Fr. 37.50

Writing Cities - Exploring Early Modern Urban Discourse

English · Paperback / Softback

Shipping usually takes at least 4 weeks (title will be specially ordered)

Description

Read more










Only one out of ten early modern Europeans lived in cities. Yet cities were crucial nodes, joining together producers and consumers, rulers and ruled, and believers in diverse faiths and futures. They also generated an enormous amount of writing, much of which focused on civic life itself. But despite its obvious importance, historians have paid surprisingly little attention to urban discourse; its forms, themes, emphases and silences all invite further study.

This book explores three dimensions of early modern citizens' writing about their cities: the diverse social backgrounds of the men and women who contributed to urban discourse; their notions of what made for a beautiful city; and their use of dialogue as a literary vehicle particularly apt for expressing city life and culture.

Amelang concludes that early modern urban discourse increasingly moves from oral discussion to take the form of writing. And while the dominant tone of those who wrote about cities continued to be one of celebration and glorification, over time a more detached and less judgmental mode developed. More and more they came to see their fundamental task as presenting a description that was objective.

List of contents










Prologue, Chapter 1. Authors: Assembling an Ensemble Chapter 2. Facades: Defining Urban Beauty Chapter 3. Dialogues: Talking the Town, A Personal Epilogue, Notes, Bibliography, Acknowledgments, Index

About the author










James Amelang is Professor of Early Modern History at Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain.

Product details

Authors James Amelang, James S Amelang, James S. Amelang
Publisher Central european university pr
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.05.2018
 
EAN 9789637326530
ISBN 978-963-7326-53-0
No. of pages 280
Dimensions 135 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
Series Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lecture Series
Print on Demand
Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lecture Series
Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lec
Subjects Non-fiction book
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein, 1500 bis heute

Customer reviews

No reviews have been written for this item yet. Write the first review and be helpful to other users when they decide on a purchase.

Write a review

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Write your own review.

For messages to CeDe.ch please use the contact form.

The input fields marked * are obligatory

By submitting this form you agree to our data privacy statement.