02568nam 22005053u 450 991078605260332120230120033315.00-415-27927-51-134-46742-71-280-06283-50-203-49097-51-134-46743-51-283-96379-5(CKB)2670000000326151(EBL)182327(OCoLC)475895506(MiAaPQ)EBC182327(MiAaPQ)EBC5292582(EXLCZ)99267000000032615120130418d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||The Anxious City[electronic resource] British Urbanism in the late 20th CenturyHoboken Taylor and Francis20131 online resource (293 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-27926-7 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; IndexIn 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 prCities and towns - England - History - 20th centuryCities and towns-- England-- History-- 20th century-- Case studiesUrban policyCities and towns - England - History - 20th century.Cities and towns-- England-- History-- 20th century-- Case studies.Urban policy.307.76/0942/0904307.7609420904Williams Richard J.1967-1163661AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910786052603321The Anxious City3706551UNINA