Ottawology

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Ebook en format PDF. Disponible pour téléchargement immédiat après la commande.

Protection:
ACS4

Année de parution:
2025

ISBN-13: 9781773637624

<p>Ottawa is often understood only as the seat of the federal government, marked by the neo-Gothic parliament buildings on the hill, and the many government office buildings. Lively, erudite and exciting,&nbsp;<em>Ottawology</em>&nbsp;offers a unique and radical approach to studying the city, injecting it with intrigue and verve, and expanding collective, narrow understandings of Canada&rsquo;s capital city.&nbsp;Tonya&nbsp;Davidson takes readers on a wide-ranging journey through a city populated not only by power brokers, but also workers, students, seniors, trees, eels,&nbsp;&nbsp;turtles, skaters and rabble rousers. Davidson applies her prodigious sociological imagination to critically explore an essential, but little understood, city.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Davidson&rsquo;s Ottawa offers a fascinating template for how to scrutinize the interactions between the weight of history and the effervescent motion of everyday life in a city. She draws surprising connections, from the&nbsp;&nbsp;role of the civil service to the acceleration of suburban sprawl, and the one-time incredible success of the city&rsquo;s bus-rapid transit system, to stories of nightlife, policing, play, libraries, rivers, and malls. Davidson traverses the city&rsquo;s streets and hidden histories to show how social structures, sustainability, and social life intersect, creating an elegant chronicle of the city&rsquo;s rich and fraught social life.&nbsp;</p>