1st Edition
Cities, Railways, Modernities London, Paris, and the Nineteenth Century
By Carlos López Galviz
Copyright 2019
310 Pages
by
Routledge
310 Pages
39 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
310 Pages
39 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Cities, Railways, Modernities chronicles the transformation that London and Paris experienced during the nineteenth century through the lens of the London Underground and the Paris Métro. By highlighting the multiple ways in which the future of the two cities was imagined and the role that railways played in that process, it challenges and refines two of the most dominant myths of urban... Read more
1. Past Futures 2. Circulation and Improvement 3. Lines and Circles 4. Steam and Light 5. Modernities, or, Remembering Future Events
Biography
Carlos López Galviz is a Lecturer in Social Futures at Lancaster University, UK.
