Creative Urban Milieus: Historical Perspectives on Culture, Economy, and the CityMartina Hessler, Clemens Zimmermann Campus Verlag, 2008 - 435 pages Fashion Week in Paris and London, the Venice Biennale, and the nineteenth-century Viennese scientific community may seem wildly disparate, but each represent the cultural possibilities of an international metropolis. Creative Urban Milieus is an interdisciplinary examination of the historical relationship between culture and the economy in such cities as Berlin, New York, Helsinki, London, Venice, and many others. This groundbreaking work investigates the contributions of the creative class to the urban renaissance, contextualized by historical examples from the eighteenth century to the present day. Skeptical of the current euphoria surrounding the commercialization of culture, a distinguished group of contributors apply a comparative and historical perspective to probe how creative works have affected the global economy. Drawing on lessons from urban planning, art history, and cultural spectacles alike, Creative Urban Milieus will change the way we think about the symbiotic relationship between cities and innovation. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Book | 41 |
The Question | 99 |
Advertisers Commercial Artists and Photographers in Twentieth | 119 |
Grand Hotels as Urban Interzones around 1900 | 137 |
Fashion | 159 |
Maritime Entertainment and Urban Revitalisation | 179 |
City Images Media | 207 |
Economic Effects of Urban Cultural Policy in the Interwar Period | 229 |
The Making of Urban Tourism 18601914 | 255 |
Science Cities Creativity and Urban Economic Effects | 311 |
Helsinki Examples of Urban Creativity and Innovativeness | 335 |
What is the City but the People? Creative Cities beyond the Hype | 353 |
Creative Milieus in the Late Twentieth and | 377 |
Authors | 429 |
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