Victorian Cities: Volume 2 (Classics in Urban History) - Softcover

Briggs, President Asa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520079221 ISBN 13: 9780520079229

Publisher: University of California Press, 1993

Synopsis

A comparative study in urban history, Victorian Cities examines the 19th-century history of four developing cities in England in a period of rapid growth, with chapters on London and Melbourne and references to Los Angeles and Chicago as well.

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Review:

"The 19th century is the first age in human history in which it became normal for most citizens to live in cities. . . . Professor Briggs's book reminds us of our own failings, and this is among its great merits. Though he has selected only a few urban themes for full discussion, he incidentally illuminates many more."--E. J. Hobsbawm, "New Statesman

From the Back Cover:

The cities of this book are the cities of the railway and tramway age, of the age of steam and of gas, of a society sometimes restless, sometimes complacent, moving, often fumbling and faltering, towards greater democracy. The building of the cities was a characteristic Victorian Achievement, impressive in scale but limited in vision, creating new opportunities but also providing massive new problems.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0520079221
• ISBN 13: 9780520079229
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 411