Idea of the City in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Informationen zum Autor B. I. Coleman Zusammenfassung In nineteenth-century Britain, ahead of the rest of the world in economic development, many towns and cities grew to a size that only London had attained before. This volume focuses on the intellectual and controversial response of the period's leading men and women to the key issues of urbanization and its surrounding social problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. To the 1820s: the proliferation of the wens2. From the 1820s to 1848: Passion and partisanship3. From 1848 to the 1880s: Acceptance and optimism4. From the 1880s: The doubts return

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• Authors: B.I. Coleman
• Assisted by: B.I. Coleman (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2006
• EAN: 9780415417891
• ISBN: 978-0-415-41789-1
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 248 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, REFERENCE / General, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Historical Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), The environment