| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 944 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Cambridge histories online |
| Contents |
Introduction / Martin Daunton -- Circulation -- Urban networks / Lynn Hollen Lees -- Modern London / Richard Dennis -- Ports / Sarah Palmer -- The development of small towns in Britain / Stephen A. Royle -- Migration / David Feldman -- Pollution in the city / Bill Luckin -- From Shillibeer to Buchanan: transport and the urban environment / John Armstrong -- Governance -- Central government and the towns / John Davis -- The changing functions of urban government: councillors, officials and pressure groups / Barry M. Doyle -- The political economy of urban utilities / Robert Millward -- The provision of social services / Marguerite Dupree -- Structure, culture and society in British towns / R.J. Morris -- Construction -- Patterns on the ground: urban forms, residential structure and the social construction of space / Colin G. Pooley -- Land, property and planning / J.A. Yelling -- The evolution of Britain's urban built environment / Peter Scott -- The planners and the public / Abigail Beach and Nick Tiratsoo -- Getting and spending -- Industrialisation and the city economy / David Reeder and Richard Rodger -- The urban labour market / David Gilbert and Humphrey Southall -- Urban fertility and mortality patterns / Simon Szreter and Anne Hardy -- The middle class / Richard Trainor -- Towns and consumerism / John K. Walton -- Playing and praying / Douglas A. Reid -- Images -- The representation of the city in the visual arts / Caroline Arscott -- Epilogue / Martin Daunton -- Select bibliography / Eleanor O'Keeffe |
| Summary |
This volume examines the process of urbanisation and suburbanisation in Britain from the eary Victorian period to the 20th century. It considers the evolving networks and types of towns, as well as the economic, social and cultural development |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 18, 2019) |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Great Britain -- History
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Sociology, Urban -- Great Britain -- History
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Cities and towns
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Sociology, Urban
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Daunton, M. J. (Martin J.), editor.
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| ISBN |
9781139053839 |
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1139053833 |
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9780511468667 |
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0511468660 |
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