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The anxious city : English urbanism in the late twentieth century / Richard J. Williams

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Williams, Richard J [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Abingdon, Ox : Routledge, c2004Description: xii, 281 p. : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

415279275

LOC classification:

HT 133 .W55 2004

Summary: In the Western world, cities have arguably never been more anxious: practical anxieties about personal safety and metaphysical anxieties about the uncertain place of the city in culture are the small change of journalism and political debate. Cities have long been regarded as problems, in need of drastic solutions. In this context, the contemporary revival of city centres is remarkable. But in a culture that largely fears the urban, how can the contemporary city be imagined? How is it supposed to be used or inhabited? What does it mean? Taking England since WWII as its principal focus, this provocative and original book considers the Western city at a critical moment in its history.

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Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Architecture General Circulation	COA General	GC HT 133 .W55 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000001525

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In the Western world, cities have arguably never been more anxious: practical anxieties about personal safety and metaphysical anxieties about the uncertain place of the city in culture are the small change of journalism and political debate. Cities have long been regarded as problems, in need of drastic solutions. In this context, the contemporary revival of city centres is remarkable. But in a culture that largely fears the urban, how can the contemporary city be imagined? How is it supposed to be used or inhabited? What does it mean? Taking England since WWII as its principal focus, this provocative and original book considers the Western city at a critical moment in its history.

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