{"product_id":"imperial-cities-9780719064975","title":"Imperial Cities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs explorations of the influence of imperialism in the landscapes of modern European cities, the 15 essays in this volume explore the influence of imperialism in a range of urban centres, including London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Marseilles, Glasgow and Seville.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Imperial cities: overlapping territories, intertwined histories - Felix Driver \u0026amp;  David Gilbert\u003cbr\u003e2. ‘A grand work of noble conception’: the Victoria Memorial and imperial London - Tori Smith\u003cbr\u003e3. Empire in modern Rome: shaping and remembering an imperial city, 1870-1911- David Atkinson, Denis Cosgrove \u0026amp; Anna Notaro\u003cbr\u003e4. Capitale du plasir: the remaking of imperial Paris - Claire Hancock\u003cbr\u003e5. The Potemkin city: tourist images of late imperial Vienna - Jill Steward\u003cbr\u003e6. Imperial visions: rebuilding the Bank of England 1919-39 - Iain Black\u003cbr\u003e7. Staging the imperial city: the Pageant of London, 1911- Deborah S. Ryan\u003cbr\u003e8. ‘Capital of the Colonies’: real and imagined boundaries between metropole and empire in 1920s Marseilles - Yael Simpson Fletcher\u003cbr\u003e9. Commemorating empire in twentieth-century Seville - Anthony Gristwood\u003cbr\u003e10. Portable iron structures and uncertain colonial spaces at the Sydenham Crystal Palace - Andrew Hassam\u003cbr\u003e11. ‘The scenery of the torrid zone’: imagined travels and the culture of the exotics in nineteenth century British gardens - Rebecca Preston\u003cbr\u003e12. ‘The Second City of the Empire’: Glasgow - imperial municipality - John M. MacKenzie\u003cbr\u003e13. Sartorial spectacle: clothing and masculine identities in the imperial city, 1860-1914 - Christopher Breward\u003cbr\u003e14. Anti-imperial London: the Pan-African Conference of 1900 - Jonathan Schneer\u003cbr\u003eAfterword - Postcolonial times: the visible and the invisible - Bill Schwartz\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037295509847,"sku":"9780719064975","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719064975.jpg?v=1750935208","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/imperial-cities-9780719064975","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}