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OverviewCities and urban societies have many faces. In this study, the pre-modern cities of Holland are presented as arenas where power relations between social classes are expressed in a more or less permanent appropriation of physical space and through discursive strategies. The continuity of the power relations in the cities of Holland, spanning centuries, makes it urgent to look not only at the assumption of urban space as an expression of power relations within society, but also at the contribution of this appropriation to the acceptance and continuity of the existing power relations in pre-modern Holland. Within this broad area, extensive attention is paid to: the very prominent and enduring appropriation of urban space in the field of housing; the less permanent, but violent appropriation of urban space during the public execution of scaffold punishments; the maintenance of public order by civic militias; and appropriation during riots and revolts. In addition, city descriptions, maps and pictures of the pre-modern cities of Holland are scrutinised for what they can reveal about the appropriation of urban spaces. These themes each have an extensive historiography, but they have never been brought together in an interpretative framework that fits in with Pierre Bourdieu’s model of society and the work – of especially John Allen – on power until now. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Clé Lesger (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic ISBN: 9781350412378ISBN 10: 1350412376 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 22 February 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Figures List of Maps Introduction 1. Inequality and Power Relations in the Cities of Holland 2. Residential Appropriation of Urban Space in the First Half of the 19th Century 3. Resources, Power and Residential Appropriation of Urban Space 4. Power, Theatrical Violence and Ephemeral Appropriation of Urban Space 5. Discursive Appropriation of Urban Space Conclusion Appendix – Patterns of Residential Differentiation in the Cities of Holland, 14th – 19th Centuries Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationClé Lesger is Associate Professor of History at University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is the author of several books, including The Rise of the Amsterdam Market and Information Exchange; Merchants, Commercial Expansion and Change in the Spatial Economy of the Low Countries, c.1550-1630 (2006) and Shopping spaces and the urban landscape in early modern Amsterdam, 1550-1850 (2020). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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