Metropolis and Post-Metropolis Iconic Modern Places, Pt. 3 Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Urbanization = Social-Structural Differentiation Density ➥ Complexity ➥ ➥ Differentiation Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Urbanization = Social-Structural Differentiation Density ➥ Complexity ➥ ➥ Differentiation Centralization Traditional Urbanization Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Third Urban Revolution: The Metropolis “The metropolis has invariably functioned as the privileged figure of modernity . . . [It] represents the highest form assumed by both economic and aesthetic forces. [It] becomes both a model of economic and social development, and a metaphor of modernity...” Iain Chambers, Border Dialogues: Journeys in Postmodernity, p. 55 Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Third Urban Revolution • The rise of the modern industrial metropolis - First modern factories were built outside the city ‣ Small city size made noxious production intolerable ‣ Cheaper, more abundant energy ‣ Less organized (therefore cheaper) workforce - When industrial production entered the city, the metropolis was born Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Third Urban Revolution • The industrial metropolis involved: - Massive urbanization (Britain 80% rural in 1750, 80% urban in 1900) - The rise of nationalism (cities condensed and focused the material and symbolic capital of the nation-state) - Heightened state administration to organize industrial capitalism - Increased spatial differentiation (rise of the modern suburbs) Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Third Urban Revolution: Case Studies Manchester, England Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Third Urban Revolution: Case Studies Manchester, England Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Manchester, England: The Modern Metropolis • 1700s: served as a collection point for surrounding towns, villages and farms engaged in handweaving (to supplement decreasing income from agriculture) • The density of cotton-spinning in the region surrounding Manchester sparked commercial differentiation/ specialization Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Manchester: Density, Differentiation, Complexity Large scale environmental manipulation--canals, mines, railroads Bridgewater Canal, Britain’s first artificial waterway Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Manchester: Density, Differentiation, Complexity Commodities traders emerged-- cotton shipped in from America, finished textiles and other textile related commodities shipped out Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Growth of machine manufacturers in Manchester to support textile industry, later developed into general machinery Manchester: Density, Differentiation, Complexity Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Manchester.
Metropolis and Post-Metropolis Iconic Modern Places, Pt. 3 Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Urbanization = Social-Structural Differentiation Density ➥ Complexity ➥ ➥ Differentiation Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Urbanization = Social-Structural Differentiation Density ➥ Complexity ➥ ➥ Differentiation Centralization Traditional Urbanization Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Third Urban Revolution: The Metropolis “The metropolis has invariably functioned as the privileged figure of modernity . . . [It] represents the highest form assumed by both economic and aesthetic forces. [It] becomes both a model of economic and social development, and a metaphor of modernity...” Iain Chambers, Border Dialogues: Journeys in Postmodernity, p. 55 Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Third Urban Revolution • The rise of the modern industrial metropolis - First modern factories were built outside the city ‣ Small city size made noxious production intolerable ‣ Cheaper, more abundant energy ‣ Less organized (therefore cheaper) workforce - When industrial production entered the city, the metropolis was born Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Third Urban Revolution • The industrial metropolis involved: - Massive urbanization (Britain 80% rural in 1750, 80% urban in 1900) - The rise of nationalism (cities condensed and focused the material and symbolic capital of the nation-state) - Heightened state administration to organize industrial capitalism - Increased spatial differentiation (rise of the modern suburbs) Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Third Urban Revolution: Case Studies Manchester, England Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Third Urban Revolution: Case Studies Manchester, England Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Manchester, England: The Modern Metropolis • 1700s: served as a collection point for surrounding towns, villages and farms engaged in handweaving (to supplement decreasing income from agriculture) • The density of cotton-spinning in the region surrounding Manchester sparked commercial differentiation/ specialization Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Manchester: Density, Differentiation, Complexity Large scale environmental manipulation--canals, mines, railroads Bridgewater Canal, Britain’s first artificial waterway Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Manchester: Density, Differentiation, Complexity Commodities traders emerged-- cotton shipped in from America, finished textiles and other textile related commodities shipped out Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Growth of machine manufacturers in Manchester to support textile industry, later developed into general machinery Manchester: Density, Differentiation, Complexity Eastern Washington University CSBS 310 Manchester.