| Description |
1 online resource (x, 477 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-461) and index. |
| Contents |
Revolution in the streets -- No place for a lady? -- The cultured metropolis -- Sex and the city -- Building utopia: how cities shaped our lives and our minds -- Epilogue: the way we live now? |
| Summary |
The twentieth century in Europe was an urban century: it was shaped by life in, and the view from, the street. Women were not liberated in legislatures, but liberated themselves in factories, homes, nightclubs, and shops. Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini made themselves powerful by making cities ungovernable with riots rampaging through streets, bars occupied one-by-one. New forms of privacy and isolation were not simply a by-product of prosperity, but because people planned new ways of living, new forms of housing in suburbs and estates across the continent. Our proudest cultural achievements lie not in our galleries or state theatres, but in our suburban TV sets, the dance halls, pop music played in garages, and hip hop sung on our estates. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Cities and towns. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
City and town life -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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City and town life. |
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Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Europe -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Manners and customs. |
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Europe -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jerram, Leif. Streetlife. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011 9780192807076 (DLC) 2011281990 (OCoLC)663438224 |
| ISBN |
9780191539732 (electronic book) |
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0191539732 (electronic book) |
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9781283848305 (MyiLibrary) |
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1283848309 (MyiLibrary) |
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9780192807076 |
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0192807072 |
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