Description |
1 online resource (408 pages) |
Series |
Liverpool Studies in European Population, 2 |
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Liverpool Studies in European Population, 2
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Contents |
Title Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1: Port Development and the Demographic Dynamics of European Urbanization -- 2: Industrialization and Demographic Change: A Case Study of Glasgow, 1801-1914 -- 3: The Population Dynamics and Economic Development of Genoa, 1750-1939 -- 4: The Components of Demographic Change in a Rapidly Growing Port-City: The Case of Liverpool in the Nineteenth Century -- 5: The Mortality Development of a Port-Town in a National Perspective: The Experience of Malmo·, Sweden, 1820-1914 |
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6: Population Dynamics and Economic Change in Trieste and its Hinterland, 1850-1914 -- 7: The Admiralty Connection: Port Development and Demographic Change in Portsmouth, 1650-1900 -- 8: The Port-City Legacy: Urban Demographic Change in the Hansestadt Bremen, 1815-1910 -- 9: Changes in Population Development, Urban Structures and Living Conditions in Nineteenth-Century Hamburg -- 10: Demographic Change and Social Structure: The Workers and the Bourgeoisie in Nantes, 1830-1848 -- 11: Population, Society and Politics in Cork from the Late-Eighteenth Century to 1900 -- Index |
Summary |
This volume brings together ten original papers on the population dynamics and development of Western European port cities. In a substantial overview chapter Lawton and Lee examine Port Development and the Demographic Dynamics of European Urbanisation, setting in context the individual case studies that follow. These studies of Bremen, Cork, Genoa, Glasgow, Hamburg, Liverpool, Malm, Nantes, Portsmouth and Trieste provide an important enhancement of our understanding of the particular socio-economic and demographic characteristics of port cities, and point to the existence of a particula |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Demography -- Europe, Western
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Port districts -- Europe, Western -- History
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Cities and towns -- Europe, Western -- Growth
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Cities and towns -- Growth
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Demography
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Population
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Port districts
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SUBJECT |
Europe, Western -- Population
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Subject |
Western Europe
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Lee, Robert
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ISBN |
9781846313837 |
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184631383X |
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