Cityscapes of modernity : critical explorations / David Frisby.

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Frisby, David.

Title & Author:

Cityscapes of modernity : critical explorations / David Frisby.

Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press in association with Blackwell, 2001.

Description:

xi, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-368) and index.
1. The City Observed: The Flaneur in Social Theory -- 2. The City Detected: Representations and Realities of Detection -- 3. The City Interpreted: Georg Simmel's Metropolis -- 4. The City Compared: Vienna is not Berlin -- 5. The City Designed: Otto Wagner and Vienna -- 6. The City Dissolved: Social Theory, the Metropolis and Expressionism -- 7. The City Rationalized: Martin Wagner's New Berlin.

Summary:

"Cityscapes of Modernity will be a valuable text for students of sociology, social theory, urban theory, cultural studies and architectural history, as well as all those interested in the urban culture of modernity."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0745609678 (alk. paper)
9780745609676 (alk. paper)
0745626254 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780745626253 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Cities and towns.
Cities and towns in literature.
City planning.
Civilization, Modern.
Architecture, Modern.
Cities
City Planning
Villes.
Villes dans la littérature.
Urbanisme.
Modernité.
Architecture 19e siècle.
Architecture 20e siècle.
cities.
urban planning.
21.73 urban development (architecture)
71.14 urban society.
Stadtsoziologie
Stedenbouw.
Moderniteit.
Stadscultuur.
Stadssociologie.
Città pianificazione urbanistica.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 220185
Call No.: HT119 .F75 2001
Status: Available

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