The feel of the city : experiences of urban transformation / Nicolas Kenny.

Main entry:

Kenny, Nicolas, 1977- author.

Title & Author:

The feel of the city : experiences of urban transformation / Nicolas Kenny.

Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2014]
©2014

Description:

xiv, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-294) and index.
Introduction : the body urban -- Comparable cities -- Image makers -- Encounters with industrial space -- Home for a rest -- Street scenes -- Conclusion : keeping in touch.
Text in English.

Summary:

"At the start of the twentieth century, the modern metropolis was a riot of sensation. City dwellers lived in an environment filled with smoky factories, crowded homes, and lively thoroughfares. Sights, sounds, and smells flooded their senses, while changing conceptions of health and decorum forced many to rethink their most banal gestures, from the way they negotiated speeding traffic to the use they made of public washrooms.
The Feel of the City exposes the sensory experiences of city-dwellers in Montreal and Brussels at the turn of the century and the ways in which these shaped the social and cultural significance of urban space. Using the experiences of municipal officials, urban planners, hygienists, workers, writers, artists, and ordinary citizens, Nicolas Kenny explores the implications of the senses for our understanding of modernity"-- Publisher description.

ISBN:

9781442647749 (bound)
1442647744 (bound)
9781442615816 (pbk.)
1442615818 (pbk.)

Subject:

Urban ecology (Sociology) Belgium Brussels History 20th century.
Urban ecology (Sociology) Québec (Province) Montréal History 20th century.
Community development, Urban Belgium Brussels History 20th century.
Community development, Urban Québec (Province) Montréal History 20th century.
Écologie urbaine Bruxelles (Belgique) Histoire 20e siècle.
Écologie urbaine Québec (Province) Montréal Histoire 20e siècle.
Développement communautaire urbain Bruxelles (Belgique) Histoire 20e siècle.
Développement communautaire urbain Québec (Province) Montréal Histoire 20e siècle.
Écologie urbaine Belgique Bruxelles Histoire 20e siècle.
Développement communautaire urbain Belgique Bruxelles Histoire 20e siècle.
Community development, Urban.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Industrialisierung
Stadtbevölkerung
Wahrnehmung
Stadtökologie
Stadtsoziologie
Stadssociologi Belgien.
Socialekologi.
Samhällsutveckling.
Belgium Brussels.
Québec Montréal.
Brüssel
Montréal

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286706
Call No.: BIB 227141
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available

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