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Beyond the Metropolis
Katy Layton-Jones
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Description for Beyond the Metropolis
Hardcover. Draws on previously unexplored visual and ephemeral sources to re-evaluate the British city, its changing form, representation and impact. Num Pages: 256 pages, 63 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Dark satanic mills, cobbled streets and cholera have become common shorthand for the nineteenth-century British town. Over the past century historical reality has merged seamlessly with mythology, literature and caricature to create a dramatic but utterly misleading representation of the urban past. Drawing on pictorial and ephemeral sources that shaped the popular image of British towns, Beyond the metropolis revises our understanding of urbanisation, its representation and interpretation throughout the long nineteenth century. In contrast to myriad publications that address London exclusively, this book examines images that reflect the growing political, social and cultural significance of British provincial towns in ... Read more
Dark satanic mills, cobbled streets and cholera have become common shorthand for the nineteenth-century British town. Over the past century historical reality has merged seamlessly with mythology, literature and caricature to create a dramatic but utterly misleading representation of the urban past. Drawing on pictorial and ephemeral sources that shaped the popular image of British towns, Beyond the metropolis revises our understanding of urbanisation, its representation and interpretation throughout the long nineteenth century. In contrast to myriad publications that address London exclusively, this book examines images that reflect the growing political, social and cultural significance of British provincial towns in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
663g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719099694
SKU
V9780719099694
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About Katy Layton-Jones
Katy Layton-Jones is a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester and an Associate Lecturer at the Open University -- .
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