The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask

The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power

Deirdre Mask with Janina Edwards (Narrator)

8 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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...

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