Available for the first time in paperback, this pioneering work has long been a model for interdisciplinary scholarship in American urban and cultural studies. For this second edition, the author provides a new preface reflecting on the research and cultural changes that have taken place since 1865.
Available for the first time in paperback, this pioneering work has long been a model for interdisciplinary scholarship in American urban and cultural...
Gustave Dores unforgettable images of Victorian London portray in stark contrast the affluent world of monumental buildings, horse racing, and scoiety balls against the teeming populace of city streets and the raw poverty of slums, homelessness, and hopelessness. To reinforce Dore's powerful engravings, Coolidge draws skillfully upon the written observations of contemporary European visitors such as Taine, Heine, Gautier and Dostoyevsky.
Gustave Dores unforgettable images of Victorian London portray in stark contrast the affluent world of monumental buildings, horse racing, and scoiety...
