A comparative study in urban history, Victorian Cities examines the 19th-century history of four developing cities in England in a period of rapid growth, with chapters on London and Melbourne and references... Read More
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A comparative study in urban history, Victorian Cities examines the 19th-century history of four developing cities in England in a period of rapid growth, with chapters on London and Melbourne and references to Los Angeles and Chicago as well.
Details
- Price: $33.95
- Pages: 411
- Carton Quantity: 16
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Imprint: University of California Press
- Series: Classics in Urban History
- Publication Date: 24th March 1993
- ISBN: 9780520079229
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
Author Bio
Table of Contents
Foreword by Andrew and Lynn Hollen Lees
Preface
I Introduction
2 City and Society: Victorian Attitudes
3 Manchester, Symbol of a New Age
4 Leeds, a Study in Civic Pride
5 Birmingham: The Making of a Civic Gospel
6 Middlesbrough: The Growth of a New Community
7 Melbourne, a Victorian Community Overseas
8 London, the World City
9 Epilogue: Old Cities and New
Bibliographical Note
Index
Preface
I Introduction
2 City and Society: Victorian Attitudes
3 Manchester, Symbol of a New Age
4 Leeds, a Study in Civic Pride
5 Birmingham: The Making of a Civic Gospel
6 Middlesbrough: The Growth of a New Community
7 Melbourne, a Victorian Community Overseas
8 London, the World City
9 Epilogue: Old Cities and New
Bibliographical Note
Index
A comparative study in urban history, Victorian Cities examines the 19th-century history of four developing cities in England in a period of rapid growth, with chapters on London and Melbourne and references to Los Angeles and Chicago as well.
- Price: $33.95
- Pages: 411
- Carton Quantity: 16
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Imprint: University of California Press
- Series: Classics in Urban History
- Publication Date: 24th March 1993
- ISBN: 9780520079229
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
Foreword by Andrew and Lynn Hollen Lees
Preface
I Introduction
2 City and Society: Victorian Attitudes
3 Manchester, Symbol of a New Age
4 Leeds, a Study in Civic Pride
5 Birmingham: The Making of a Civic Gospel
6 Middlesbrough: The Growth of a New Community
7 Melbourne, a Victorian Community Overseas
8 London, the World City
9 Epilogue: Old Cities and New
Bibliographical Note
Index
Preface
I Introduction
2 City and Society: Victorian Attitudes
3 Manchester, Symbol of a New Age
4 Leeds, a Study in Civic Pride
5 Birmingham: The Making of a Civic Gospel
6 Middlesbrough: The Growth of a New Community
7 Melbourne, a Victorian Community Overseas
8 London, the World City
9 Epilogue: Old Cities and New
Bibliographical Note
Index