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Restless Cities
Matthew (E Beaumont
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Description for Restless Cities
Paperback. The metropolis is a site of endless making and unmaking. From the attempt to imagine a city-symphony to the cinematic tradition that runs from Walter Ruttmann to Terence Davies, this book traces the idiosyncratic character of the metropolitan city from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first-century megalopolis. Editor(s): Beaumont, Matthew; Dart, Gregory. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 436.
The metropolis is a site of endless making and unmaking. From the attempt to imagine a 'city-symphony' to the cinematic tradition that runs from Walter Ruttmann to Terence Davies, Restless Cities traces the idiosyncratic character of the metropolitan city from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first-century megalopolis. With explorations of phenomena including nightwalking, urbicide, property, commuting and recycling, this wide-ranging new book identifies and traces the patterns that have defined everyday life in the modern city and its effect on us as individuals. Bringing together some of the most significant cultural writers of our time, Restless Cities is an illuminating, ... Read more
The metropolis is a site of endless making and unmaking. From the attempt to imagine a 'city-symphony' to the cinematic tradition that runs from Walter Ruttmann to Terence Davies, Restless Cities traces the idiosyncratic character of the metropolitan city from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first-century megalopolis. With explorations of phenomena including nightwalking, urbicide, property, commuting and recycling, this wide-ranging new book identifies and traces the patterns that have defined everyday life in the modern city and its effect on us as individuals. Bringing together some of the most significant cultural writers of our time, Restless Cities is an illuminating, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
436g
Number of Pages
338
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844674053
SKU
V9781844674053
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Ref
99-1
About Matthew (E Beaumont
Matthew Beaumont is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at University College London. He is the author of Utopia Ltd.: Ideologies of Social Dreaming in England 1870-1900 (2005), and the co-author, with Terry Eagleton, of The Task of the Critic: Terry Eagleton in Dialogue. He has also edited Restless Cities. He lives and walks in London.
Reviews for Restless Cities
A culturally and historically rich illumination of the city in all its complexity.
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A richly alternative guide to city living.
Metro
A gem of a book, by turns inspiring, shocking and consistently intelligent.
Stuart Kelly
Scotland on Sunday
Bold and admirable.
PD Smith
Guardian
Fresh and piquant observations about ... Read more
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A richly alternative guide to city living.
Metro
A gem of a book, by turns inspiring, shocking and consistently intelligent.
Stuart Kelly
Scotland on Sunday
Bold and admirable.
PD Smith
Guardian
Fresh and piquant observations about ... Read more