{"product_id":"the-address-book-what-street-addresses-reveal-about-identity-race-wealth-and-power","title":"The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power","description":"Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction | One of Time Magazines's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 | Longlisted for the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards\n\n\"An entertaining quest to trace the origins and implications of the names of the roads on which we reside.\" ―Sarah Vowell, The New York Times Book Review\n\nWhen most people think about street addresses, if they think of them at all, it is in their capacity to ensure that the postman can deliver mail or a traveler won’t get lost. But street addresses were not invented to help you find your way; they were created to find you. In many parts of the world, your address can reveal your race and class.\n\nIn this wide-ranging and remarkable book, Deirdre Mask looks at the fate of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., the wayfinding means of ancient Romans, and how Nazis haunt the streets of modern Germany. The flipside of having an address is not having one, and we also see what that means for millions of people today, including those who live in the slums of Kolkata and on the streets of London. Filled with fascinating people and histories, The Address Book illuminates the complex and sometimes hidden stories behind street names and their power to name, to hide, to decide who counts, who doesn’t―and why.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250134765\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1250134765.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Mask, Deirdre\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41504563527738,"sku":"DBV.1250134765.G","price":7.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1250134765-0.jpg?v=1783119744","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-address-book-what-street-addresses-reveal-about-identity-race-wealth-and-power","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}