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Abstract from the distributor : Anthropologists often use key figures, such as the street tough, the child witch, and the flâneur, as a means to elucidate, personify, and critique underlying dynamics of social and cultural transformation. It…

Abstract from the publisher : City politics is an ancient, enduring and vibrant enterprise that can be traced back over two millennia. Its key concerns include the nature of power, institutions, governance, community, scale and economic processes,…

Présentation par l'éditeur : Longtemps, les villes ont été dépendantes de leur environnement. C'est désormais l'environnement qui est dépendant des villes. Et si, loin d'être un problème,…

Elena Piffero is Doctor of Philosophy in International Cooperation and Sustainable Development Policies at the University of Bologna, Italy. Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license 3.0. Alternative link to the…

In this 2011 seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London School of Advanced Study, Joseph de Sapio discusses fog in the representation of Victorian London, particularly from the perspective of tourists to the city. He argues…