Cultural Capitals : : Early Modern London and Paris /

Cultural Capitals : : Early Modern London and Paris / / Karen Newman.

Social theories of modernity focus on the nineteenth century as the period when Western Europe was transformed by urbanization. Cities became thriving metropolitan centers as a result of economic, political, and social changes wrought by the industrial revolution. In Cultural Capitals, Karen Newman...

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Newman, Karen,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©2007
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 30 halftones.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER ONE. Early Modern London and Paris
  • CHAPTER TWO. Toward a Topographic Imaginary
  • CHAPTER THREE. Walking Capitals
  • CHAPTER FOUR. "Filth, Stench, Noise"
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Courtship and Consumption in Early Modern Paris
  • CHAPTER SIX. Armchair Travel
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Death, Name, and Number
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Sex in the City
  • EPILOGUE. Paperwork
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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