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PeriodicalLarge Print Book
Author Mask, Deirdre, author.

Title The address book : what street addresses reveal about identity, race, wealth, and power / Deirdre Mask.

Publication Info. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Large Print Materials  LP388.1 MASK    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  LP 307.76 MASK    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Large Print Materials  LARGE PRINT 388.1 MAS    Check Shelf
Edition Large print edition.
Description 541 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Physical Medium large print. rda
Series Thorndike Press large print nonfiction
Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction: Why do street addresses matter? -- Kolkata : how can street addresses transform the slums? -- Haiti : could street addresses stop an epidemic? -- 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? -- Iran : why do street names follow revolutions? -- Berlin : what do Nazi street names tell us about Vergangenheitsbewältigung? -- 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? -- Manhattan : how much is a street name worth? -- Homelessness : how do you live without an address? -- Conclusion: The future : are street addresses doomed?
Summary Tells the story of how streets got their names and houses their numbers, and why something as seemingly mundane as an address can save lives or enforce power.
Subject Large type books.
Street addresses -- Social aspects.
Street names -- Social aspects.
Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
Genre/Form Creative nonfiction. (OCoLC)fst01919909
Instructional and educational works. (OCoLC)fst01919931
Creative nonfiction.
Instructional and educational works.
ISBN 9781432884499
1432884492
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