Cities in modernity : representations and productions of metropolitan space, 1840-1930
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
Case studies
xvii, 436 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
9780521464703, 9780521468411, 0521464706, 0521468418
181910114
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