Cultural Capitals: Early Modern London and Paris

by Karen Newman

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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 demonstrates that speculation and capital, the commodity, the crowd, traffic, and the street, often thought to be historically specific to nineteenth-century...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:069114110X

ISBN13:9780691141107

Release Date:July 2009

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory England Europe European France Historical Study & Educational Resources History History & Criticism Ireland Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Politics & Social Sciences Social History Social Sciences Sociology Urban World Literature

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