European cities in the modern era, 1850/1914 [electronic resource] / by Friedrich Lenger ; translated by Joel Golb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lenger, Friedrich.

Series:

Studies in Central European Histories 57.

Studies in central European histories, 1547-1217 ; v. 57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Europe--19th century.

Cities and towns.

City planning--Social aspects--Europe--19th century.

City planning.

Urban policy--Europe--19th century.

Urban policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In European Cities in the Modern Era, 1850-1914 Friedrich Lenger analyses the demographic and economic preconditions of European urbanization, compares the extent to which Europe’s cities were characterized by heterogeneity with respect to the social, national and religious composition of its population and asks in which way differences resulting from this heterogeneity were resolved either peacefully or violently. Using this general perspective and extending the scope by including Eastern and Southern Europe the dominant view of Europe’s prewar cities as islands of modernity is challenged and the ubiquity of urban violence established as a central analytical problem.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Capitals of the Nineteenth Century

The Urbanization of Europe in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century and its Economic and Demographic Background

Migration, Urban Society, and Urban Space

Housing Conditions and Housing Reform

The Construction of the Modern City: Self-Government, Urban Infrastructure, and Planning in the Epoch of Municipal Socialism

Culture, Communication, Critique

The Struggle for Urban Space

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-57908-1

9786613891532

90-04-23363-6

OCLC:

809265270

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004233638 DOI