The streets of Europe : the sights, sounds, and smells that shaped its great cities
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Published
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Status
Southside - Adult
307.76094 Lad
1 available
307.76094 Lad
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Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
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Southside - Adult | 307.76094 Lad | Hardcover | On Shelf |
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Published
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-293) and index.
Description
"Street Life tells the history of the city street as a vanished world that many people yearn for but that few understand in its complexity. Ladd's journey centers on four major cities: London, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna. He focuses on the eighteenth and nineteenth and his story of the rich culture of the street ends with the arrival of the automobile - the street increasingly became equated not with commerce or entertainment or assembly but with rapid transportation. As Ladd ably weaves architectural and social history he includes sights, smells, and sounds - chapters on transportation and sanitation provide the less dazzling side of these sensations. Street performers, urban activity, street commerce, and public order are all part of the vivid history. In a conclusion, Ladd ponders the move off the streets, before and after 1900 and how our thinking about streets and cities has changed and how it might change more"--,Provided by publisher.
Binding Information
Copy 1.,Binding: Includes dust-jacket.,ICU
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