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Urbanising Britain

Essays on Class and Community in the Nineteenth Century

Charles W J Withers editor Gerry Kearns editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:25th Jul '91

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The essays in this collection reflect the increasing use of social science concepts within the field of historical geography.

Urbanising Britain brings together the work of some leading British historical geographers of the younger generation to consider nineteenth-century urbanization as a process, emphasizing the dimensions of class and community.Urbanising Britain brings together the work of some leading British historical geographers of the younger generation to consider nineteenth-century urbanization as a process, emphasizing the dimensions of class and community. The essays in this collection reflect the use of social science concepts within the field of historical geography, and are organized to follow urbanization from its origins in migration, to its consequences in urban culture and public health. The contributions combine conceptual sophistication with original empirical research to present a series of important and innovative statements about the changing nature of the Victorian city, and reflect the value of a critical theoretical perspective, hitherto absent from much work in this area.

ISBN: 9780521364997

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm

Weight: 450g

188 pages