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"Broken Cities is a comparative sociological study of ruination, the process by which monuments, architectural sites, and urban centers decay into ruin over time. Weaving together four case studies of classical Athens, late antique Rome, medieval Baghdad, and sixteenth-century Mexico City, Devecka shows that ruination is a complex social process largely contingent on changing imperial control rather than the result of immediate (natural) catastrophic events, as popular opinion might assume"--
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3 editions- Other · English · 2020Johns Hopkins University Press · 184 pages · 9781421438436
- Other · English · 2020Johns Hopkins University Press · 184 pages · 9781421438429
- Other · English · 2020Johns Hopkins University Press · 184 pages · 9781421438412
ArchaeologyCities and townsHistorySocial archaeologyCase studiesAntiquities