Placing London: From Imperial Capital to Global City

by John Eade

Book Overview

London continues to fascinate a vast audience across the world, and an extensive, diverse literature now exists describing and analyzing this metropolis. The central question - what is London? - has produced many answers but none of them, the author argues, uncovers the complex ways in which knowledge is constructed in the diverse attempts to represent places and people. On the contrary: a gulf has opened up between analysis of contemporary London...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571818030
• ISBN13: 9781571818034
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"