Population and society in western European port cities, c.1650-1939 / edited by Richard Lawton and Robert Lee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lawton, Richard, 1943-

Lee, William R., 1932-

Series:

Liverpool studies in European population ; 2.

Liverpool studies in European population ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demography--Europe, Western.

Demography.

Port districts--Europe, Western--History.

Port districts.

Cities and towns--Europe, Western--Growth.

Cities and towns.

Growth.

History.

Europe, Western--Population.

Western Europe.

Local Subjects:

Europe, Western--Population.

Physical Description:

xx, 385 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, [2002]

Contents:

1. Port Development and the Demographic Dynamics of European Urbanization / Robert Lee, Richard Lawton (University of Liverpool) 1

2. Industrialization and Demographic Change: A Case Study of Glasgow, 1801-1914 / Andrew Gibb (University of Glasgow) 37

3. The Population Dynamics and Economic Development of Genoa, 1750-1939 / Giuseppi Felloni (University of Genoa) 74

4. The Components of Demographic Change in a Rapidly Growing Port-City: The Case of Liverpool in the Nineteenth Century / Richard Lawton (University of Liverpool) 91

5. The Mortality Development of a Port-Town in a National Perspective: The Experience of Malmo, Sweden, 1820-1914 / Gunnar Fridlizius (University of Lund) 124

6. Population Dynamics and Economic Change in Trieste and its Hinterland, 1850-1914 / Marina Cattaruzza (University of Trieste) 176

7. The Admiralty Connection: Port Development and Demographic Change in Portsmouth, 1650-1900 / Barry Stapleton (University of Portsmouth) 212

8. The Port-City Legacy: Urban Demographic Change in the Hansestadt Bremen, 1815-1910 / Robert Lee (University of Liverpool), Peter Marschalck (University of Osnabruck) 252

9. Changes in Population Development, Urban Structures and Living Conditions in Nineteenth-Century Hamburg / Clemens Wischermann (Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat, Munster) 270

10. Demographic Change and Social Structure: The Workers and the Bourgeoisie in Nantes, 1830-1848 / Angela Fahy (Florida International University) 305

11. Population, Society and Politics in Cork from the Late-Eighteenth Century to 1900 / John B. O'Brien (University College Cork) 326.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0853234353

085323907X

OCLC:

47676977