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Combining A Unique Overview Of Metropolitan Visual Culture With Detailed Textual Analysis, This Interdisciplinary Study Explores The Relationship Between The Two Cities Which Londoners Inhabited: The Physical Spaces Of The Metropolis, Whose Socially Stratified And Gendered Topography Was Shaped By Consumer Culture And Unregulated Capitalism; And An Imaginary 'london', An 'unreal City' Which Reflected And Influenced Their Understanding Of, And Actions In, The 'real' Environment. Cover; Contents; List Of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Unruliness And Improvement; 2 Gendered London; 3 Capital City; 4 A Tale Of Two Cities: Dickens's 'london'; 5 The Painting Of Modern Life; 6 Aesthetes And Impressionists; 7 Property And Propriety; 8 In The Cage; Notes; Index By A. Robinson. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English