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Swinging City [Elektronische Ressource] : A Cultural Geography of London 1950-1974

Rycroft, Simon,i1966-

Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2011

200 p.

Re-materialising Cultural Geography

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978-0-7546-4830-7

 

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978-0-7546-8915-7

This book contrasts two imaginings of 1960s London: the excess and comic vacuousness of Swinging London, and the radical politics generated by the city's counter-culture. These disparate combine to form a shared imagination associated with a new understanding of nature, which differently positioned humanity and technology. A study of this transformation allows for a new understanding of the dynamics of post-war London's re-emergence as a cultural capital.