Cities in modernity : representations and productions of metropolitan space, 1840-1930

By:

Dennis, Richard

Publication details: Delhi Cambridge University Press 2008Description: xvii,436,iipISBN:

9780521468411

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DDC classification:

307.76 DEN

Contents:

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

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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

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