Ronaldo Munck

Synopsis

The city has always been a strong focal point for critical social enquiry, given its undisputed centrality for human life in the modern era. More recently, there has been a surge of interest in the postmodern city, the most popular subject being Los Angeles, and the been a surge of interest in the postmodern city, the most popular subject being Los Angeles, and the ‘global city’ – New York, London, Tokyo – cities linked together through flows of finance. Reinventing the City? addresses the idea of the city using Liverpool, a city recognised neither as ‘global’ nor ‘postmodern’, as its focus. Although Liverpool is the central theme of the book, the contributors give an informed comparative overview of the city in a worldwide context.

Price £45.00

Details
ISBN 0 85323 797 2
Publisher LUP
Genre Non Fiction
Set in Merseyside