These essays, for the most part, focus on the history of particular sensations, but together they point to the importance of situating them in the context of a wider understanding of the relationship between the human body as sensorium and its urban environment.
These essays, for the most part, focus on the history of particular sensations, but together they point to the importance of situating them in the context of a wider understanding of the relationship between the human body as sensorium and its urban environment.
The essays in this volume take an interdisciplinary and wide ranging look at urban history through the five senses of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell. By spanning pre-industrial and modern cities it enables the reader to establish major contrasts and continuities in what is…