{"product_id":"restless-cities-paperback","title":"Restless Cities - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Beaumont\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGregory Dart\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMarshall Berman\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe metropolis is a site of endless making and unmaking. From the attempt to imagine a 'city-symphony' to the cinematic tradition that runs from Walter Ruttmann to Terence Davies, \u003ci\u003eRestless Cities\u003c\/i\u003e traces the idiosyncratic character of the metropolitan city from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first-century megalopolis. With explorations of phenomena including nightwalking, urbicide, property, commuting and recycling, this wide-ranging new book identifies and traces the patterns that have defined everyday life in the modern city and its effect on us as individuals. Bringing together some of the most significant cultural writers of our time, \u003ci\u003eRestless Cities\u003c\/i\u003e is an illuminating, revelatory journey to the heart of our metropolitan world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Beaumont\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at University College London. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eUtopia Ltd.: Ideologies of Social Dreaming in England 1870-1900 \u003c\/i\u003e(2005), and the co-author, with Terry Eagleton, of \u003ci\u003eThe Task of the Critic: Terry Eagleton in Dialogue\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). He has edited or co-edited several collections of essays: \u003ci\u003eAs Radical as Reality Itself: Essays on Marxism and Art for the 21st Centur\u003c\/i\u003ey; \u003ci\u003eThe Railway and Modernity: Time, Space, and the Machine Ensemble\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAdventures in Realism\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eRestless Cities\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently writing a book about nightwalking in cities, \u003ci\u003eMidnight Streets\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Dart\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at University College London. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eRousseau, Robespierre and English Romanticism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnrequited Love: On Stalking and Being Stalked\u003c\/i\u003e. He is writing a book on the art and literature of the early nineteenth-century city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarshall Berman\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at City College of New York and CCNY Graduate Center, where he teaches political theory and urban studies. He writes frequently for \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, and serves on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eDissent\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Authenticity\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAll That Is Solid Melts into Air\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eOn the Town\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEsther Leslie\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in English and Humanities at Birkbeck College, London. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWalter Benjamin: Overpowering Conformism\u003c\/i\u003e and sits on the editorial boards of \u003ci\u003eHistorical Materialism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRadical Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRevolutionary History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.34 x 6.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42107980841095,"sku":"9781844674053","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4e1d4a76d3fe1ce60981fc542c6a8079.webp?v=1732461256","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/restless-cities-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}