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The Eighteenth Century City

Urban revival Second half of XVIII century: demographic increase and economic development. Agriculture and proto-industry. Specialist industrial centres, Atlantic ports, leisure towns and spa towns. The creation of urbanized Europe. A central role for England. The effects of the French Revolution.

Enlightened City The Enlightenment values: rationality, toleration, secularization. An international network. Education and public opinion. The growing importance of the press. A new image of the city: neoclassical style, urban decor, cleanness and order. The improvement of the urban government.

Urban landscape The transfomation of the central areas. Street lighting, widening and paving. Pedestrian walkways. Demolition of old town wall and gates. The development of new urban district. Green areas.

The rise of capital cities The relationship between State-nation and capital city. Wealthy elites and polarized society. The importance of central spaces of capital cities. Social segregation. The consolidation of a metropolitan culture. Consumer patterns, club and societies, leisure activities.

Places for cultural tourism The Gran Tour in the Italian cities. Venice, Florence and Naples. The case of Stratford-upon-Avon. Monuments, museums, archeological sites. Economy and urban image. Shopping roads and fashionable leisure activity.

London The fast growth of the population: about a million around 1800. The renewal of the urban landscapes: public buidings, private housing, gardens. City, West-End, East-End. A gateway to internal, international and colonial trade.