The Nature of Cities – Culture, Landscape, and Urban Space Isenberg Kelman

The Nature of CitiesCulture, Landscape, and Urban Space\nAuthor(s): Andrew Isenberg, Andrew Isenberg, Ari Kelman, Ellen Stroud, Emmanuel Kreike, Joanna L. Dyl, Karl Appuhn, Matthew Klingle, Peter Thorsheim, Sara Pritchard\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United States\nImprint: University of Rochester Press\nISBN-13: 9781580462204, 978-1580462204\nSynopsis\nEssays that investigate issues of race, class, consumption, and the body in an array of urban places, across a broad period from the late Renaissance to the present.\n\nThis volume explores the intersection of cities and the natural environment in an array of urban places, including New York, London, New Orleans, Venice, and Seattle, across a broad period from the late Renaissance to the [url] essays investigate the ecological context of revolts-both real and imagined-by urban squatters and slaves; urban epidemics and their cultural and political consequences; the social and economic impact of natural catast.