Cultural history of early modern European streets / / edited by Riitta Laitinen, Thomas V. Cohen.

• TeilnehmendeR: Laitinen, Riitta.; Cohen, Thomas V. 1942-
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles 2009
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (182 p.)
• Notes: "Originally published as volume 12, nos. 3-4 (2008) of Brill's journal Journal of early modern history"--T.p. verso.
• Other title: Journal of early modern history.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1282601741; 9786612601743; 9047425987
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Riitta Laitinen, Thomas V. Cohen.

In urban life, streets are elemental, but urban history seldom places them centre stage. It tends to view them as mere backdrops for events or social relations, or to study them as material constructions, the fruit of urban planning, but largely vacant of inhabitants. Examining people and streets in tandem, the contributors to this volume strive towards more integrated urban history. They discuss the social and political processes of early modern street life, and the discursive play in which streets figured. Six chapters, based in Sweden-Finland, England, Portugal, Italy, and Transylvania, discuss the subtle interplay of the material and immaterial, public and private, planned order and versatility, spontaneous invention, control and resistance – all matters central to how streets worked. Contributors are Emese Bálint, Maria Helena Barreiros, Elizabeth S. Cohen, Thomas V. Cohen, Alexander Cowan, Anu Korhonen, Riitta Laitinen, and Dag Lindström.