Structure of Nineteenth Century Cities

When this book was first published in 1982, despite considerable research on 19th Century towns in Britain and America, there had been little attempt to search for links between these empirical studies and to relate them more to more general theories of 19th Century urban development.

List of contents

Part 1 – Introduction 1. The Internal Structure of Nineteenth-Century British Cities – An Overview Part 2: Housing and the Nineteenth-Century Urban Environment 2. Rents and Ground Rents: Housing and the Land Market in Nineteenth Century Britain 3. The Internal Structure of the Housebuilding Industry in Nineteenth-Century Cities 4. The Growth of Public Intervention in the British Urban Environment During the Nineteenth-Century: A Structural Approach Part 3: Retailing and the Nineteenth-Century Urban Economy 5. Street Trading in London: A Case Study of Causal Labour, 1830-60 6. Retailing in the Nineteenth-Century Town: Some Problems and Possibilities 7. The Role of Retailing in the Urban Economy Part 4: The Social Structure of the Nineteenth-Century Town 8. Choice and Constraint in the Nineteenth-Century City: A Basis for Residential Differentiation 9. Residential Differentiation in Nineteenth Century Towns: From Shapes on the Ground to Shapes in Society 10. Stability and Change in Urban Communities: A Geographical Perspective 11. Indicators of Population Change and Stability in Nineteenth-Century Cities: Some Sceptical Comments Part 5: Conclusions 12. The Future Study of the Nineteenth-Century British City: Some Concluding Comments

About the author

James H. Johnson and Colin G. Pooley

Summary

When this book was first published in 1982, despite considerable research on 19th Century towns in Britain and America, there had been little attempt to search for links between these empirical studies and to relate them more to more general theories of 19th Century urban development.

Product details

• Authors: James H Pooley Johnson
• Assisted by: James H Johnson (Editor), Colin Pooley (Editor), Pooley Colin (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.05.2023
• EAN: 9780367772147
• ISBN: 978-0-367-77214-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Comparative Urbanization
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Urban & municipal planning, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy