{"product_id":"placing-london-from-imperial-capital-to-global-city-9781571818034","title":"Placing London: From Imperial Capital to Global","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tLondon continues to fascinate a vast audience across the world, and an extensive, diverse literature now exists describing and analyzing this metropolis. The central question - what is London? - has produced many answers but none of them, the author argues, uncovers the complex ways in which knowledge is constructed in the diverse attempts to represent places and people. On the contrary: a gulf has opened up between analysis of contemporary London as a global, postcolonial city, on the one hand, and historical accounts of the imperial capital on the other. The author shows how the gap can be bridged by combining an analysis of the representation over time by various experts of London and certain localities with an investigation of the ways in which residents have represented their communities through struggles over symbolic and material resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"[The] book is neatly divided into three tours of the focal districts of Central London [and] replete with lurid and dangerous sights and sounds ... I am lured by Eade's new manual to travel to London to sample samosas, discover provocative multicultural art and theater, and make nocturnal sorties for the hoisting of ales.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Urban Affairs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"[The author] writes clearly and with feeling ... [The information] is always plausible and well documented.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Contemporary Sociology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... an excellent ... wonderful collection of essays.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Friends Newsletter\u003c\/b\u003e, Max Kade Institute\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"An impressive and scholarly analysis ... a profound, college-level retrospective and highly recommended.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · The Midwest Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... a timely and innovative study. The scholarship is sound and the book is well organised and clearly written.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Les Back\u003c\/b\u003e, Goldsmiths College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tTable of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eRepresenting London during Empire: The Inter-War Guides\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eRepresenting the Global City: Contemporary Tourist Guides\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe West End and Soho: ALien Settlements Amid Colonies of Pleasure and Power\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eLocal Representation of Difference in the West End's 'Foreign Quarter'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe City of London: From Empire to Globe\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe City of London: Place and Placelessness\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe East End: The Transformation of Place\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe East End: Guiding Tourists through a Foreign Land\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eRepresenting Locality in the East End: People and Place in the Global City\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART V\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041430569303,"sku":"9781571818034","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571818034.jpg?v=1750950249","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/placing-london-from-imperial-capital-to-global-city-9781571818034","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}