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Subterranean Cities : The World beneath Paris and London, 1800-1945 /

The underground has been a dominant image of modern life since the late eighteenth century. A site of crisis, fascination, and hidden truth, the underground is a space at once more immediate and more threatening than the ordinary world above. In Subterranean Cities, David L. Pike explores the repres...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pike, David L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The New Life Underground
  • 2. The Modern Necropolis
  • 3. Charon's Bark
  • 4. Urban Apocalypse
  • Notes
  • Index