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Micro-geographies of the Western City, c.1750-1900 (Hardcover)
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Micro-geographies of the Western City, c.1750-1900 (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Research in Historical Geography
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This book examines the overlapping spaces in modern Western cities
to explore the small-scale processes that shaped these cities
between c.1750 and 1900. It highlights the ways in which time and
space matter, framing individual actions and practices and their
impact on larger urban processes. It draws on the original and
detailed studies of cities in Europe and North America through a
micro-geographical approach to unravel urban practices, experiences
and representations at three different scales: the dwelling, the
street and the neighbourhood. Part I explores the changing
spatiality of housing, examining the complex and contingent
relationship between public and private, and commercial and
domestic, as well as the relationship between representations and
lived experiences. Part II delves into the street as a
thoroughfare, connecting the city, but also as a site of
contestation over the control and character of urban spaces. Part
III draws attention to the neighbourhood as a residential grouping
and as a series of spaces connecting flows of people integrating
the urban space. Drawing on a range of methodologies, from space
syntax and axial analysis to detailed descriptions of individual
buildings, this book blends spatial theory and ideas of place with
micro-history. With its fresh perspectives on the Western city
created through the built environment and the everyday actions of
city dwellers, the book will interest historical geographers, urban
historians and architects involved in planning of cities across
Europe and North America.
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