The art of walking in London : representing the eighteenth-century city, 1700-1830 /

"Considering how the mobility afforded by walking made possible the various surveys and tours that characterized descriptions of the capital during the long eighteenth century, this study engages with accounts across genres to demonstrate how walking shaped representations of the eighteenth- an...

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Main Author: O'Byrne, Alison (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
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Summary:"Considering how the mobility afforded by walking made possible the various surveys and tours that characterized descriptions of the capital during the long eighteenth century, this study engages with accounts across genres to demonstrate how walking shaped representations of the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century city"--
Physical Description:xii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781009524032
1009524038
9781009524025
100952402X