Description
About the Author
Brian Ladd is a historian and the author of Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape, and Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews
"The Streets of Europe is brimming with information that will cause many readers to think anew about key aspects of urban life and how this has shaped the appearance and functionality of cities of the modern era. Through the frequent use of literary texts, Ladd provides a lively commentary on such gendered acts as leaping on a bus, on city sewage, and on the dangers of getting stuck in traffic (who knew that Franz Ferdinand and King Henry IV were both murdered as a secondary consequence of being held up in traffic!). Ladd is to be commended for his insights that are both place-specific and portable to other sites."--Fabrizio Nevola, Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, University of Exeter "Deeply researched, beautifully-written, and appealingly illustrated, The Streets of Europe makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the European city in the 19th century. This is a sensory history and a sensual story told from street level. Ladd's thinking about the transformations of commerce through the eyes, ears, skin, and nose of the person on the street sheds new light on these spaces. Through its moves across the sources and narrative of strategies of urban and social history, The Streets of Europe offers a clear and powerful account of the transformation of street life in Europe."--Leora Auslander, author of Cultural Revolutions: Everyday Life and Politics in Britain, North America, and France
Book Information
ISBN 9780226677941
Author Brian Ladd
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint University of Chicago Press
Publisher The University of Chicago Press