LEADER 02428nam 2200517Ia 450 001 9910960536403321 005 20251117093247.0 010 $a0-415-27927-5 010 $a1-134-46742-7 010 $a1-280-06283-5 010 $a0-203-49097-5 010 $a1-134-46743-5 010 $a1-283-96379-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000326151 035 $a(EBL)182327 035 $a(OCoLC)475895506 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC182327 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5292582 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000326151 100 $a20040524d2004 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe anxious city $eEnglish urbanism in the late twentieth century /$fRichard J. Williams 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cRoutledge$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (293 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-415-27926-7 327 $aFront 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 330 $aIn 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 606 $aCities and towns$zEngland$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aUrban policy 615 0$aCities and towns$xHistory 615 0$aUrban policy. 676 $a307.7609420904 700 $aWilliams$b Dick$01419041 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910960536403321 996 $aThe anxious city$94490639 997 $aUNINA