Topothesia : planning, colonialism, and places in excess /

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"Topothesia reads urban planning as a mode of speculative fiction, one inextricably linked to histories of British colonialism and liberalism through a particular understanding of place. The book focuses on town planning from the late nineteenth century to the present day, showing how the conte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vijay, Ameeth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2023.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
City planning.
Public administration.
Administration publique (Science)
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
British colonies
Public administration
City planning
Great Britain > Colonies.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Improving places: liberal colonialism and the speculative imaginary of early
  • Planning garden cities: the art and craft of making place in Edwardian Britain
  • Planning as imperial cultivation in the work of Patrick Geddes
  • Part II. Diminishing horizons: the ambivalent temporalities of development
  • Capturing the city: regeneration, policing, and the ghosts of postcolonial Britain
  • The end of London: temporalities of the gentrified city
  • Leveling up: Zadie Smith's NW and the development of the planned self
  • Geographies of discontent: brexit and the politics of abandonment.

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