Infinite Cities: A Trilogy of Atlases--San Francisco, New Orleans, New York
"The maps themselves are things of beauty."--The New York Times Explore the hidden histories of San Francisco, New Orleans, and New York with this brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas. From Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. In the past decade, Rebecca Solnit--aided by local writers, artists, historians, urbanists, ethnographers, and cartographers--has compiled three stunning atlases that have radically changed the way we think about place. Each atlas provides a vivid, complex look at the multi-faceted nature of a city as experienced by its different inhabitants, replete with the celebrations and contradictions that make up urban life. This three-volume paperback set contains:
A stunning collection, this boxed set is a perfect treasury of imagination and insight, a rich people's history of these infinite cities.
Author: Rebecca Solnit, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Rebecca Snedeker
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 09/03/2019
Pages: 574
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 5.55lbs
Size: 12.40h x 7.40w x 2.50d
ISBN: 9780520314290
About the Author
Rebecca Solnit is a writer, historian, and activist. She is the author of twenty books on feminism, western and indigenous history, popular power, social change and insurrection, wandering and walking, and hope and disaster. These include the recent Men Explain Things to Me and The Mother of All Questions. Joshua Jelly-Schapiro is a geographer, writer, and regular contributor to The New York Review of Books. He is the author of Island People: The Caribbean and the World. Rebecca Snedeker is an Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker and writer whose work supports human rights, creative expression, and her native city, New Orleans.
- The original, gorgeously designed atlases--Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas; Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas; and Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas
- Three new and updated, full-color, fold-out posters for each city, including the popular "City of Women" map
- A new and thoughtful essay by Rebecca Solnit reflecting on the project ten years after the publication of the first atlas
A stunning collection, this boxed set is a perfect treasury of imagination and insight, a rich people's history of these infinite cities.
Author: Rebecca Solnit, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Rebecca Snedeker
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 09/03/2019
Pages: 574
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 5.55lbs
Size: 12.40h x 7.40w x 2.50d
ISBN: 9780520314290
About the Author
Rebecca Solnit is a writer, historian, and activist. She is the author of twenty books on feminism, western and indigenous history, popular power, social change and insurrection, wandering and walking, and hope and disaster. These include the recent Men Explain Things to Me and The Mother of All Questions. Joshua Jelly-Schapiro is a geographer, writer, and regular contributor to The New York Review of Books. He is the author of Island People: The Caribbean and the World. Rebecca Snedeker is an Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker and writer whose work supports human rights, creative expression, and her native city, New Orleans.
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