Contents

List of figures and maps

Notes on contributors

Preface

Barcelona historical timeline

 1 Introduction

OLIVER HOCHADEL AND AGUSTÍ NIETO-GALAN

Part I
Control – elite cultures

 2 Civic nature: The transformation of the Parc de la Ciutadella into a space for popular science

OLIVER HOCHADEL AND LAURA VALLS

 3 Reconstructing the Martorell: Donors and spaces in the quest for hegemony within the natural history museum

FERRAN ARAGON AND JOSÉ PARDO-TOMÁS

 4 Laboratory medicine and surgical enterprise in the medical landscape of the Eixample district

ALFONS ZARZOSO AND ÀLVAR MARTÍNEZ-VIDAL

 5 Technological fun: The politics and geographies of amusement parks

JAUME SASTRE-JUAN AND JAUME VALENTINES-ÁLVAREZ

Part II
Resistance – counter-hegemonies

 6 The Rose of Fire: Anarchist culture, urban spaces and management of scientific knowledge in a divided city

ÁLVARO GIRóN SIERRA AND JORGE MOLERO-MESA

 7 The city of spirits: Spiritism, feminism and the secularization of urban spaces

MÒNICA BALLTONDRE AND ANDREA GRAUS

 8 Anatomy of an urban underworld: A medical geography of the Barrio Chino

ALFONS ZARZOSO AND JOSÉ PARDO-TOMÁS

Part III
Networks – experts and amateurs

 9 The sky above the city: Observatories, amateurs and urban astronomy

ANTONI ROCA-ROSELL AND PEDRO RUIZ-CASTELL

10 The city in waves: Radio Barcelona and urban everyday life

MERITXELL GUZMÁN AND CARLOS TABERNERO

11 The city of electric light: Experts and users at the 1929 international exhibition and beyond

JORDI FERRAN AND AGUSTÍ NIETO-GALAN

Index