Public Speaking in the City [electronic resource] : Debating and Shaping the Urban Experience /
Stewart, J.author.
Providing a compelling analysis of debates in and about the modern city, this book draws upon architecture, history, literary studies, new media and sociology to explore the multiple connections between location, speech and the emerging modern metropolis. It concludes by reflecting on public speaking in the construction of the virtual city.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-198) and index.
Introduction : public speaking in the modern city -- Look who's talking -- Architects and the urban public -- Appearing in public -- Locating the voices -- Epilogue : public speaking and the city of the future.
Providing a compelling analysis of debates in and about the modern city, this book draws upon architecture, history, literary studies, new media and sociology to explore the multiple connections between location, speech and the emerging modern metropolis. It concludes by reflecting on public speaking in the construction of the virtual city.
Civilization-History.
Social policy.
Sociology, Urban.
Europe-History.
History, Modern.
Culture.
Cultural History.
Social Policy.
Urban Studies/Sociology.
European History.
Modern History.
Sociology of Culture.