The Cultural Logic of Postmodernism as Critiqued by Fredric Jameson: The Social Transformation of Landscape Architecture

ISBN-10
0612563804
ISBN-13
9780612563803
Category
Architecture, Postmodern
Pages
248
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
Author
Lisa Tamara Wilson

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