BEN HIGHMORE is Senior Lecturer in the School of Cultural and Media Studies at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. He is the author of Everyday Life and Cultural Theory: An Introduction (Routledge 2002) and editor of The Everyday Life Reader (Routledge, 2002).

• Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction Methodology I: Culture, Cities and LegibilityStreet Scenes Circulation, Crowds, and Modernizing LondonCity of Attractions Commodities, Shopping, and Consumer ChoreographyColonial Spacing Control and Conflict in the Colonial and Neo-Colonial CityUrban Noir Mobility and Movement in Detective FictionNetworks Communication, Information, and The MatrixConclusion Methodology II: Rhythm-analysis and Urban Culture.

'Cityscapes is itself complex and multilayered. The reader can re-enter it in different times and places to gain insights not only into the specific texts it discusses, but into ways of seeing the city. Highmore's attention to the power of dynamics of city spaces is particularly laudable...One of the best things about this book is that it examines how racialised, gendered and classed city spaces are configured and contested as well as represented and rhythmed.' - Susan Alice Fischer, Literary London: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Representation of London 'It is commendable though as a slim, engaging and thought-provoking text that rewards the trouble taken in considering its themes and arguments.' - Bryn Parry, Tourism and Cultural Change