The Feel of the City: Experiences of Urban Transformation

by Nicolas Kenny

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442615818
• ISBN13: 9781442615816
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher