The View from Above: The Science of Social Space

by Peter Galison and Jeanne Haffner

The role of aerial photography in the evolution of the concept of social space"and its impact on French urban planning in the mid-twentieth century.

In mid-twentieth century France, the term "social space" (l'espace social)--the idea that spatial form and social life are inextricably linked--emerged in a variety of social science disciplines. Taken up by the French New Left, it also came to inform the practice of urban planning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262018799
• ISBN13: 9780262018791
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher