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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kenny, Nicolas, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban ecology (Sociology)--Belgium--Brussels--History--20th century.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

Urban ecology (Sociology)--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History--20th century.

Community development, Urban--Belgium--Brussels--History--20th century.

Community development, Urban.

Community development, Urban--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History--20th century.

Québec--Montréal.

Belgium--Brussels.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 300 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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's website

Contents:

Introduction: The Body Urban

Chapter 1

Comparable Cities

Chapter 2

Image Makers

Chapter 3

Encounters with Industrial Space

Chapter 4

Home for a Rest

Chapter 5

Street Scenes

Conclusion

Keeping in Touch.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jul 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-6906-3

1-4426-6905-5

9781442669055 (electronic book)

OCLC:

887636224