City squares : eighteen writers on the spirit and significance of squares around the world / [edited by] Catie Marron.

1. Culture : the power of place: Introduction / Michael Kimmelman ; Maidan-e-Pompa, Kabul: resisting the square / Rory Steward ; Place des Vosges, Paris: a private place / Adam Gopnik ; Red Square, Moscow, Grand Market Square, Kraków: the past is always present / Anne Applebaum ; Squares of Rome & Venice: the shadow of ideas: circles and squares / Zadie Smith ; Djemaa el-Fnaa, Marrkech : engaging with complexity and diversity / David Adjaye -- 2. Geopolitics : strength in numbers: Introduction / David Remnick ; Tahrir Square, Cairo: lost and found in the Square / Jehane Noujaim ; Rabin Square, Tel Aviv: so empty, so loud / Ari Shavit ; Taksim Square, Istanbul: Byzantine, then and now / Elif Shafak ; Tiananmen Square, Beijing: in search of heavenly peace / Evan Osnos ; Euromaidan, Kiev: a place becomes a movement / Chrystia Freeland -- 3. History : influence on humanity: Introduction / George Packer ; Grand Parade, Cape Town: a speech for the ages / Richard Stengel ; Residential squares, London: a meander through splendor and squalor / Andrew Roberts ; Zócalo, Mexico City: on sacred ground / Alma Guillermoprieto ; Harvard Square, Boston: a city changes, its heart endures / Ann Beattie ; The virtual square : Hacker Square / Gillian Tett.

"With 93 photographs"--Dust jacket.
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