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After the Shock City - Urban Culture and the Making of Modern Citizenship (Hardcover)
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After the Shock City - Urban Culture and the Making of Modern Citizenship (Hardcover)
Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series
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A comparative and trans-national study of urban culture in Britain
and the United States from the late nineteenth to the twentieth
century Using the industrial cities of Manchester and Chicago as
case studies, this book traces the idea of "citizenship" across
different areas of local life in the first half of the twentieth
century - from philosophy and festivals to historical re-enactment
and public housing. Coalitions of voluntary associations, municipal
government and local elites lambasted modern urban culture as the
cause of social disintegration. But rather than simply decanting
the population to new and smaller settlements they tried to
re-imagine a reformed city as a place that could foster loyal and
healthy communities. Celebrating civic progress in the period since
the "shock city" of the nineteenth century,they sought to create a
sense of local pride that could bracket growing class and racial
tensions. The diverse individuals, groups and communities of the
city reacted in different ways to this message. Some were happy to
gather under the identity of one civic banner. Others, held back by
discriminatory structures of society, chose to shape their own idea
of citizenship - one that looked far beyond the city for a sense of
belonging and rights. Historians have tended to emphasise the rise
of national identity, state centralisation and popular patriotism
at the expense of distinctive local identities, municipal autonomy
and expressions of civic pride. This book aims to redress the
imbalance, demonstrating how local ideas of belonging could still
exert a powerful hold on the making of modern citizenship. TOM
HULME is a lecturer in the School of History, Anthropology,
Philosophy and Politics, Queen's University Belfast.
General
Imprint: |
Royal Historical Society
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series |
Release date: |
May 2019 |
First published: |
2019 |
Authors: |
Tom Hulme
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
263 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-86193-349-5 |
Categories: |
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Humanities >
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General
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LSN: |
0-86193-349-4 |
Barcode: |
9780861933495 |
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