{"product_id":"17408-the-western-town","title":"The Western Town","description":"\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans\"\u003e25 towns in the Wild West are the protagonists in this book, including famous places like El Paso, Rio Bravo, and Lahood—not as clichés, but as constructed reality. Detailed maps offer a previously non-existent overview of spatial contexts and form the basis for an intensive exploration of architecture and urban planning. \u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans\"\u003eThe culture of the “city without a future” in the American West between 1860 and 1900 has been maintained in the films out of which it arises.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans\"\u003eThis architectural analysis does not attempt to nostalgically reactivate the Western town, but uses it instead as a vehicle to critique contemporary phenomena in terms of infrastructure, the link between architecture and city, and the role of urban planning—after the Stranger persuaded the residents of Lago to paint the whole town red, he declared himself ready to protect it from the approaching gunmen.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans\"\u003eWith maps of the towns from the following films (selected): \u003cBR\u003e\u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eA Fistful of Dollars\u003c\/I\u003e (1964), \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eBuchanan Rides Alone\u003c\/I\u003e (1958), \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eFor a Few Dollars More\u003c\/I\u003e (1965), \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eFort Apache\u003c\/I\u003e (1948), \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eHang ‘Em High\u003c\/I\u003e (1968), \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eHigh \u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"st1\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/\u003e\u003cst1:time w:st=\"on\" Hour=\"12\" Minute=\"0\"\u003eNoon\u003c\/st1:time\u003e\u003c\/I\u003e (1952), \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eHigh Plains Drifter\u003c\/I\u003e (1973), \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eMajor Dundee\u003c\/I\u003e (1965), \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eMcCabe and Mrs. Miller\u003c\/I\u003e (1971), \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eRide the High Country\u003c\/I\u003e (1962), \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eRio Bravo\u003c\/I\u003e (1959), \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eRio Grande\u003c\/I\u003e (1950), \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eStagecoach\u003c\/I\u003e (1939), \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eThe Alamo\u003c\/I\u003e (1960), \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eThe Wild Bunch\u003c\/I\u003e (1969).\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/P\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44874863313160,"sku":"9783775736596","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775736596_0600830e-a563-4f42-81b4-4e1a7b3ca3c4.jpg?v=1744141045","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/17408-the-western-town","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}