Industrial Cities

Download or read book Industrial Cities written by Clemens Zimmermann and published by Campus Verlag. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together essays from leading experts who analyze how the landscapes, images, social dynamics, and economies of the industrial city have changed through boom and bust, this volume covers a wide range of subjects, from car cities to steel towns, from visualization of industrial cities in avant-garde art to the role of industrial heritage in urban regeneration. In total, Industrial Cities makes a significant contribution to our understanding of how the past shapes the future; it will be of interest not only to urban and economic historians, but also to social geographers and policy makers.