Anna Temby

Governance and Public Space in the Australian City (eBook, PDF)

Negotiating Public Order in Brisbane, 1875-1914

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Governance and Public Space in the Australian City is a rich and evocative examination of the production and use of public spaces in Australian cities in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. It will be illuminating reading for scholars and students of urban history and Australian history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000931679
• Artikelnr.: 68491136

Autorenporträt

Anna Temby is a Research Associate at the University of Queensland, researching the construction and contestation of space in late-colonial Australian cities. Her research interests include the social appropriation and shaping of space, urban municipalism, discursive urban representation, and the aspirational/imaginative processes of urban formation and city-building.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Part One - The Streets 1. "City improvements are not made for
men who walk backwards": Safety and Comfort in the Streetscape 2. "Not
every person who waits is loitering": Municipal Bylaws and Civil Liberties
in the Streetscape Part two - The Slum 3. The 'Hard' City Slum -
Materiality and Moralism in Frog's Hollow 4. The 'Soft' City Slum: Frog's
Hollow as a Site of Social Otherness Part three - The Natural Environment
5. Breathing Spaces in a Wilderness of Bricks and Mortar 6. Regulating
Nature - The Paradox of the Park. Conclusion