{"product_id":"topothesia-planning-colonialism-and-places-in-excess-hardback-9781531503178","title":"Topothesia; Planning, Colonialism, and Places in Excess (Hardback) 9781531503178","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTopothesia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePlanning, Colonialism, and Places in Excess\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAmeeth Vijay (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781531503178\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 May 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages, 31 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED, 2024 MSA FIRST BOOK PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTopothesia \u003c\/i\u003ereads urban planning as a mode of speculative fiction, one inextricably linked to histories of British colonialism and liberalism through a particular understanding of \u003ci\u003eplace\u003c\/i\u003e. The book focuses on town planning from the late nineteenth century to the present day, showing how the contemporary geography of Britain—sharply unequal and marked by racial division—continues ideologies of place established in colonial contexts. Specifically, planning allows for the speculative construction of future places that are both utopian in their ability to resolve political disagreement and at the same tantalizingly realizable, able to be produced in concrete reality. This speculative imaginary, I argue, is only possible within the ideological framework of colonialism and the history of empire within which it developed. \u003cbr\u003e Topothesia refers to a rhetorical device employing the vivid depiction of an often-imaginary place. This device, Vijay shows, helps us understand urban planning as a narrative genre, one that, even in its most mundane documents, is compelled to produce elaborate fantasies of future places. The book examines specific planning movements over time to understand the form and the stakes of their speculative worlds. In building these worlds, the book shows, planners continually coopted literary critiques of the present and reveries of the future, retaining literature's aesthetics while eschewing its politics. At the same time, Vijay shows, writers and artists have dwelled within and against these colonial imaginaries to seek other means of representing place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003e  1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I: Improving Places: Liberal Colonialism and the Speculative Imaginary of Early Planning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1. \u003c\/b\u003eGarden Cities: The Art and Craft of Making Place in Edwardian Britain   31\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2. \u003c\/b\u003ePlanning as Imperial Cultivation in the Work of Patrick Geddes   60\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II: Diminishing Horizons: The Ambivalent Temporalities of Development\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3. \u003c\/b\u003eCapturing the City: Regeneration, Policing, and the Ghosts of Postcolonial Britain   95\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4. \u003c\/b\u003eThe End of London: Temporalities of the Gentrified City   126\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5. \u003c\/b\u003eLevel Up: Zadie Smith's NW and the Promise of Progression   158\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6. \u003c\/b\u003eGeographies of Discontent: Brexit and the Politics of Abandonment   185\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCoda \u003c\/b\u003e  215\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e  221\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e  225\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography \u003c\/i\u003e  285\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e  308\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619264360728,"sku":"9781531503178","price":88.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/topothesia-planning-colonialism-and-places-in-excess-hardback-9781531503178","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}