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The Autonomous City: A History of Urban Squatting

The Autonomous City: A History of Urban Squatting

A radical history of squatting and the struggle for the right to remake the city

The Autonomous City is the first popular history of squatting as practised in Europe and North America. Alex Vasudevan retraces the struggle for housing in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Detroit, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Milan, New York, and Vancouver. He looks at the organisation of alternative forms of housingâ€”from Copenhagenâ€™s Freetown Christiana to the squats of the Lower East Sideâ€”as well as the official response, including the recent criminalisation of squatting, the brutal eviction of squatters and their widespread vilification.

Pictured as a way to reimagine and reclaim the city, squatting offers an alternative to housing insecurity, oppressive property speculation and the negative effects of urban regeneration. We must, more than ever, reanimate and remake the urban environment as a site of radical social transformation.

Country	USA
Author	Alexander Vasudevan
Binding	Paperback
Brand	VERSO
EAN	9781781687864
Feature	VERSO
ISBN	1781687862
Label	Verso
Manufacturer	Verso
NumberOfPages	304
PublicationDate	2017-05-16
Publisher	Verso
ReleaseDate	2017-05-16
Studio	Verso

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