Recent Work in Victorian Urban Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10867300 |
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| Authors | Richard L Stein (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 319-331 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Victorian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-5222 • E-ISSN: 1527-2052 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/vic.2003.45.2.319 |
| OpenAlex | W2097462272 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive." Sherlock Holmes's famous remark on first meeting Doctor Watson (in London, of course) has taken on new resonance. We are readier than ever to see connections between the metropolis and its colonial extensions, readier than ever to take them seriously. Holmes could have warned us. When cities become world trade centers they also become centers of migration and risk. Watson knew this from his own experience: "I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained" (Doyle 4). The point of view is familiar, even if the vocabulary sounds [End Page 319] dated. We still associate cities with dangerous classes, natives, and outsiders. We still make heroes of those who help us gain real or imagined safety, those who can provide a 'Sure Lock' for our homes. In important ways, Conan Doyle has written our world, our fantasies of it. If we no longer inhabit the Victorian city, the Victorian city still inhabits us
Ancient history · Archaeology · Colonialism · Empire · Media studies · Sociology · Watson · Work (physics · History · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Design and Spatial Analysis · Urban Planning and Landscape Design
| Highly cited | No |
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