As explorations of the influence of imperialism in the landscapes of modern European cities, the 15 essays in this volume explore the influence of imperialism in a range of urban centres, including London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Marseilles, Glasgow and Seville.

1. Imperial cities: overlapping territories, intertwined histories - Felix Driver & David Gilbert2. ‘A grand work of noble conception’: the Victoria Memorial and imperial London - Tori Smith3. Empire in modern Rome: shaping and remembering an imperial city, 1870-1911- David Atkinson, Denis Cosgrove & Anna Notaro4. Capitale du plasir: the remaking of imperial Paris - Claire Hancock5. The Potemkin city: tourist images of late imperial Vienna - Jill Steward6. Imperial visions: rebuilding the Bank of England 1919-39 - Iain Black7. Staging the imperial city: the Pageant of London, 1911- Deborah S. Ryan8. ‘Capital of the Colonies’: real and imagined boundaries between metropole and empire in 1920s Marseilles - Yael Simpson Fletcher9. Commemorating empire in twentieth-century Seville - Anthony Gristwood10. Portable iron structures and uncertain colonial spaces at the Sydenham Crystal Palace - Andrew Hassam11. ‘The scenery of the torrid zone’: imagined travels and the culture of the exotics in nineteenth century British gardens - Rebecca Preston12. ‘The Second City of the Empire’: Glasgow - imperial municipality - John M. MacKenzie13. Sartorial spectacle: clothing and masculine identities in the imperial city, 1860-1914 - Christopher Breward14. Anti-imperial London: the Pan-African Conference of 1900 - Jonathan SchneerAfterword - Postcolonial times: the visible and the invisible - Bill SchwartzIndex

Imperial cities explores the influence of imperialism in the landscapes of modern European cities including London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Marseilles, Glasgow and Seville. Examines large-scale architectural schemes and monuments, including the Queen Victoria Memorial in London and the Vittoriano in Rome. Focuses on imperial display throughout the city, from spectacular exhibitions and ceremonies, to more private displays of empire in suburban gardens. Cconsiders the changing cultural and political identities in the imperial city, looking particularly at nationalism, masculinity and anti-imperialism.