The address book: what street addresses reveal about identity, race, wealth, and power
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When most people think about street addresses, if they think of them at all, it is in their capacity to ensure that the postman can deliver mail or a traveler won’t get lost. But street addresses were not invented to help you find your way; they were created to find you. In many parts of the world, your address can reveal your race and class. In this wide-ranging and remarkable book, Deirdre Mask looks at the fate of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., the wayfinding means of ancient Romans, and how Nazis haunt the streets of modern Germany. The flipside of having an address is not having one, and we also see what that means for millions of people today, including those who live in the slums of Kolkata and on the streets of London. Filled with fascinating people and histories, this book illuminates the complex and sometimes hidden stories behind street names and their power to name, to hide, to decide who counts, who doesn’t—and why.
Mask, D. (2020). The address book: what street addresses reveal about identity, race, wealth, and power. First Edition. New York, St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Mask, Deirdre. 2020. The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power. New York, St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Mask, Deirdre, The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power. New York, St. Martin's Press, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Mask, Deirdre. The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power. First Edition. New York, St. Martin's Press, 2020.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: Why do street addresses matter? -- Development. Kolkata : how can street addresses transform the slums? -- Haiti : could street addresses stop an epidemic? -- Origins. Rome : how did the ancient Romans navigate? -- London : where do street names come from? -- Vienna : what can house numbers teach us about power? -- Philadelphia : why do Americans love numbered streets? -- Korea and Japan : must streets be named? -- Politics. Iran : why do street names follow revolutionaries? -- Berlin : what do Nazi street names tell us about Vergangenheitsbewältigung? -- Race. Hollywood, Florida : why can't Americans stop arguing about Confederate street names? -- St. Louis : what do Martin Luther King Jr. Streets reveal about race in America? -- South Africa : who belongs on South Africa's street signs? -- Class and status. Manhattan : how much is a street name worth? -- Homelessness : how do you live without an address? -- Conclusion: The future : are street addresses doomed? | |
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