The Figure of the Crowd in Early Modern London: The City and Its Double

by Ian Munro

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The Figure of the Crowd in Early Modern London examines the cultural phenomenon of the urban crowd in the context of early modern London's population crisis. The book explores the crowd's double function as a symbol of the city's growth and as the necessary context for the public performance of urban culture. Its central argument is that the figure of the crowd acts as a supplement to the symbolic space of the city, at once providing a tangible referent for urban meaning and threatening the legibility of that meaning through its motive force and uncontrollable energy.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1349529516

ISBN13:9781349529513

Release Date:December 2015

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:255 Pages

Weight:0.76 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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