The Anxious City: British Urbanism in the late 20th Century - Brossura

Williams, Richard J.

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ISBN 10: 0415279275 ISBN 13: 9780415279277

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2004

Riassunto

In the Western world, cities have arguably never been more anxious: practical anxieties about personal safety and metaphysical anxieties about the uncertain place of the city in culture are the small change of journalism and political debate. Cities have long been regarded as problems, in need of drastic solutions. In this context, the contemporary revival of city centres is remarkable. But in a culture that largely fears the urban, how can the contemporary city be imagined? How is it supposed to be used or inhabited? What does it mean? Taking England since WWII as its principal focus, this provocative and original book considers the Western city at a critical moment in its history.

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L'autore:

Richard J Williams is a lecturer in the Department of History of Art, University of Edinburgh. He studied at the universities of London and Manchester, and he previously taught at Liverpool John Moores University. His publications include After Modern Sculpture (2000) and numerous articles on the art and visual culture of the 1960s.

Contenuti:

Dedication Foreword by Anthony Vidler Acknowledgements 1: The Anxious City 2: The Picturesque City 3: The Free City 4: The Mediterranean City 5: The City in Ruins 6: The Architecture of Civility 7: America, E14 8: The Museum, The City, and the Space of Flows 9: The Spectacle of Pleasure 10: Staging the City Bibliography

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0415279275
• ISBN 13: 9780415279277
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 296