Victorian cities / Asa Briggs
1975, Reprint. Harmondsworth : Penguin Books. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #332303
ISBN: 0140209441
Physical description: 411 pages; 20 cm. Notes: A companion volume to the author's Victorian people; and to his Victorian things. Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-399) and index. Contents: City and society: Victorian attitudes -- Manchester: symbol of a new age -- Leeds: a study in civic pride -- Birmingham: the making of a civic gospel -- Middlesbrough: the growth of a new community -- Melbourne: a Victorian community overseas -- London: the world city -- Old cities and new. Subjects: Cities and towns Great Britain History. Urbanization Great Britain History. Cities and towns. Urbanization. Sociology, Urban Great Britain 19th century.
City planning Great Britain History. Genre: Bibliography. History.
Price: €10.00