Subterranean cities : the world beneath Paris and London, 1800-1945 /
"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 e...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Ithaca, N.Y. :
Cornell University Press
2005.
|
| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv2n7kdf |
Table of Contents:
- New life underground
- Modern necropolis
- Charon's bark
- Urban apocalypse.