Racing the street : race, rhetoric, and technology in Metropolitan London, 1840-1900 / Robert J. Topinka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Topinka, Robert J., 1984- author.

Series:

Rhetoric and public culture (Oakland, Calif.) ; Volume 3.

Rhetoric and public culture: history, theory, critique ; Volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and race relations--England--London--History--19th century.

Mass media and race relations.

City and town life--England--London--History--19th century.

City and town life.

Technology--Social aspects--England--London--History--19th century.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Racing the Street traces the history of how race was used as a technology for gathering, assembling, and networking the early cosmopolitan city. Drawing on an archive that ranges from engineering blueprints and parliamentary committee reports to sensationalistic pamphlets and periodical press accounts, Robert J. Topinka conducts an original genealogy of the nineteenth-century London street, demonstrating how race as a technology gathers, sorts, and assembles the teeming particularities of the street into a manageable network. This interdisciplinary study offers a novel approach to the intersections of race, rhetoric, media, technology, and urban government.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Sublime Streets, Savage City

2. Sewers, Streets, and Seas

3. Moving Congestion on Petticoat Lane

4. Typical Bodies, Photographic Technologies

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520975057

0520975057

OCLC:

1182866291