At the start of the twentieth century, the modern metropolis was a riot of sensation. City dwellers lived in an environment filled with smoky factories, crowded homes, and lively thoroughfares. Sights, sounds, and smells flooded their senses, while changing conceptions of health and decorum forced many to rethink their most banal gestures, from the way they negotiated speeding traffic to the use they made of public washrooms. The Feel of the City exposes the sensory experiences of city-dwellers in Montreal and Brussels at the turn of the century and the ways in which these shaped the social and cultural significance of urban space. Using the experiences of municipal officials, urban planners, hygienists, workers, writers, artists, and ordinary citizens, Nicolas Kenny explores the implications of the senses for our understanding of modernity.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
ISBN-10
1442615818
ISBN-13
9781442615816
eBay Product ID (ePID)
195032035
Product Key Features
Author
Nicolas Kenny
Format
Trade Paperback (US), Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Sociology & Anthropology: Professional
Type
Textbook
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Toronto
Content Note
24
Author Biography
Nicolas Kenny Is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Simon Fraser University.
Date of Publication
11/06/2014
Country of Publication
Canada
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