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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Allan PredPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 18.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.748kg ISBN: 9780415121361ISBN 10: 0415121361 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 09 March 1995 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments, For(e) Montage: Swedish Modern and the Recognition of European Modernities, CHAPTER ONE: Spectacular Articulations of Modernity: The Stockholm Exhibition of 1897, CHAPTER TWO: Pure and Simple Lines, Future Lines of Vision: The Stockholm Exhibition of 1930, CHAPTER THREE: Where in the World Am I, Are We? Who in the World Am I, Are We?: The Glob(e)alization of Stockholm, Sweden, After Montage: Or What?, Bibliography, IndexReviews"."" . . the combination of theoretical daring and empirical intricacy is, simply, stunning . . . Part tour guide, part circus barker, part performance artist, part cultural critic, but always--and dazzlingly--human geographer . . . [Pred] revisits and reinscribes modernism within critical social thought, relayering multiple pasts within our own precarious present . . .."" -Derek Gregory, University of British Columbia ."" . . a groundbreaking experimental work . . . Pred's scholarship is recognised worldwide and he has proved himself on every account. Rather than resting on his previous laurels he has taken the risk of inventing new forms to express his understanding of modernity."" -Paul Rabinow, University of California, Berkely ""Pred is to be congratulated for having produced a challenging and stimulating book that will deepen and enhance our grasp of European modernity."" -David Chaney, University of Durham" . . . the combination of theoretical daring and empirical intricacy is, simply, stunning . . . Part tour guide, part circus barker, part performance artist, part cultural critic, but always--and dazzlingly--human geographer . . . [Pred] revisits and reinscribes modernism within critical social thought, relayering multiple pasts within our own precarious present . . .. <br>-Derek Gregory, University of British Columbia <br>. . . a groundbreaking experimental work . . . Pred's scholarship is recognised worldwide and he has proved himself on every account. Rather than resting on his previous laurels he has taken the risk of inventing new forms to express his understanding of modernity. <br>-Paul Rabinow, University of California, Berkely <br> Pred is to be congratulated for having produced a challenging and stimulating book that will deepen and enhance our grasp of European modernity. <br>-David Chaney, University of Durham <br> Author InformationAllan Pred Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |