Introduction: How (Can) Cities Work
“What is a City?” So begins the collection of essays in the recently published Cambridge companion to The City in Literature (2015). “Why Cities” is the opening line of another recent publication edited by Robert Inman, and entitled Making Cities Work (2009). While the first question concerns the...
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European journal of American studies
2015
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| Shrnutí: | “What is a City?” So begins the collection of essays in the recently published Cambridge companion to The City in Literature (2015). “Why Cities” is the opening line of another recent publication edited by Robert Inman, and entitled Making Cities Work (2009). While the first question concerns the origins of social and political life, the second views cities as the main source of global economic growth and productivity. To these overriding questions pertaining to the urban enigma, I would li... |
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