Fleeing the city: studies in the culture and politics of antiurbanism
Thompson, Michael J.
This collection of essays explores the phenomenon of antiurbanism: the antipathy and fear of the city. INDICE: PART I: THEORIZING ANTIURBANISM - What is Antiurbanism? A Theoretical Perspective; M.J.Thompson - Antiurbanism in the United States, England, and China; R.A.Beauregard - The Origins of Antiurbanism; J.A.Clapp - PART II: ANTIURBANISM IN HISTORY AND LITERATURE - Pastoral Ideals and City Troubles; L.Marx - Boys in the City: Homoerotic Desire and the Urban Refuge in Early-Twentieth-Century Germany; E.Mancini - Antiurbanism, New York, and the Early-Twentieth-Century American National Imagination; A.M.Blake - PART III: ANTIURBANISM INSOCIETY AND POLITICS - Imagining the Urban Poor; R.Salerno - Americans, Urbanism, and Sprawl: An Exploration of Living Preferences; E.Talen - Fundamentalism and Antiurbanism: The Frontier Myth, the Christian Nation, and the Heartland; E.Mendieta - Against Safety, Against Security: Reinvigorating Urban Life; D.Mitchell -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-61059-0
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 15/08/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés