centering her study on Austin, Texas, Rice finds a city that has simultaneously celebrated and despised development. Rice outlines three distinct ways that the rhetoric of publics counteracts development:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822962047
• ISBN13: 9780822962045
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"