Cities in modernity : representations and productions of metropolitan space, 1840-1930
Dennis, Richard
Cities in modernity : representations and productions of metropolitan space, 1840-1930 - Delhi Cambridge University Press 2008 - xvii,436,iip.
Contents
List of illustrations ix
List of tables xii
Preface xiii
A note on vocabulary and units of measurement page xvii
1 Building bridges 1
2 The idea of progress 29
3 Surveying the city 52
4 Writing and picturing the city 80
5 Improving streets 113
6 Public spaces- practised places 144
7 Building suburbia 179
8 Consuming suburbia 206
9 Mansion flats and model dwellings 224
10 Geographies of downtown: office spaces 263
11 Geographies of downtown: the place of shopping 296
12 Networked cities 322
Notes 351
Bibliography 401
Index 425
9780521468411
307.76 / DEN
Cities in modernity : representations and productions of metropolitan space, 1840-1930 - Delhi Cambridge University Press 2008 - xvii,436,iip.
Contents
List of illustrations ix
List of tables xii
Preface xiii
A note on vocabulary and units of measurement page xvii
1 Building bridges 1
2 The idea of progress 29
3 Surveying the city 52
4 Writing and picturing the city 80
5 Improving streets 113
6 Public spaces- practised places 144
7 Building suburbia 179
8 Consuming suburbia 206
9 Mansion flats and model dwellings 224
10 Geographies of downtown: office spaces 263
11 Geographies of downtown: the place of shopping 296
12 Networked cities 322
Notes 351
Bibliography 401
Index 425
9780521468411
307.76 / DEN