Author | : Judith Owens |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Release Date | : 2010 |
ISBN 10 | : 9780773536517 |
Pages | : 408 pages |
Rating | : 4.7/5 (735 users) |
Download or read book City Limits written by Judith Owens and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2010 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent studies of the structure and everyday activities of cities have highlighted the pluralism inherent in dense populations and looked at crucial themes such as culture, class, gender, governance and social practices.City Limitsadvances this work by offering richly detailed studies of aspects of city life in such important early modern European centres as London, Paris, Augsburg, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Edinburgh. In essays that capture the multiple aspects of urban life, contributors examine European cities through the lenses of history, literature, art, architecture and music. Covering topics such as governance, performance, high culture and subculture, tourism and journalism, this volume provides new and invigorating ways to think about cities both past and present. An innovative and interdisciplinary work,City Limitscrosses conventional critical boundaries to depict a vibrant and moving cityscape of historical urban experience.