Victorian Cities: 2 (Classics in Urban History)

Victorian Cities: 2 (Classics in Urban History)

by Asa Briggs (Author), Andrew Lees (Foreword), Lynn Hollen Lees (Foreword), Asa Briggs (Author), Andrew Lees (Foreword), Lynn Hollen Lees (Foreword)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 411
Edition: First printing of this edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 24 Mar 1993

ISBN 10: 0520079221
ISBN 13: 9780520079229

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The 19th century is the first age in human history in which it became normal for most citizens to live in cities. . . . Professor Briggs's book reminds us of our own failings, and this is among its great merits. Though he has selected only a few urban themes for full discussion, he incidentally illuminates many more. --E. J. Hobsbawm, New Statesman
Author Bio
Asa Briggs, former provost of Worcester College, Oxford, is the author of many works on 19th-century British history.