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Placing London From Imperial Capital to Global City

Eade, John
Innbundet / 2000 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781571817365
Publisert
2000-06-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
RES, UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
198

Forfatter
Eade, John

Biographical note

John Eade is Reader in the Faculty of Social and Life Sciences, University of Surrey, Roehampton.

Placing London From Imperial Capital to Global City

Eade, John
Innbundet / 2000 / Engelsk
Eade, John
Innbundet / 2000 / Engelsk
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<i>"[The] book is neatly divided into three tours of the focal districts of Central London [and] replete with lurid and dangerous sights and sounds ... I am lured by Eade's new manual to travel to London to sample samosas, discover provocative multicultural art and theater, and make nocturnal sorties for the hoisting of ales."</i><b>  · Urban Affairs</b></p>
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<i>"[The author] writes clearly and with feeling ... [The information] is always plausible and well documented."</i><b>  · Contemporary Sociology</b></p>
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<i>"... an excellent ... wonderful collection of essays."</i><b>  · Friends Newsletter</b>, Max Kade Institute</p>
<p>
<i>"An impressive and scholarly analysis ... a profound, college-level retrospective and highly recommended." </i><b>  · The Midwest Book Review</b></p>
<p>
<i>"... a timely and innovative study. The scholarship is sound and the book is well organised and clearly written."</i><b>  · Les Back</b>, Goldsmiths College</p>

London continues to fascinate a vast audience across the world, and an extensive, diverse literature now exists describing and analyzing this metropolis. The central question - what is London? - has produced many answers but none of them, the author argues, uncovers the complex ways in which knowledge is constructed in the diverse attempts to represent places and people. On the contrary: a gulf has opened up between analysis of contemporary London as a global, postcolonial city, on the one hand, and historical accounts of the imperial capital on the other. The author shows how the gap can be bridged by combining an analysis of the representation over time by various experts of London and certain localities with an investigation of the ways in which residents have represented their communities through struggles over symbolic and material resources.
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London continues to fascinate a vast audience across the world, and an extensive, diverse literature now exists describing and analyzing this metropolis. The central question - what is London? - has produced many answers but none of them, the author argues, uncovers the complex ways in which knowledge is constructed in the diverse attempts...
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Table of Illustrations Acknowledgements PART I Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Representing London during Empire: The Inter-War Guides Chapter 3. Representing the Global City: Contemporary Tourist Guides PART II Chapter 4. The West End and Soho: ALien Settlements Amid Colonies of Pleasure and Power Chapter 5. Local Representation of Difference in the West End's 'Foreign Quarter' PART III Chapter 6. The City of London: From Empire to Globe Chapter 7. The City of London: Place and Placelessness PART IV Chapter 8. The East End: The Transformation of Place Chapter 9. The East End: Guiding Tourists through a Foreign Land Chapter 10. Representing Locality in the East End: People and Place in the Global City PART V Chapter 11. Conclusion Bibliography Index
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<p>
<i>"[The] book is neatly divided into three tours of the focal districts of Central London [and] replete with lurid and dangerous sights and sounds ... I am lured by Eade's new manual to travel to London to sample samosas, discover provocative multicultural art and theater, and make nocturnal sorties for the hoisting of ales."</i><b>  · Urban Affairs</b></p>
<p>
<i>"[The author] writes clearly and with feeling ... [The information] is always plausible and well documented."</i><b>  · Contemporary Sociology</b></p>
<p>
<i>"... an excellent ... wonderful collection of essays."</i><b>  · Friends Newsletter</b>, Max Kade Institute</p>
<p>
<i>"An impressive and scholarly analysis ... a profound, college-level retrospective and highly recommended." </i><b>  · The Midwest Book Review</b></p>
<p>
<i>"... a timely and innovative study. The scholarship is sound and the book is well organised and clearly written."</i><b>  · Les Back</b>, Goldsmiths College</p>

London continues to fascinate a vast audience across the world, and an extensive, diverse literature now exists describing and analyzing this metropolis. The central question - what is London? - has produced many answers but none of them, the author argues, uncovers the complex ways in which knowledge is constructed in the diverse attempts to represent places and people. On the contrary: a gulf has opened up between analysis of contemporary London as a global, postcolonial city, on the one hand, and historical accounts of the imperial capital on the other. The author shows how the gap can be bridged by combining an analysis of the representation over time by various experts of London and certain localities with an investigation of the ways in which residents have represented their communities through struggles over symbolic and material resources.
Les mer
London continues to fascinate a vast audience across the world, and an extensive, diverse literature now exists describing and analyzing this metropolis. The central question - what is London? - has produced many answers but none of them, the author argues, uncovers the complex ways in which knowledge is constructed in the diverse attempts...
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Table of Illustrations Acknowledgements PART I Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Representing London during Empire: The Inter-War Guides Chapter 3. Representing the Global City: Contemporary Tourist Guides PART II Chapter 4. The West End and Soho: ALien Settlements Amid Colonies of Pleasure and Power Chapter 5. Local Representation of Difference in the West End's 'Foreign Quarter' PART III Chapter 6. The City of London: From Empire to Globe Chapter 7. The City of London: Place and Placelessness PART IV Chapter 8. The East End: The Transformation of Place Chapter 9. The East End: Guiding Tourists through a Foreign Land Chapter 10. Representing Locality in the East End: People and Place in the Global City PART V Chapter 11. Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781571817365
Publisert
2000-06-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
RES, UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
198

Forfatter
Eade, John

Biographical note

John Eade is Reader in the Faculty of Social and Life Sciences, University of Surrey, Roehampton.

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