{"product_id":"the-metropolis-and-its-image-9780631216674","title":"The Metropolis and its Image","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines key moments in the emergence of London as a metropolis and considers different ways in which its image has been formulated and presented. The chapters address a range of topics from specific questions of architectural style to the relationship between the City of London and London as a metropolis, and explore different methods of constructing urban identities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Aestheticizing the Accidental City: Antiquarianism, Topography and the Representation of London in the Long Eighteenth-Century: Lucy Peltz (The Museum of London). \u003cp\u003e2. Peripheral Visions: Alternative Aspects and Rural Presences in Mid-Eighteenth-Century London: Elizabeth McKellar (Birkbeck College, University of London).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. 'Beastly Sights': the Treatment of Animals as a Moral Theme in Representations of London c. 1820-1850: Diana Donald (Manchester Metropolitan University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. London Bridge and its Symbolic Identity in the Regency Metropolis: The Dialectic of Civic and National Pride: Dana Arnold (University of Southampton).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Government and the Metropolitan Image: Ministers, Parliament and the Concept of a Capital City, 1840-1915: Michael Port (Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Rebuilding 'The Heart of the Empire': Bank Headquarters in the City of London, 1919-1939: Iain Black (King's College, London).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Benjamin's Paris, Freud's Rome: Whose London?: Adrian Rifkin (Middlesex University).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403428962647,"sku":"9780631216674","price":20.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-metropolis-and-its-image-9780631216674","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}