000			01602nam a22001937a 4500
020			_a9781350017658
082			_a307.76094 _bWAK/M
100			_aWakeman, Rosemary
245			_aA modern history of European cities : 1815 to the present
260			_aLondon _bBloomsbury _c2020
300			_a382p.
520			_aRosemary Wakeman’s original survey text comprehensively explores modern European urban history from 1815 to the present day. It provides a journey to cities and towns across the continent, in search of the patterns of development that have shaped the urban landscape as indelibly European. The focus is on the built environment, the social and cultural transformations that mark the patterns of continuity and change, and the transition to modern urban society. Including over 60 images that serve to illuminate the analysis, the book examines whether there is a European city, and if so, what are its characteristics? Wakeman offers an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates concepts from cultural and postcolonial studies, as well as urban geography, and provides full coverage of urban society not only in western Europe, but also in eastern and southern Europe, using various cities and city types to inform the discussion. The book provides detailed coverage of the often-neglected urbanization post-1945 which allows us to more clearly understand the modernizing arc Europe has followed over the last two centuries.
650			_aEurope
650			_aArchitecture
650			_aCities and towns
650			_aCity planning
650			_aHistory
942			_cBK
999			_c62956 _d62956