The address book : what street addresses reveal about identity, race, wealth, and power
Mask, Deirdre2020
Audiobooks
When most people think about street addresses, if they think of them at all, it is in their capacity to ensure that the postman can deliver mail or a traveler won't get lost. But street addresses were not invented to help you find your way; they were created to find you. In many parts of the world, your address can reveal your race and class, causing them to be a shorthand for snobbery or discrimination. In this wide-ranging and remarkable book, Mask looks at the fate of streets named after Martin Luther King, Jr., the wayfinding means of ancient Romans, how Nazis haunt the streets of modern Germany, and why numbered streets dominate in America but not in Europe. The flipside of having an address is not having one, and we see what that means for millions of people today, including those who live in the slums of Kolkata, on the streets of London, or in post-earthquake Haiti. Filled with fascinating people and histories, The Address Book illuminates the complex and sometimes hidden stories behind street names and their power to name, to hide, to decide who counts, who doesn't and why.
Main title:
Author:
Mask, Deirdre, authorEdwards, Janina, narrator
Edition:
Unabridged.
Imprint:
Grand Haven, Michigan : Brilliance Audio, [2020]©2020.℗2020.
Collation:
1 MP3 CD (8 hr., 31 min.) : digital ; 12 cm.
Performers:
Performed by Janina Edwards.
System details:
Requires the use of an MP3 enabled CD player or computer.
ISBN:
9781799739159
Dewey class:
388.1
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
661169