UID:
edocfu_9959695801202883
Format:
1 online resource (xxvii, 906 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-05341-8
Content:
The second volume of The Cambridge Urban History examines when, why, and how Britain became the first modern urban nation - the wonder of the Western world. The contributors offer a detailed analysis of the evolution of national and regional urban networks in England, Scotland and Wales and assess the growth of all the main types of towns - from the rising imperial metropolis of London to the great provincial cities, country and market towns, and the new-style leisure and industrialising towns. They discuss problems of urban mortality and migration, the social organisation of towns, the growth of industry and the service sector, civic governance, and the rise of religious and cultural pluralism. This is the first ever comprehensive study of British towns and cities in the early modern period, the culmination of a generation of research on perhaps the most important social and geographical change in British history.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).
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Introduction /
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Area surveys 1540-1840 --
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Introduction /
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England: East Anglia /
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England: South-East /
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England: South-West /
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England: Midlands /
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England: North /
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Wales /
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Scotland /
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Urban themes and types 1540-1700 --
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Towns in an agrarian economy 1540-1700 /
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Population and disease, estrangement and belonging 1540-1700 /
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Politics and government 1540-1700 /
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Reformation and culture 1540-1700 /
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The urban landscape 1540-1700 /
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London 1540-1700 /
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Great and good towns 1540-1700 /
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Ports 1540-1700 /
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Small market towns 1540-1700 /
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Urban themes and types 1700-1840 --
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Urban growth and economic change: from the late seventeenth century to 1841 /
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Population and society 1700-1840 /
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Politics and government 1700-1840 /
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Culture and leisure 1700-1840 /
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The transformation of urban space 1700-1840 /
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London 1700-1840 /
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Regional and county centres 1700-1840 /
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Ports 1700-1840 /
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Small towns 1700-1840 /
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Health and leisure resorts 1700-1840 /
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Industrialising towns 1700-1840 /
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Conclusion /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-74069-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-43141-7
Language:
English
