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Restless cities / edited by Matthew Beaumont and Gregory Dart.
Publication details: London ; New York : Verso Books, 2010.Description: xi, 326 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9781844674053 (pbk.) :
- 1844674053 (pbk.) :
- HT119 .R47 2010
Contents:
Summary: 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.
Archiving / Michael Sheringham -- Bombing / Chris Petit -- Commuting / Rachel Bowlby -- Convalescing / Matthew Beaumont -- Daydreaming / Gregory Dart -- Driving / Iain Borden -- Falling / Marshall Berman -- Imaging / Patrick Keiller -- Inhabiting / Geoff Dyer -- t Lodging / Michael Newton -- Phoning / David Trotter -- Potting / Kasia Boddy -- Recycling / Esther Leslie -- Sickening / Iain Sinclair -- Waiting / Michael Sayeau -- Zigzagging / Mark W. Turner.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | HT 119 .R47 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5035678 |
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| HT 119 .F536 2015 The Flaneur / | HT 119 .G37 2007 Street world : urban culture from five continents / | HT 119 .G64 2018 The globalizing cities reader / | HT 119 .R47 2010 Restless cities / | HT 119 .R48 2012 Rethinking global urbanism : comparative insights from secondary cities / | HT 123 .B56 2008 The urban experience : economics, society, and public policy / | HT 123 .F58 2010 Emerald cities : urban sustainability and economic development / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Archiving / Michael Sheringham -- Bombing / Chris Petit -- Commuting / Rachel Bowlby -- Convalescing / Matthew Beaumont -- Daydreaming / Gregory Dart -- Driving / Iain Borden -- Falling / Marshall Berman -- Imaging / Patrick Keiller -- Inhabiting / Geoff Dyer -- t Lodging / Michael Newton -- Phoning / David Trotter -- Potting / Kasia Boddy -- Recycling / Esther Leslie -- Sickening / Iain Sinclair -- Waiting / Michael Sayeau -- Zigzagging / Mark W. Turner.
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