Between Science Fiction and Social Sciences: The “Dark Side” of American Cities
From the Metropolis of Fritz Lang to the city-planet of Coruscant, capital of the Star Wars galaxy, the city of the future (or of another universe) seems designed to reflect the “dark side” of our contemporary megalopolis which suffer problems presented as insurmountable: traffic jams, contamination...
Main Author: | Alain Musset |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Bologna
2017-12-01
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Series: | Histories of Postwar Architecture |
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Online Access: | https://hpa.unibo.it/article/view/7713 |
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