City and Nation: Rethinking Place and Identity

by Michael P. Smith

This compendium offers a textured historical and comparative examination of the significance of locality or "place," and the role of urban representations and spatial practices in defining national identities. Drawing upon a wide range of disciplines - from literature to architecture and planning, sociology, and history - these essays problematize the dynamic between the local and the national, the cultural and the material, revealing the complex...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765808714
• ISBN13: 9780765808714
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"