Main entry:

Dennis, Richard, 1949-

Title & Author:

Cities in modernity : representations and productions of metropolitan space, 1840-1930 / Richard Dennis.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Description:

xvii, 436 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Series:

Cambridge studies in historical geography ; 40

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-424) and index.
Building bridges -- The idea of progress -- Surveying the city -- Writing and picturing the city -- Improving streets -- Public spaces-practised places -- Building suburbia -- Consuming suburbia -- Mansion flats and model dwellings -- Geographies of downtown : office spaces -- Geographies of downtown : the place of shopping -- Networked cities.
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Summary:

What made cities 'modern' in the 19th and early 20th centuries? This text explores connections between culture, economy and built environment in cities of this period, drawing its evidence principally from London, New York and Toronto.

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ISBN:

9780521464703 (hardcover)
0521464706 (hardcover)
9780521468411 (pbk.)
0521468418 (pbk.)

Subject:

Cities and towns History 19th century.
City planning History 19th century.
Urban geography History 19th century.
Cities and towns History 20th century.
City planning History 20th century.
Urban geography History 20th century.
Cities and towns Case studies.
Villes Histoire 19e siècle.
Géographie urbaine Histoire 19e siècle.
Villes Histoire 20e siècle.
Géographie urbaine Histoire 20e siècle.
Villes Études de cas.
Cities and towns
City planning
Urban geography
Stadt
Stadtplanung
Stadtgeografie

Form/genre:

Case studies
History
Études de cas.

Added entries:

Cambridge studies in historical geography ; 40.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 267642
Call No.: BIB 199604
Status: Available