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The Autonomous City: A History of Urban Squatting

Alexander Vasudevan

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The Autonomous City: A History of Urban Squatting

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Urban squatting: history, struggle, reimagining cities.

If you're drawn to the idea of cities as living, breathing spaces shaped by their inhabitants, "The Autonomous City" could be your next great read. Alexander Vasudevan weaves a compelling narrative through the lens of urban squatters, a testament to resilience and resistance against mainstream urban development. It's a dive into the evolution of urban living and a thought-provoking examination of alternative living spaces and the fight for affordable housing.

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The Autonomous City: A History of Urban Squatting

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ISBN: 9781781687864
Publisher: Verso
Date of Publication: 2017-05-16
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sociology, History, Politics
Goodreads rating: 3.74
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A surprising radical history of squatting and the struggle for the right to remake the city. The Autonomous City is the first popular history of squatting in Europe and North America. Drawing on extensive archival research, it retraces the struggle for housing in cities such as Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Detroit, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Milan, New York, and Vancouver. It looks at the organization of alternative forms of housing from Copenhagen's Christiana Free Town to the Lower East Side of Manhattan as well as the official response, including the recent criminalization of squatting, the brutal eviction of squatters, and their widespread vilification. As a result, Alexander Vasudevan argues how, through a shared history of political action, community organization, and collective living, squatting has become a way to reimagine and reclaim the city. It documents the actions adopted by squatters as an alternative to housing precarity, rampant property speculation, and the negative effects of urban redevelopment and regeneration. In so doing, the book challenges the dominant cartography of the neo-liberal city and concludes that we must, more than ever, reanimate and remake the city as a site of radical social transformation.
 

Urban squatting: history, struggle, reimagining cities.

If you're drawn to the idea of cities as living, breathing spaces shaped by their inhabitants, "The Autonomous City" could be your next great read. Alexander Vasudevan weaves a compelling narrative through the lens of urban squatters, a testament to resilience and resistance against mainstream urban development. It's a dive into the evolution of urban living and a thought-provoking examination of alternative living spaces and the fight for affordable housing.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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