02428nam 2200517Ia 450 991096053640332120251117093247.00-415-27927-51-134-46742-71-280-06283-50-203-49097-51-134-46743-51-283-96379-5(CKB)2670000000326151(EBL)182327(OCoLC)475895506(MiAaPQ)EBC182327(MiAaPQ)EBC5292582(EXLCZ)99267000000032615120040524d2004 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe anxious city English urbanism in the late twentieth century /Richard J. Williams1st ed.London Routledge20041 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 townsEnglandHistory20th centuryUrban policyCities and townsHistoryUrban policy.307.7609420904Williams Dick1419041MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960536403321The anxious city4490639UNINA