Cityscapes in History: Creating the Urban Experience explores the ways in which scholars from a variety of disciplines a " history, history of art, geography and architecture a " think about and study the urban environment. The concept a cityscapes' refers to three different dynamics that shape the development of the urban environment: the interplay between conscious planning and organic development, the tension between social control and its unintended consequences and the relationship between projection and self-presentation, as articulated through civic ceremony and ritual. The book is...