“…Presentación del editor: "The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History explores a variety of geographical and cultural contexts to examine what literary texts, grasped as material objects and as reflections on urban materialities, have to offer for urban history. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Teruel, tierra mudéjar: La fuerza de las armas ; 6. …”

“…Explores the purpose of utopias, what they reveal about the societies who conceive them, and how utopias have changed over the centuries Unique in including both non-Western and Western visions of utopia Explores the many forms utopias have taken - prophecies and oratory, writings, political movements, world's fairs, physical communities - and also discusses high-tech and cyberspace visions for the first time The first book to analyze the implicitly utopian dimensions of reform crusades like Technocracy of the 1930s and Modernization Theory of the 1950s, and the laptop classroom initiatives of recent years…”

“…A close analysis of countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom reveals signs of a broader shift towards the decline of government spending and the first tentative moves towards a nascent neoliberalism. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A northern stage ; Relics and witnesses ; Durat opus vatum ; The antiquary ; Roman boots ; Itinerary and natural history ; The living and the dead ; Media, representation, and mise-en-scène ; Topology and time ; Collectors and conservators -- An archaeological narratology -- The archaeological imagination…”