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Victorian cities / Asa Briggs ; foreword by Andrew and Lynn Hollen Lees.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Briggs, Asa, 1921-2016.
- Series:
- Classics in urban history ; 2.
- Classics in urban history ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--Great Britain--History.
- Cities and towns.
- Urbanization.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Urbanization--Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 411 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, Calif. ; Los Angeles, Calif. : University of California Press, [1993]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1965. (Harper colophon books).
- Companion work to the author's Victorian people.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-399) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520079221
- OCLC:
- 26590347
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