Mediating the decline of industrial cities : knowledge production, heritage-making and urban transformation in postwar Europe / edited by Christoph Brüll, Sebastian Haumann, Stefan Krebs and Jens van de Maele.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brüll, Christoph, 1979- editor.

Haumann, Sebastian, editor.

Krebs, Stefan, editor.

Maele, Jens van de, 1985- editor.

Series:

Routledge advances in urban history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deindustrialization--Europe.

Deindustrialization.

Industries--Europe.

Industries.

Urban renewal--Europe.

Urban renewal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2025.

Summary:

This volume reflects the latest historiographical discussion about the decline, transformation, heritagisation, and re-invention of industrial cities in Europe during the late 20th century.It argues that the notion of "mediation" as it has been used in the history of technology helps to shed new light on the processes of understanding changes of industrial cities before, during, and after the economic crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. The contributors investigate how different actor groups, such as scientists, union members, journalists, politicians, artists, and historians, mediated the understanding of decline, the anticipated future, and the heritage of industrial cities. The authors look at a wide range of European cities during different phases of decline and transformation.The book is aimed at scholars of urban history and industrial history, as well as contemporary European history, the history of technology, and deindustrialisation studies. The contributions also resonate with discussion in neighbouring fields such as urban studies, media studies, cultural studies, sociology, and digital history.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9781003528883

OCLC:

1552152346

Publisher Number:

CIPO000305331