Fleeing the City: Studies in the Culture and Politics of Antiurbanism

by Michael J. Thompson

Book Overview

This collection of essays explores the phenomenon of antiurbanism: the antipathy, fear, and hatred of the city. Antiurbanism has been a pervasive counter-discourse to modernity and urbanization especially since the beginning of industrialism and the dawning of modern life. Most of the attention on modernity has been focused on urbanization and its consequences. But as the essays collected here demonstrate, antiurbanism is an equally important reality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349376418
• ISBN13: 9781349376414
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"