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UNINA9910960536403321 |
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Autore |
Williams Dick |
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Titolo |
The anxious city : English urbanism in the late twentieth century / / Richard J. Williams |
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London, : Routledge, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-415-27927-5 |
1-134-46742-7 |
1-280-06283-5 |
0-203-49097-5 |
1-134-46743-5 |
1-283-96379-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (293 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cities and towns - England - History - 20th century |
Urban policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; The Anxious City; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustration credits; Foreword; 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; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 pr |
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