Synopses & Reviews
Survey of urbanization and the making of modern Europe from the mid-eighteenth century to the First World War.
Table of Contents
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.