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Red city, blue period: Social movements in Picasso's Barcelona
Extract from the introduction:
The task I have undertaken in this book is to account for the peculiar sense of solidarity that the citizens of Barcelona developed between 1888 and 1939, and to explain why shared experiences of civic culture and…
Native place, city, and nation: Regional networks and identities in Shanghai, 1853-1937
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This study explores social practices and rituals related to xxiangyi , also called xiangqing and ziyi , Chinese expressions for the sentiment that binds people from the same native place. This sentiment, and the social…
Living downtown: The history of residential hotels in the United States
Extract from the Preface: In Downtown San Francisco, just one block from the Transamerica pyramid, is the large relict basement of the International Hotel. The lot has stood empty since 1977. In the Western Addition, one and a half miles to the…
Urban revolt: Ethnic politics in the nineteenth-century Chicago labor movement
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I became interested in nineteenth-century Chicago labor history in an indirect way. I had begun a study of political mobilization in Chicago community organizing and felt that I could not understand the political process…
Beyrouth, Grand Beyrouth
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Beyrouth, Grand-Beyrouth. Derrière le titre pour le moins laconique de ce livre, il n'est pas seulement question de la taille de l'agglomération beyrouthine. Pour rendre compte des…
London : A pilgrimage
From Peter Ackroyd's introduction to the 2005 Anthem Press edition :
"London: A Pilgrimage" is an enlightening work that brings to life the chaotic and gloomy past of a great city on the cusp of modern times. 180 incredible etchings by…
Les villes du Moyen Age : essai d'histoire économique et sociale
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Si l'Histoire de Belgique est l'oeuvre qui fit reconnaître universellement Henri Pirenne, ce sont ses travaux d'histoire urbaine qui créèrent sa réputation parmi les…
The medieval town
The late Fritz Rörig was an Emeritus Professor and member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. Alternative link to this book via Google Books
The medieval English borough : Studies on its origins and constitutional history
Abstract from the 1968 edition : Long regarded as the definitive study of the early history of the English medieval borough, this book presents a thorough review of the 'thorny question of origins' and the theories of scholars such as Carl…
How the other half lives
See also the Collections Portal of the Museum of the City of New York, where more than 1400 photographs taken by Riis are available to view online.
See also a LibriVox audio recording of the book.
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The battle with the slum
Extract from the Introduction, 'What the fight is about' :
The slum is as old as civilization... The battle with the slum began the day civilization recognized in it her enemy. It was a losing fight until conscience joined forces with fear and…
The growth of cities in the nineteenth century : A study in statistics
Extract from the 'Biographical Note' by Barclay G. Jones :
Lewis Mumford is certainly correct in describing The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century as a "classic pioneer work". It is the first really sound, comprehensive, and…
The historian and the city
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...[T]he Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and the Harvard University Summer Session [decided] to convene a conference, in August, 1961, that would consider the…
New York
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New York est assurément une "ville d’art", par les collections exceptionnelles que ses musées ont accueilli depuis la fin du XIXe siècle, par la place prise par la ville…
Ismaïlia. Architectures XIXe-XXe siècles
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Cet ouvrage, consacré à Ismaïlia, deuxième ville créée ex nihilo le long du canal de Suez en 1862, fait suite au guide d’architecture de Port-Saïd…
Restless cities
Leading intellectuals reimagine the city as a site of ceaseless change and motion. The metropolis is a site of endless making and unmaking. Restless Cities celebrates the ceaselessly inventive character of the metropolitan city from the nineteenth…
Ville et religion en Europe du XVIe au XXe siècle
Présentation par l'éditeur : Parmi les finalités de cet ouvrage, il y a la volonté d’instaurer un dialogue entre historiens du religieux et historiens de l’urbain. En effet, l’espace du religieux, en…
The public and its possibilities : Triumphs and tragedies in the American city
Abstract from the publisher : In his compelling reinterpretation of American history, The Public and Its Possibilities, John Fairfield argues that our unrealized civic aspirations provide the essential counterpoint to an excessive focus on private…
Contemporary urbanism in Brazil: Beyond Brasília
Abstract from the publisher : For decades, a succession of military regimes and democratic governments in Brazil sought to shape the future of their society through the manipulation of urban spaces. Planned cities were built that reflected the…