This book is a major survey of urbanization and the making of modern Europe from the mid-eighteenth century to the First World War. It explores the causes, course and consequences of the urban explosion Europe experienced during these years, linking urban growth to industrialization, migration, and the growth of colonial empires.
This book is a major survey of urbanization and the making of modern Europe from the mid-eighteenth century to the First World War. It explores the causes, course and consequences of the urban explosion Europe experienced during these years, linking urban growth to industrialization, migration, and the growth of colonial empires.
Andrew Lees is Professor of History at the Camden Campus of Rutgers University. He is the author of Cities Perceived: Urban Society in European and American Thought, 1820-1940 (1985) and Cities, Sin and Social Reform in Imperial Germany (2002).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Part I. 1750-1850, An Era of Disruption: 1. Urban worlds around the middle of the eighteenth century 2. Industrial urbanization 3. Varieties of urban protest 4. Pursuits of urban improvement Part II. 1850-1914, An Era of Reconstruction: 5. The challenge of the big cities 6. Toward the social city 7. Urban cultures 8. Imperial and colonial cities Conclusion Appendix A. The growth of individual cities in Europe, 1750-1910 Appendix B. General works about individual cities in Europe.
Introduction Part I. 1750-1850, An Era of Disruption: 1. Urban worlds around the middle of the eighteenth century 2. Industrial urbanization 3. Varieties of urban protest 4. Pursuits of urban improvement Part II. 1850-1914, An Era of Reconstruction: 5. The challenge of the big cities 6. Toward the social city 7. Urban cultures 8. Imperial and colonial cities Conclusion Appendix A. The growth of individual cities in Europe, 1750-1910 Appendix B. General works about individual cities in Europe.
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