Urbanising Britain - Essays on Class and Community in the Nineteenth Century

Klappentext The essays in this collection reflect the increasing use of social science concepts within the field of historical geography. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Notes on contributors; Introduction: class, community and the processes of urbanisation Gerry Kearns and Charles W. J. Withers; 1. Biology, class and the urban penalty Gerry Kearns; 2. Public space and local communities: the example of Birmingham, 1840-1880 Bill Bramwell; 3. Class, culture and migrant identity: Gaelic Highlanders in urban Scotland Charles W. J. Withers; 4. The country and the city: sexuality and social class in Victorian Scotland J. A. D. Blaikie; 5. Mobility, the artisan community and popular politics in early nineteenth-century England Humphrey Southall; Notes; Consolidated bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Gerry (University of Liverpool) Withers Kearns, Gerry Withers Kearns
• Assisted by: Kearns Gerry (Editor), Gerry Kearns (Editor), Charles W. J. Withers (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.1991
• EAN: 9780521364997
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36499-7
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories