Cornell University Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Cornell University Press ISBN 0801472563 9780801472565 [GB]

ISBN10: 0801472563, ISBN13: 9780801472565, [publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y.] Softcover Book is in very good condition with only slight shelf-wear. Contents clean and bright. Firm, secure bindings, spine intact. Publisher's note: "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 representation of underground space in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a period during which technology and heavy industry transformed urban life. The metropolis had long been considered a moral underworld of iniquity and dissolution. As the complex drainage systems, underground railways, utility tunnels, and storage vaults of the modern cityscape superseded the countryside of caverns and mines as the principal location of actual subterranean spaces, ancient and modern converged in a mythic space that was nevertheless rooted in the everyday life of the contemporary city. Writers and artists from Felix Nadar and Charles Baudelaire to Charles Dickens and Alice Meynell, Gustave Doré and Victor Hugo, George Gissing and Emile Zola, and Jules Verne and H.G. Wells integrated images of the urban underworld into their portrayals of the anatomy of modern society. Illustrated with photographs, movie stills, ...

Ithaca, N. Y Cornell University Press 2005 Softcover Good Condition Book is in very good condition with only slight shelf-wear. Contents clean and bright. Firm, secure bindings, spine intact. Publisher's note: "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 representation of underground space in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a period during which technology and heavy industry transformed urban life. The metropolis had long been considered a moral underworld of iniquity and dissolution. As the complex drainage systems, underground railways, utility tunnels, and storage vaults of the modern cityscape superseded the countryside of caverns and mines as the principal location of actual subterranean spaces, ancient and modern converged in a mythic space that was nevertheless rooted in the everyday life of the contemporary city. Writers and artists from Felix Nadar and Charles Baudelaire to Charles Dickens and Alice Meynell, Gustave Doré and Victor Hugo, George Gissing and Emile Zola, and Jules Verne and H.G. Wells integrated images of the urban underworld into their portrayals of the anatomy of modern society. Illustrated with photographs, movie stills, prints, engravings, paintings, cartoons, maps, and drawings of ...

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ISBN10: 0801472563, ISBN13: 9780801472565, [publisher: Cornell University Press 11 O] Softcover Subterranean Cities: The World beneath Paris and London, 1800â€"1945 This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
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Cornell Univ Pr, Date: 2005. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 368 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.50 inches. 2005. Cornell Univ Pr ISBN 0801472563 9780801472565 [GB]

ISBN10: 0801472563, ISBN13: 9780801472565, [publisher: Cornell Univ Pr] Softcover illustrated edition. 368 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]

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Paperback / softback. New. 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... ISBN 0801472563 9780801472565 [GB]

ISBN10: 0801472563, ISBN13: 9780801472565, [publisher: Cornell University Press] Softcover Num Pages: 374 pages, 125. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606. . 2005. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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ISBN10: 0801472563, ISBN13: 9780801472565, [publisher: Cornell Univ Pr] Softcover illustrated edition. 368 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]