Re-presenting the metropolis : architecture, urban experience, and social life in London, 1800-1840 / Dana Arnold

Author:: Arnold, Dana
Published:: Aldershot, Hants ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2000]
Copyright Date:: ©2000
Physical Description:: xx, 151 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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Summary:

"In this volume Dana Arnold explores the responses to the city among the urban bourgeoisie and their influence on the experience and development of London. Each of the chapters represents the metropolis through a thematic consideration of the urban infrastructure and architecture including public open spaces, new roads and bridges, public monuments, and buildings for show including museums, galleries and townhouses. These discrete 'walks' around London cohere into a kaleidoscopic view of the metropolis as a continually evolving entity. The nature and perception of urban experience and social life are mapped against this changing image of London, revealing at once the modernity of the metropolis and the importance of the past - especially antiquity - to the construction of this transient present."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject(s):

Architecture—England—London—History—19th century
City and town life—England—London—History—19th century
City planning—England—London—History—19th century
London (England)—Social life and customs—19th century

ISBN:

1840142324 (alk. paper) and 9781840142327 (alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [138]-144) and index.

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