Main entry:

Jerram, Leif.

Title & Author:

Streetlife : the untold history of Europe's twentieth century / Leif Jerram.

Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011

Description:

x, 477 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-461) and index.
Revolution in the streets -- No place for a lady? -- The cultured metropolis -- Sex and the city -- Building utopia: how cities shaped our lives and our minds -- Epilogue: the way we live now?

Summary:

The twentieth century in Europe was an urban century: it was shaped by life in, and the view from, the street. Women were not liberated in legislatures, but liberated themselves in factories, homes, nightclubs, and shops. Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini made themselves powerful by making cities ungovernable with riots rampaging through streets, bars occupied one-by-one. New forms of privacy and isolation were not simply a by-product of prosperity, but because people planned new ways of living, new forms of housing in suburbs and estates across the continent. Our proudest cultural achievements lie not in our galleries or state theatres, but in our suburban TV sets, the dance halls, pop music played in garages, and hip hop sung on our estates.

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ISBN:

9780192807076 hardback
0192807072 hardback
9780199671168
0199671168

Subject:

Cities and towns Europe History 20th century.
City and town life Europe History 20th century.
Villes Europe Histoire 20e siècle.
Vie urbaine Europe Histoire 20e siècle.
History.
Cities and towns
City and town life
Manners and customs
Politics and government
Alltagskultur
Politischer Wandel
Stadt
Sociale verandering.
Stadscultuur.
Dagelijks leven.
Europe History 20th century.
Europe Social life and customs 20th century.
Europe Politics and government 20th century.
Europe Histoire 20e siècle.
Europe Mœurs et coutumes 20e siècle.
Europe Politique et gouvernement 20e siècle.
Europe
Europa
Europa (geografie)

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273156
Call No.: BIB 206626
Status: Available