Amsterdam's Canal District Origins, Evolution, and Future Prospects
This book chronicles the Amsterdam's 17th-century Canal District District's origins and historical evolution over 400 years and debates its future prospects under pressures of global tourism, gentrification, and rapid economic change.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto ; Buffalo ; London
University of Toronto Press
2020 ©2020
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: Amsterdam's Canal District in Global Perspective
- PART I: HISTORIC ORIGINS
- 2. Between Art and Expediency: Origins of the Canal District
- 3. Designing the World's Most Liberal City
- 4. A Privileged Site in the City, the Republic, and the World Economy
- PART II: EVOLUTION
- 5. Bourgeois Homes: The Elite Spaces of the Canal District, 1600-1910
- 6. The Architectural Essence of the Canal District: Past and Present
- 7. The Canal District: A Continuing History of Modern Planning
- PART III: TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY CHALLENGES
- 8. Preservation through Transformation: Amsterdam through the Lens of Barcelona
- 9. The Canal District as a Site of Cognitive-Cultural Activities: "A Miracle of Spaciousness, Compactness, Intelligible Order"
- 10. Cause Célèbre: The Contested History of the Canal District
- 11. The Present-Day Canal District as Home: Living in a Commodified Space
- References
- Contributors
- Index