Campbell, Courtney J. <br/><br/>
Empty Spaces : Perspectives on emptiness in modern history 

 - London  University of London Press  2019 
 - 1 electronic resource (226 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> How is emptiness made and what historical purpose does it serve? What cultural, material and natural work goes into maintaining ‘nothingness’? Why have a variety of historical actors, from colonial powers to artists and urban dwellers, sought to construct, control and maintain (physically and discursively) empty space, and by which processes is emptiness discovered, visualised and reimagined? This volume draws together contributions from authors working on landscapes and rurality, along with national and imperial narratives, from Brazil to Russia and Ireland. It considers the visual, including the art of Edward Hopper and the work of the British Empire Marketing Board, while concluding with a section that examines constructions of emptiness in relation to capitalism, development and the (re)appropriation of urban space. In doing so, it foregrounds the importance of emptiness as a productive prism through which to interrogate a variety of imperial, national, cultural and urban history. Published as part of the IHR Conference Series by the Institute of Historical Research. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>919.9781909646520 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.14296/919.9781909646520  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biography & True Stories
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>space place absence Edward Hopper Connemara rural urban air sea empire territory Empire Marketing Board Biography & True Stories