Towns are imagined, lived and experienced, as much as they are conceived and constructed. They reflect cultural and intellectual currents, prevailing economic c
This innovative new book is overtly and explicitly about female agency in eighteenth-century European towns. However, it positions female activity and decisions
Moving from the mid-seventeenth century to the near present, this book marks physical and conceptual changes across European towns and examines how gender was i
Bringing together a diverse team of leading scholars and professionals, this book offers a variety of insights into ongoing gender mainstreaming policies in Eur
This book conceives the role of the modern town as a crucial place for material and cultural circulations of luxury. It concentrates on a critical period of his