Power and Urban Space in Pre-Modern Holland : Arenas of Appropriation in the Netherlands, 1500-1850 / Clé Lesger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lesger, Clé, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--History--Netherlands.

Cities and towns.

Sociology, Urban.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Cities and urban societies have many faces. In this study, the pre-modern cities of Holland are presented as arenas where power relations between social classes are expressed in a more or less permanent appropriation of physical space and through discursive strategies. The continuity of the power relations in the cities of Holland, spanning centuries, makes it urgent to look not only at the assumption of urban space as an expression of power relations within society, but also at the contribution of this appropriation to the acceptance and continuity of the existing power relations in pre-modern Holland. Within this broad area, extensive attention is paid to: the very prominent and enduring appropriation of urban space in the field of housing; the less permanent, but violent appropriation of urban space during the public execution of scaffold punishments; the maintenance of public order by civic militias; and appropriation during riots and revolts. In addition, city descriptions, maps and pictures of the pre-modern cities of Holland are scrutinised for what they can reveal about the appropriation of urban spaces. These themes each have an extensive historiography, but they have never been brought together in an interpretative framework that fits in with Pierre Bourdieu's model of society and the work - of especially John Allen - on power until now.

Contents:

List of Illustrations and Figures List of Maps Introduction 1. Inequality and Power Relations in the Cities of Holland 2. Residential Appropriation of Urban Space in the First Half of the 19th Century 3. Resources, Power and Residential Appropriation of Urban Space 4. Power, Theatrical Violence and Ephemeral Appropriation of Urban Space 5. Discursive Appropriation of Urban Space Conclusion Appendix - Patterns of Residential Differentiation in the Cities of Holland, 14th - 19th Centuries Bibliography Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Lesger, Clé Power and Urban Space in Pre-Modern Holland

ISBN:

9781350412408

1350412406

9781350412385

1350412384

9781350412392

1350412392

OCLC:

1416878903