The streets of Europe : the sights, sounds, and smells that shaped its great cities / Brian Ladd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ladd, Brian, 1957- author.

Contributor:

Henry Putney Beers Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Urban.

History.

Streets--Social aspects.

Streets.

Austria--Vienna.

England--London.

Europe.

France--Paris.

Germany--Berlin.

Streets--England--London--History.

Streets--France--Paris--History.

Streets--Germany--Berlin--History.

Streets--Austria--Vienna--History.

Streets--Social aspects--Europe--History.

Sociology, Urban--Europe--History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Street Life tells the history of the city street as a vanished world that many people yearn for but that few understand in its complexity. Ladd's journey centers on four major cities: London, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna. He focuses on the eighteenth and nineteenth and his story of the rich culture of the street ends with the arrival of the automobile - the street increasingly became equated not with commerce or entertainment or assembly but with rapid transportation. As Ladd ably weaves architectural and social history he includes sights, smells, and sounds-chapters on transportation and sanitation provide the less dazzling side of these sensations. Street performers, urban activity, street commerce, and public order are all part of the vivid history. In a conclusion, Ladd ponders the move off the streets, before and after 1900 and how our thinking about streets and cities has changed and how it might change more"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The form and use of city streets

Streets in history

Wheeling and dealing: the street economy

Strolling, mingling, and lingering: social life on the street

Out of the muck: the sanitary city

Transportation: the acceleration of the street

Public order and public space: control and design

Conclusion: looking down on the street.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-293) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Putney Beers Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780226677941

022667794X

OCLC:

1114271426