When Architecture Meets Activism: The Transformative Experience Of Hank Wil...

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Book Title: When Architecture Meets Activism: The Transformative Experie...

Number of Pages: 284 Pages

Publication Name: When Architecture Meets Activism : The Transformative Experience of Hank Williams Village in the Windy City

Language: English

Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic

Item Height: 0.8 in

Subject: Urban & Land Use Planning, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Individual Architects & Firms / General, Sociology / Urban

Publication Year: 2016

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 18.8 Oz

Item Length: 9.4 in

Author: Roger Guy

Subject Area: Political Science, Architecture, Social Science

Item Width: 6.2 in

Format: Hardcover