| Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History Contributor(s): Borden, Iain (Author) |
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ISBN: 1472583450 ISBN-13: 9781472583451 Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts OUR PRICE: $40.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning - Sports & Recreation | Skateboarding - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 796.22 |
| LCCN: 2018015183 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 8.5" W x 10.2" (2.80 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Skateboarding is both a sport and a way of life. Creative, physical, graphic, urban and controversial, it is full of contradictions - a billion-dollar global industry which still retains its vibrant, counter-cultural heart. Skateboarding and the City presents the only complete history of the sport, exploring the story of skate culture from the surf-beaches of '60s California to the latest developments in street-skating today. Written by a life-long skater who also happens to be an architectural historian, and packed through with full-colour images - of skaters, boards, moves, graphics, and film-stills - this passionate, readable and rigorously-researched book explores the history of skateboarding and reveals a vivid understanding of how skateboarders, through their actions, experience the city and its architecture in a unique way. |