Metropolis, 1890-1940
By: edited by Anthony Sutcliffe.
Contributors: Sutcliffe, Anthony, 1942-
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
Subjects: Metropolitan areas -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses; Cities and towns -- Growth -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses; Urbanization -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses; City planning -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
Description: Examines perceptions of the city during the dramatic urban growth of this period. Metropolis looks at the policies adopted to deal with the new city and at the views of the city expressed in the art, architecture, literature, cinema, music, and ideology of the time. Internationally known experts discuss case studies of London, Paris, Berlin, the Ruhr, New York, Moscow, and Tokyo, and a postscript brings the reader up to date with a survey of postwar urbanism.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.