Imagining the City, v. 2 - Politics of Urban Space (Paperback)

The urban spaces we inhabit today have been moulded by a combination of historical forces -- by social and economic processes, by the specific designs of urban planners, and by the regulatory and ritual practices of earlier times. As arenas of cultural activity they are also imbued with legends, symbolic associations, and historical memories. This second volume of papers arising from the conference 'Imagining the City', held in Cambridge in 2004, examines the physical organization and the imaginative perception of cities from both a historical and a contemporary perspective, and over a geographical range that reaches from Ukraine to Mexico. It includes discussions of the ways in which cities have been envisaged in late antiquity, in the Middle Ages, and in early modern times, as sites of religious, cultural and political rituals; of the uses to which urban spaces have been put by industrial societies and by the political cultures of the twentieth century; and of the implications for the populations of particular cities of the roles these have played in establishing the historical identity of particular communities (whether national, political or religious) and in the delineation of boundaries between cultures.

General

Imprint:	Verlag Peter Lang
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Cultural History & Literary Imagination, 8
Release date:	October 2006
Editors:	Christian Emden • Catherine Keen • David Midgley
Dimensions:	150 x 220 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	385
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-910533-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	3-03-910533-7
Barcode:	9783039105335

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