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This Is A New Survey Of Urbanization And The Making Of Modern Europe From The Mid-eighteenth Century To The First World War. During These Years, Europe Experienced Startling Rate Of Urbanization, With The Populations Of Numerous Cities Growing By 1,000 Percent Or More. This Book Explores The Causes, Course, And Consequences Of This Urban Explosion. The Authors Link Urban Growth To Industrialization, Migration, And The Growth Of Colonial Empires. They Show How The Social, Political, And Intellectual Challenges Cities Posed Were Met By Urban Reformers; How Cities Enriched Cultural Life; And How European Cities Influenced And Were Influenced By Colonial Cities. No Other Book In English Situates The Story Of Cities Within The Overall Framework Of European And Imperial History During The Long Nineteenth Century. Cities And The Making Of Modern Europe, 1750-1914 Will Be Essential Reading For Students Of Both Modern European History And Urban History.--jacket. Urban Worlds Around 1750 -- Industrial Urbanization -- Varieties Of Urban Protest -- Pursuits Of Urban Improvement -- The Challenge Of The Big Cities -- Toward The Social City -- Urban Cultures -- Imperial And Colonial Cities. Andre

Author

Andrew Lees, Lynn Hollen Lees, Lees, Andrew

Publisher

Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521548229

Subjects

Social Science, History, Sociology