{"product_id":"television-cities-9780822369202","title":"Television Cities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Brunsdon traces television's representations of Paris, London, and Baltimore to show how they reflect the medium's history and evolution, thereby challenging the prevalent assumptions about television as quintessentially suburban and showing how television shapes our perception of urban spaces, both familiar and unknown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A well written and well researched book that opens new prospects for television researchers on the history and the future of the medium.\" -- Nahuel Ribke * H-France, H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTelevision Cities\u003c\/i\u003e is relatively short . . . but it packs in a wide range of thought-provoking issues without losing its focus. . . . An engaging and rewarding read for anybody interested in fictions for small, and not-so-small, screens. It will no doubt succeed in its aim of encouraging debate in these domains.\" -- Robin Nelson * Critical Studies in Television *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Does the Flâneur Watch Television  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Modernity of Maigret's Paris  24\u003cbr\u003e 2. Living-Room London  65\u003cbr\u003e 3. Portable Cities: Baltimore  116\u003cbr\u003e Notes  165\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  195\u003cbr\u003e Index  211","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406105256279,"sku":"9780822369202","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822369202.jpg?v=1730494546","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/television-cities-9780822369202","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}