City Sites: an electronic book
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Dear Colleagues
We are pleased to announce the publication of City Sites: an
electronic book, multimedia essays on New York and Chicago,
1870-1939 at:
http://www.citysites.org.uk
City Sites is an open access electronic book published by the
University of Birmingham Press, supported by the Arts and
Humanities Research Board, and the Universities of Birmingham
and Nottingham, UK. City Sites is the result of collaborative
research by scholars from Europe and the USA and presents a
pioneering approach to American urbanism utilising new
multimedia technologies. The book consists of ten essays by
leading scholars presenting multi-disciplinary study of the
iconography, spatial forms and visual and literary cultures of New
York and Chicago from 1870-1939. City Sites also features
extensive online resources, map pages, bibliography, moving and
still images and sound. Essays are by Professor William
Boelhower (Padua), Dr Maria Balshaw (Birmingham), Dr Jude
Davies (Winchester), Dr Chris Gair (Birmingham), Dr Liam Kennedy
(Birmingham), Dr Anna Notaro (Nottingham), Dr Max Page (Yale),
Professor Eric Sandeen (Wyoming), Professor Douglas Tallack
(Nottingham), John Walsh (Nottingham). The book is edited by Dr
Maria Balshaw and Dr Liam Kennedy (University of Birmingham)
and Dr Anna Notaro and Professor Douglas Tallack (University of
Nottingham).
City Sites is part of the 3 Cities research project, funded by the
A.H.R.B. based at the University of Birmingham and the University
of Nottingham in the UK.
We would like to invite scholars to view the e-book and thank
those who have already been in contact with us after viewing the City Sites
preview. We value feedback on the work in City Sites and would encourage
colleagues to pass on any views or comments via the feedback form on City
Sites. We archive all this commentary and hope to incorporate it as part
of the discussion of the e-book project on the 3 Cities project web site
(at http://www.3cities.org.uk).
Sincerely, Dr Maria Balshaw, on behalf of the 3 Cities project.
If you would like further information on City Sites or the 3 Cities
project contact Dr Maria Balshaw, Department of American and
Canadian Studies, University of Birmingham, UK at
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Contact information:
Maria Balshaw
Department of American and Canadian Studies
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B13 9AY
United Kingdon
Phone ++44 121 414 3274
Fax ++44 121 414 6866
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Website website:
http://www.citysites.org.uk
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