TY - BOOK AU - Frisby,David TI - Cityscapes of modernity: critical explorations SN - 0745609678 AV - HT119 .F75 2001 U1 - 307.76 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Cambridge, UK, Malden, MA PB - Polity Press in association with Blackwell KW - Cities and towns KW - Cities and towns in literature KW - City planning KW - Civilization, Modern KW - Architecture, Modern N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-368) and index; 1; The City Observed: The Flaneur in Social Theory --; 2; The City Detected: Representations and Realities of Detection --; 3; The City Interpreted: Georg Simmel's Metropolis --; 4; The City Compared: Vienna is not Berlin --; 5; The City Designed: Otto Wagner and Vienna --; 6; The City Dissolved: Social Theory, the Metropolis and Expressionism --; 7; The City Rationalized: Martin Wagner's New Berlin N2 - "Cityscapes of Modernity will be a valuable text for students of sociology, social theory, urban theory, cultural studies and architectural history, as well as all those interested in the urban culture of modernity."--BOOK JACKET ER -