Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgements -- Note on translations -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Part I: 1. Space, architecture and politics -- 2. Space, the architect and the design argument -- Part II: 3. The rise of Bath -- 4. An architect's imagination: John Wood's Bath -- Part III: 5. Defoe and the politics of space -- 6. Fielding and the convenience of design -- 7. Richardson and the violation of space -- 8. The politics of space -- Notes -- Index