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Re-Presenting the Metropolis: Architecture, Urban Experience and Social Life in London 1800–1840 book cover

1st Edition

Re-Presenting the Metropolis Architecture, Urban Experience and Social Life in London 1800–1840

By Dana Arnold Copyright 2000
172 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

The evolution of an urban self-consciousness in London in the early nineteenth century played a fundamental role in the shaping of the city. In this volume Dana Arnold explores the responses to the city among the urban bourgeoisie and their influence on the experience and development of London. Each of the chapters re-presents the metropolis through a thematic consideration of the urban... Read more
Contents: Introduction; The view from St Paul’s; The art of walking the streets; The nation of London; The theory of police; Free-born sons (and daughters) of commerce; To gaze, to admire, and to covet; Appendices, Bibliography, Index.

Biography

Dana Arnold

'Yet Re-presenting the Metropolis remains a major new contribution to the history of architecture and urban experience in London in the period 1800-40.'

- Art Book

'Re-Presenting the Metropolis...contains wonderful information about and insights into the building and rebuilding of London at the dawn of Britain's heyday as a world power.'

- 19th Century Contexts

'Throughout the book Arnold's use of contemporary texts provides a fascinating insight both into the responses of Londoners to their city and the textual frameworks which assisted them in navigating its streets and conceptualising its identity.'

- Oxford Art Journal

'The whole book is a satisfying investigation of aspects of social, economic and political history of the period 1800 to 1840 taken from the stance of an accomplished architectural historian.'

- Frank Crompton, University College Worcester, Urban History

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