The 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, Restless Cities 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, Restless Cities is an illuminating, revelatory journey to the heart of our metropolitan world.

Leading writers reimagine the city as a site of ceaseless change and motion

About the Author
Matthew Beaumont is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at University College London. He is the author of Utopia Ltd.: Ideologies of Social Dreaming in England 1870-1900 (2005), and the co-author, with Terry Eagleton, of The Task of the Critic: Terry Eagleton in Dialogue. He has also edited Restless Cities. He lives and walks in London.

Reviews
A culturally and historically rich illumination of the city in all its complexity. * Icon *
A richly alternative guide to city living. * Metro *
A gem of a book, by turns inspiring, shocking and consistently intelligent. -- Stuart Kelly * Scotland on Sunday *
Bold and admirable. -- PD Smith * Guardian *
Fresh and piquant observations about aspects of modern living. * Time Out London *



Book Information
ISBN 9781844674053
Author Gregory Dart
Format Paperback
Page Count 338
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 430g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm * 25mm