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Restless Cities

Edited by Matthew Beaumont and Gregory Dart
Contributions by Marshall Berman, Kasia Boddy and Iain Borden

Edited by Matthew Beaumont and Gregory Dart
Contributions by Marshall Berman, Kasia Boddy and Iain Borden

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Category: Nonfiction

Paperback $34.95

May 04, 2010 | ISBN 9781844674053

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About Restless Cities

The metropolis is a site of endless making and unmaking. From the attempt to imagine a ‘city-symphony’ to the cinematic tradition that runs from Walter Ruttmann to Terence Davies, Restless Cities traces the idiosyncratic character of the metropolitan city from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first-century megalopolis. With explorations of phenomena including nightwalking, urbicide, property, commuting and recycling, this wide-ranging new book identifies and traces the patterns that have defined everyday life in the modern city and its effect on us as individuals. Bringing together some of the most significant cultural writers of our time, Restless Cities is an illuminating, revelatory journey to the heart of our metropolitan world.

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Product Details

Category: Nonfiction

Paperback | $34.95
Published by Verso
May 04, 2010 | 352 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9781844674053
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Praise

“A culturally and historically rich illumination of the city in all its complexity.”—Icon

“A richly alternative guide to city living.”—Metro

“A gem of a book, by turns inspiring, shocking and consistently intelligent.”—Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday

“Bold and admirable.”—PD Smith, Guardian

“Fresh and piquant observations about aspects of modern living.”—Time Out London

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