Paris-Amsterdam Underground
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9789089645050
Subjects: Netherlands; France; Urban communities; Urban & municipal planning
Description: The postwar histories of Paris and Amsterdam have been significantly defined by the notion of the ?underground? as both a material and metaphorical space. Examining the underground traffic between the two cities, this book interrogates the countercultural histories of Paris and Amsterdam in the mid to late-twentieth century. Shuttling between Paris and Amsterdam, as well as between postwar avant-gardism and twenty-first century global urbanism, this interdisciplinary book seeks to create a mirroring effect over the notion of the underground as a driving force in the making of the contemporary European city.
Notes: English.