Victorian Cities

Briggs/Lees

Published by University of California Press 1993

Victorian Cities

Briggs/Lees
Edited by: Asa Briggs , Andrew Lees and Lynn Hollen Lees

In the series Classics in Urban History

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520355071

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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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Notes to the American edition Asa Briggs Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Foreword Andrew Lees and Lynn Hollen Lees Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Preface Asa Briggs Publicly Available Download PDF	XXIII
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. City and Society: Victorian Attitudes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
3. Manchester, Symbol of a New Age Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
4. Leeds, a Study in Civic Pride Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
5. Birmingham: The Making of a Civic Gospel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
6. Middlesbrough: The Growth of a New Community Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
7. Melbourne, a Victorian Community Overseas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
8. London, the World City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
9. Epilogue: Old Cities and New Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
Bibliographical Note Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 411
Keywords: Urban; Social Science; Sociology

eBook

Published: August 31, 1993
ISBN: 9780520355071

Paperback

Planned Publication: August 31, 1993
ISBN: 9780520079229