The address book: what street addresses reveal about identity, race, wealth, and power

Introduction: Why do street addresses matter?

Kolkata : how can street addresses transform the slums?

Haiti : could street addresses stop an epidemic?

Rome : how did the ancient Romans navigate?

London : where do street names come from?

Vienna : what can house numbers teach us about power?

Philadelphia : why do Americans love numbered streets?

Korea and Japan : must streets be named?

Iran : why do street names follow revolutions?

Berlin : what do Nazi street names tell us about Vergangenheitsbewältigung?

Hollywood, Florida : why can't Americans stop arguing about Confederate street names?

St. Louis : what do Martin Luther King Jr. Streets reveal about race in America?

South Africa : who belongs on South Africa's street signs?

Manhattan : how much is a street name worth?

Homelessness : how do you live without an address?

Conclusion: The future : are street addresses doomed?