
The Address Book
What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
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Narrated by:
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Janina Edwards
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By:
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Deirdre Mask
An extraordinary debut in the tradition of classic works from authors such as Mark Kurlansky, Mary Roach, and Rose George.
An exuberant and insightful work of popular history of how streets got their names, houses their numbers, and what it reveals about class, race, power, and identity.
When 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.
In this wide-ranging and remarkable book, Deirdre Mask looks at the fate of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., the way finding 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.
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"Janina Edwards narrates this globe-trotting and highly informed work in a fluid style. Edwards acts as a tour guide who leads the listener from India to Haiti, London to Manhattan, and skillfully renders the numerous people the listener meets along the journey. Her performance deftly captures the broad interests and wide-angle lens of the author." —AudioFile Magazine
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Excellent read
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Who would have known street addressing would be interesting!!
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Address Book
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Worst part of the book was a particularly glowing and fawning section on Bobby Sands. While his death did have huge repercussions that lead many years later to peace there was almost no mention of his many murders of civilian people. In fact lots of positive info on terrorists. most odd for a book about street addresses. Particularly when equally keen on confederate names being removed in the US due to their human rights abuses. so a very mixed bag overall. Felt like the authors blindspots were enormous.
I really didnt expect to be so unpleasantly confronted about murder in a book about addresses. Normally the unexpected is good, but pro terrorists? no
interesting book - narration not great
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Author has a clear agenda
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Great research with a great narrative
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