Subterranean Cities: The World beneath Paris and London, 1800–1945 by Pike, David L

Cornell University Press. Acceptable. Acceptable. Heavy wear. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported

Cornell University Press. As New with no dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; 1st Paperback Printing. Paperbound. 0801472563 . 374 pages .

Paperback. Like New.

Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University Press, 2005. Softcover. Good Condition. 15.8 x 23.5 x 2.5 cm. Book is in very good condition with only slight shelf-wear. Contents clean and bright. Firm, secure bindings, spine intact. Publisher's note: "The underground has been a dominant image of modern life since the late eighteenth century. A site of crisis, fascination, and hidden truth, the underground is a space at once more immediate and more threatening than the ordinary world above. In 'Subterranean Cities', David L. Pike explores the representation of underground space in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a period during which technology and heavy industry transformed urban life. The metropolis had long been considered a moral underworld of iniquity and dissolution. As the complex drainage systems, underground railways, utility tunnels, and storage vaults of the modern cityscape superseded the countryside of caverns and mines as the principal location of actual subterranean spaces, ancient… Read More

Cornell Univ Pr, 2005. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 368 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.50 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New. The underground has been a dominant image of modern life since the late eighteenth century. A site of crisis, fascination, and hidden truth, the underground is a space at once more immediate and more threatening than the ordinary world above. In...

Cornell Univ Pr, 2005. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 368 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.50 inches.

Cornell University Press, 2005-10-11. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!