Description |
viii, 458 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: The Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: Introductory -- 1. Introduction: Urbanization, Planning and the Giant City -- Anthony Sutcliffe -- 2. Metropolis 1890-1940: Challenges and Responses -- Peter Hall -- Part 2: The Metropolis Portrayed and Understood -- 3. The Metropolis and the Intellectual -- Andrew Lees -- 4. The Metropolis in the Visual Arts: Paris, Berlin, New York, 1890-1940 -- Theda Shapiro -- 5. The Metropolis in Literature -- Peter Keating -- 6. The Metropolis in the Cinema -- Anthony Sutcliffe -- 7. The Metropolis in Music -- David Harold Cox and Michael Naslas -- 8. Metropolis Architecture -- Lars Olof Larsson -- Part 3: The Metropolis Experienced and Planned -- 9. West End, East End: London, 1890-1940 Patricia L. Garside -- 10. Paris, 1890-1940 -- Norma Evenson -- 11. Berlin, 1890-1940 -- Horst Matzerath -- 12. The Capital of Capitalism: the New York Metropolitan Region, 1890-1940 -- Kenneth T. Jackson -- 13. Moscow, the Socialist Metropolis -- R. A. French -- 14. The Ruhr: Centralization versus Decentralization in a Region of Cities -- Jürgen Reulecke -- 15. Metropolitanism as a Way of Life: the Case of Tokyo, 1868-1930 -- Shun-Ichi J. Wantanabe -- Part 4: The Metropolis Moves Forward -- 16. Postscript: Metropolis 1940-1990 -- Peter Hall -- Index |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
Subject |
Cities and towns -- Growth -- Congresses.
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City planning -- Congresses.
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Cities and towns -- Growth -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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City planning.
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Metropolitan areas -- Congresses.
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Metropolitan areas -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Metropolitan areas.
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Urbanization -- Congresses.
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City planning -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Urbanization -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Sutcliffe, Anthony, 1942-2011.
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LC no. |
83040340 |
ISBN |
0226780252 |
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