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'Race', culture and the right to the city: Centres, peripheries, margins

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Abstract from the publisher: Adopting a perspective inspired by Henri Lefebvre, this book considers the spread of multiculture from the central city to the periphery and considers the role that 'race' continues to play in structuring the metropolis,…

Mots-clés: banlieue, centre-ville, droit à la ville, forme urbaine, Lefebvre Henri, London, Londres, Millington Gareth, multiculturalism, multiculturalisme, New York, Paris, périphéries, race

A city at risk from the City?

Organisers' description: The recent financial crisis has demonstrated how vulnerable the world is to the actions of its financial institutions. It has provoked questions about the power of, and lack of control exerted over those who influence our…

Mots-clés: City of London, économie, Faith Nicholas, finance, London, Londres

A shout in the street : An excursion into the modern city

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Abstract from the publisher : A remarkable meditation on the topography of the modern city, A Shout in the Street offers a close and sensitive examination of four urban landscapes -- London, Paris, Leningrad, and New York. Peter Jukes pursues the…

Mots-clés: Jukes Peter, Leningrad, littérature, London, Londres, New York, Paris, paysage urbain, rue, Saint-Pétersbourg, société urbaine, St Petersburg

Applying new spatial techniques in the study of late medieval London

"This paper aims to present a summary of elements both of my own PhD research and also some current related ongoing work both within the UK and on the Continent which attempts... to use new or digital approaches to the "spatial turn"…

Mots-clés: analyse spatiale, cartographie, Colson Jeremy, espace urbain, histoire urbaine, London, Londres, méthodologie, Middle Ages, Moyen Âge

City visions 1910 / 2010 : Urban planning in Berlin, London, Paris and Chicago 1910 and 2010

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Extract from the catalogue : The exhibition City Visions 1910 | 2010 is a celebration of the anniversary of the General Town Planning Exhibition. It compares two key moments in time: The years around 1910 and 2010. 1910 The planning exhibition…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, Berlin, Chicago, développement urbain, documents d'urbanisme, exhibition, exposition, histoire de l'urbanisme, London, Londres, Paris, projet urbain

Do Londoners have a right to the city?

Organisers' description : London grassroot groups are certainly making it clear what they need, from housing and transport to jobs and the environment. Is there a basic demand that underlies these needs? Is the idea of rights to the city a focus…

Mots-clés: Catterall Bob, droit à la ville, économie, Edwards Michael, équité sociale, Gibbons Andrea, injustice, Kuklowsky Celine, London, Londres, mouvement social, planification

Food and public space in a global city

Abstract from the distributor : The colloquium will be focused on one particular city – London – and will bring together the themes of food growing, ‘public’ space and the city to explore thought-provoking questions around…

Mots-clés: agriculture urbaine, alimentation, aménagement de l'espace, Caraher Martin, espace urbain, food, global city, jardin, London, Londres, nourriture, Parks Rosie, Reynolds Ben, Smyth Paul, Steel Carolyn, ville durable, ville globale

Gender and sociability in early modern London

Seminar description from the IHR Digital blog : Tim Reinke-Williams from the University of Northampton presented to the Metropolitan History Seminar group, a paper entitled ‘Gender and sociability in early modern London’. This paper…

Mots-clés: communauté, community, dix-septième siècle, femmes, gender, genre, histoire urbaine, interaction sociale, lien social, London, Londres, Reinke-Williams Tim, seizième s!ècle, seventeenth century, sixteenth century, société urbaine, voisinage, women

Hanoverian London 1714 - 1808

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Abstract from the publisher : Hanoverian London, 1714 - 1808, the first of eight volumes to be published in The University of California Press History of London series, surveys the life of the town throughout the eighteenth century. Professor…

Mots-clés: croissance urbaine, dix-huitième siècle, eighteenth century, Hanoverian, histoire urbaine, London, Londres, mouvement social, Rudé George, société urbaine, urbanité

Imagining low life before the East End's invention, c. 1780s to 1840s

This paper was part of the Anglo-American Conference of historians 2009, on the theme 'cities'. Conference description by the organisers : The conference will deal with cities throughout the world, with papers examining the networks of cities and…

Mots-clés: dix-huitième siècle, dix-neuvième siècle, East End, eighteenth century, Gatrell Vic, histoire urbaine, imaginaire, London, Londres, nineteenth century, pauvreté, quartier défavorisé

Imagining the East End in literature and social survey, 1880-1990

This paper was part of the Anglo-American Conference of historians 2009, on the theme 'cities'. Conference description by the organisers : The conference will deal with cities throughout the world, with papers examining the networks of cities and…

Mots-clés: Dennis Richard, dix-neuvième siècle, East End, fin de siècle, Gissing George, histoire urbaine, imaginaire, littérature, London, Londres, nineteenth century, quartier défavorisé

Integrated city making: Governance, planning and transport

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Abstract from the publisher: Integrated City Making is a report by Philipp Rode, Julie Wagner, Richard Brown, Rit Chandra and Jayaraj Sundaresan of the Urban Age Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2007, Urban Age…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, Bangalore, Berlin, Bombay, croissance urbaine, Delhi, gouvernance, Inde, India, Johannesburg, Kolkata, London, Londres, Mumbai, New York, politique urbaine, transport, Urban Age, urbanisation

Lessons for the Big Society: Planning, regeneration and the politics of community participation

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Abstract from the publisher: This book provides concrete examples of the ways in which shifting academic debates, policy and political approaches have impacted on a specific place over the past 30 years. It offers a critical analysis of the history,…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, collectivités locales, communauté, community, Dillon Denis, Fanning Bryan, Haringey, London, Londres, participation, politique urbaine, renouvellement urbain, société urbaine

London : A pilgrimage

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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…

Mots-clés: art, Doré Gustave, histoire urbaine, Jerrold Blanchard, London, Londres, société urbaine

London : City of the Romans

Extract from the preface : This book is a synthesis of many people's studies of the origin and early history of London, of which I have endeavoured to make a coherent story. Our knowledge of this subject has been vastly increased in recent years by…

Mots-clés: Ancient Rome, archéologie, histoire urbaine, Londinium, London, Londres, Merrifield Ralph, Rome antique

London : The story of a great city

Organisers' description : No city can lay claim to a more dramatic history than London. Engulfed in calamities that seemed to mark its end - fire, plague, riot, civil war, mass bombing - from each crisis it has emerged stronger than ever. Its…

Mots-clés: commerce, histoire urbaine, London, Londres, White Jerry

London 800 - 1216 : The shaping of a city

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Abstract from the publisher : London 800-1216 : The shaping of a city takes its place in the eight-volume History of London series, but is designed also to be a self-contained enquiry into the place of ninth- to twelfth-century London in the…

Mots-clés: Brooke Christopher, collectivités locales, commerce, forme urbaine, gestion locale, gouvernance, histoire urbaine, London, Londres, Middle Ages, Moyen Âge, religion, société urbaine

London and other Great American Cities 50 years on

Abstract from the distributor : The RSA and the Centre for London at Demos gather a panel of expert commentators at the RSA to mark the 50th anniversary of Jane Jacobs’ landmark book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Jane…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, forme urbaine, Greenhalgh Stephen, Hall Peter, Jacobs Jane, London, Londres, Power Anne, renouvellement urbain, Rogers Ben, The death and life of great American cities

London labour and the London poor (Vol. 1)

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Full title : London labour and the London poor; a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work. Extract from the Preface : The present volume is the first of an intended…

Mots-clés: dix-neuvième siècle, London, Londres, Mayhew Henry, nineteenth century, pauvreté, société urbaine, travail

London labour and the London poor (Vol. 2)

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Extract from the Preface to Volume One : The present volume is the first of an intended series, which it is hoped will form, when complete, a cyclopaedia of the industry, the want, and the vice of the great Metropolis. Henry Mayhew (1812 - 1887)…

Mots-clés: dix-neuvième siècle, London, Londres, Mayhew Henry, nineteenth century, pauvreté, rue, sans-domicile, société urbaine, travail

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