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Informationen zum Autor Gary McDonogh is Helen Herrmann Chair and Professor of Growth and Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr College. Sergi Martínez-Rigol is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Barcelona. Klappentext Barcelona has existed as a settlement for two millennia. Early civilizations shaped the city before it achieved, in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, global power as a trading metropolis and empire capital. After a long struggle with the unifying Spanish state, the city revived, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as an industrial and commercial powerhouse. It became a center of culture, ornamented by modern planning and wondrous works by Gaudí and others. Barcelona became known as "The Rose of Fire": home to revolutionaries and anarchists. Creativity and conflict continued to shape Barcelona in the twentieth century, as its citizens faced the Spanish Republic, Civil War and Franco's dictatorship. Linking social and cultural currents to the rich architectural and experiential heritage of this multi-layered city, McDonogh and Martínez-Rigol reveal Barcelona's hidden history to modern-day visitors and residents alike. Zusammenfassung "Barcelona has existed as a settlement for two millennia. As McDonogh and Martainez-Rigol link complex social and cultural currents to the rich architectural and experiential heritage of this multi-layered city! modern-day Barcelona reveals depths and surprises to visitors and residents alike"-- Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Map of Barcelona xiv Introduction 1 1 The Evolution of a Mediterranean City (to 1000 CE) 15 2 Barcelona the Capital (1000-1500) 53 3 Decline and Renewal (1500-1800) 97 4 The Industrial City (1800-1900) 127 5 The Exploding Metropolis (1900-1939) 167 6 Barcelona under Franco (1939-1970s) 207 7 Barcelona Today and Tomorrow (1970s- ) 241 Selected Sources 274 Chronology 288 Notes 299 Credits 315 Index 316 ...
