Town, City and Nation - England 1850-1914

Zusatztext `Waller extracts much and his interpretations question prevalent stereotypes in English historiography and advance the definition of urban history itself ... a comprehensive view of its subject.' Urban History Review Klappentext By the outbreak of the First World War England had become the world's first mass urban society. In just over sixty years the proportion of town-dwellers had risen from 50 to 80 per cent, and during this period many of the most crucial developments in English urban society had taken place.This book provides a uniquely comprehensive analysis of those developments - conurbations, suburbs, satellite towns, garden cities, and seaside resorts. The author assesses the importance of London, the provincial cities, and manufacturing centres; he also examines the continuing influence of the small country town and `rural' England on political, economic, and cultural growth. In many respects, P. J. Waller's book is a general social history of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century England, seen from an urban perspective. It is both scholarly and immensely readable. Zusammenfassung This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the development of English conurbations, suburbs, satellite towns, garden cities and seaside resorts, and is also a vivid social history of 19th and early 20th-century England.

Product details

• Authors: P. J. Waller, P. J. (Fellow and Tutor in Modern History Waller, P.j. Waller, Robert James Waller, Waller P. J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1991
• EAN: 9780192891631
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289163-1
• No. of pages: 356
• Series: Clarendon Paperbacks; Clarendon Paperbacks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; England, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history