Remaking London - Decline and Regeneration in Urban Culture (Paperback)

Between the slum clearances of the early twentieth century and debates about the post-Olympic city, the drive to 'regenerate' London has intensified. Yet today, with a focus on increasing land values, regeneration schemes purporting to foster diverse and creative new neighbourhoods typically displace precisely the qualities, activities and communities they claim to support. In Remaking London Ben Campkin provides a lucid and stimulating historical account of urban regeneration, exploring how decline and renewal have been imagined and realised at different scales. Focussing on present-day regeneration areas that have been key to the capital's modern identity, Campkin explores how these places have been stigmatised through identification with material degradation, and spatial and social disorder. Drawing on diverse sources - including journalism, photography, cinema, theatre, architectural design, advertising and television - he illuminates how ideas of decline drive urban change. Richly illustrated and engagingly written, Remaking London is both a compelling account of contested sites from the capital's recent history and a powerful critique of the contradictions of contemporary regeneration.

General

Imprint:	I.B. Tauris
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	October 2013
Authors:	Ben Campkin
Dimensions:	233 x 154 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	242
ISBN-13:	978-1-78076-308-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-78076-308-5
Barcode:	9781780763088

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