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City Limits

Perspectives on the Historical European City

by (author) Glenn Clark, Judith Owens & Greg T. Smith

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2010
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773536524
    Publish Date
    Feb 2010
    List Price
    $37.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773536517
    Publish Date
    Feb 2010
    List Price
    $110.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773590830
    Publish Date
    Feb 2010
    List Price
    $95.00

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In essays that capture the multiple aspects of urban life, contributors examine European cities through the lenses of history, literature, art, architecture, and music. Covering topics such as governance, performance, high culture and subculture, tourism, and journalism, this volume provides new and invigorating ways to think about cities both past and present. An innovative and interdisciplinary work, City Limits crosses conventional critical boundaries to depict a vibrant and moving cityscape of historical urban experience.

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Editorial Reviews

"Markedly inter-disciplinary, this volume makes a timely contribution to urban historiography. Indeed, City Limits is ample proof of just how much urban history has developed over recent years, from a rather niche genre to cutting-edge mainstream history. More than this, the collection's themes and methodology are of value not only to urban historians, but scholars of society, gender, politics and culture more broadly. As a result, the collection offers a far-reaching and comprehensive contribution to the field." European History Quarterly

"As scholars well know, elucidating cities is no easy task, but City Limits represents a notable accomplishment." Canadian Journal of History

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