Imperial cities

Landscape, display and identity

By: Felix Driver (Editor), David Gilbert (Editor), John M. MacKenzie (Editor)

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Paperback | 10 July 2003

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"Imperial cities" explores the influence of imperialism in the landscapes of modern European cities. Many still display unmistakable signs of their imperial past, not only in their architecture and monuments, but also in the ways in which their identities are constructed by their inhabitants and by international tourists. The 15 essays in this book explore the influence of imperialism in a range of urban centres, including London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Marseilles, Glasgow and Seville. The first part on "imperial landscapes" is devoted to large-scale architectural schemes and monuments, including the Queen Victoria Memorial in London and the Vittoriano in Rome. In the second part, the focus is on imperial display throughout the city, from spectacular exhibitions and ceremonies, to more private displays of empire in suburban gardens. The final part considers the changing cultural and political identities in the imperial city, looking particularly at nationalism, masculinity and anti-imperialism. This text aims to make a distinctive contribution to urban studies and imperial history. It should be important for students and teachers of history, geography, architecture, art history, sociology and cultural studies, as well as those interested in understanding the modern European city.

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"This volume will certainly be original, scholarly and important. It is genuinely multi-disciplinary effort and . . . considers a very wide range of very important themes across the arts, humanities and social sciences."--Mike Hefferman, Loughborough University.

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Imperial Cities: Overlapping Territories, Intertwined Histories
'A Grand Work of Noble Conception': The Victoria Memorial and Imperial London
Empire in Modern Rome: Shaping and Remembering An Imperial City, 1870-1911
Capitale Du Plasir: The Remaking of Imperial Paris
The Potemkin City: Tourist Images of Late Imperial Vienna
Imperial Visions: Rebuilding The Bank of England 1919-39
Staging the Imperial City: The Pageant of London, 1911
'Capital of the Colonies': Real and Imagined Boundaries Between Metropole and Empire in 1920s Marseilles
Commemorating Empire in Twentieth-Century Seville
Portable Iron Structures and Uncertain Colonial Spaces At the Sydenham Crystal Palace
'The Scenery of the Torrid Zone': Imagined Travels and the Culture of the Exotics in Nineteenth Century British Gardens
'The Second City of the Empire': Glasgow--Imperial Municipality
Sartorial Spectacle: Clothing and Masculine Identities in the Imperial City, 1860-1914
Anti-Imperial London: The Pan-African Conference of 1900
Afterword--Postcolonial Times: The Visible and the Invisible
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