{"product_id":"shutter-city","title":"Shutter City","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuppose that you could travel back in time to a Melbourne city street from 150 years ago or even longer. What might meet your eye that has eluded history's gaze? \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eShutter City\u003c\/i\u003e presents city street views spanning the hurly-burly decades of the 1850s to 1870s, between the gold rushes and Marvellous Melbourne. Robyn Annear peers into every shadowy corner to reveal postcard streetscapes as miraculous time-capsules, packed with hidden-in-plain-sight historical detail. Her discoveries - she calls them 'sparks' - illuminate and decode each of \u003ci\u003eShutter City\u003c\/i\u003e's street views. \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \tAmong the sightings: barbers' poles, drinking fountains, the three gilded balls of a pawnbroker's sign, gleaming white cups at a coffee stall, street-vendors' carts, neighbourhood dogs (and a cat), assorted ghosts, and ladders -\u003ci\u003e lots\u003c\/i\u003e of ladders. \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \tLet\u003ci\u003e Shutter City\u003c\/i\u003e be your time-machine and Robyn Annear your guide: her lively and insightful commentary weaves the street views and their 'sparks' into a vivid narrative of a near-forgotten Melbourne and the photographers who captured it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melbourne University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56708358963544,"sku":"9780522881776","price":33.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780522881776.jpg?v=1771445724","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/shutter-city","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}