Metropolis, 1890-1940 /

Metropolis, 1890-1940 /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1984.
Description:	viii, 458 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Metropolitan areas -- Congresses. Cities and towns -- Growth -- Congresses. Urbanization -- Congresses. City planning -- Congresses. Cities and towns -- Growth. City planning. Metropolitan areas. Urbanization. Conference papers and proceedings. History.
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's c.3 includes original dust jacket.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/588717

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:	Sutcliffe, Anthony, 1942-2011
ISBN:	0226780252
Notes:	Includes bibliographies and index.

Table of Contents:

The Contributors
Acknowledgements
Part 1. Introductory
1. Introduction: Urbanization, Planning and the Giant City
2. Metropolis 1890-1940: Challenges and Responses
Part 2. The Metropolis Portrayed and Understood
3. The Metropolis and the Intellectual
4. The Metropolis in the Visual Arts: Paris, Berlin, New York, 1890-1940
5. The Metropolis in Literature
6. The Metropolis in the Cinema
7. The Metropolis in Music
8. Metropolis Architecture
Part 3. The Metropolis Experienced and Planned
9. West End, East End: London, 1890-1940 Patricia L. Garside
10. Paris, 1890-1940
11. Berlin, 1890-1940
12. The Capital of Capitalism: the New York Metropolitan Region, 1890-1940
13. Moscow, the Socialist
14. The Ruhr: Centralization versus Decentralization in a Region of Cities
15. Metropolitanism as a Way of Life: the Case of Tokyo, 1868-1930
Part 4. The Metropolis Moves Forward
16. Postscript: Metropolis 1940-1990
Index