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Icons and Aliens

Name: Icons and Aliens
Author: Allan B. Jacobs
ISBN: 9780252015533

by Allan B. Jacobs

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Costonis explores the pervasive and subtle ways in which our sense of identity as individuals or members of distinctive groups. The bonds linking us to special buildings, neighborhoods, or other places-the 'icons' of our environment-contribute to our identity no less than our linkages to religion, language, or popular culture.

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Costonis (law, Vanderbilt U.) bridges the fields of law and design and probes the task of legal aesthetics--what the law can and cannot do in response to architectural development that radically changes the environment. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)