Modern Melbourne - City and Site of Nature and Culture (Paperback)

Melbourne, founded in 1835 among marshes and beside a sluggish stream, grew from wetlands into a world-class modern city. Drawing on a wide range of historical, literary and artistic sources, this book explores the cultural and environmental history of the city and its site. Tracing the city from its swampy beginnings in a squatter's settlement nestled in the marshy delta of the Yarra and Maribyrnong Rivers, Rod Giblett illuminates Melbourne through its visible structures and the invisible history of its site. The book places Melbourne within an international context by comparing and contrasting it to other cities built on or beside wetlands, including London, New York, Paris, Los Angeles and Toronto. Further, it is the first book to apply the work of European thinkers and writers on modernity and the modern city - such as Walter Benjamin and Peter Sloterdijk - to an analysis of Melbourne. Giblett considers the intertwining of nature and culture, people and place, and cities and wetlands in this bioregional and ecocultural analysis. Placing the city in its proper bioregional and international contexts, Modern Melbourne provides a rich historical analysis of the cultural capital of Australia.

General

Imprint:	Intellect Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cultural Studies of Natures, Landscapes and Environments
Release date:	July 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Rod Giblett
Series editors:	Warwick Mules • Emily Potter • Rod Giblett
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-1-78938-195-5
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist thought & ideology Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78938-195-9
Barcode:	9781789381955

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