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VICTORIAN CITIES

by Asa Briggs

Published by Odhams Press Limited. 1st. 1963

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. A comparative study in urban history, Victorian Cities examines the 19th-century history of four developing cities in England in a period of rapid growth, with chapters on London and Melbourne and references to Los Angeles and Chicago as well. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 416 pages including index.

Lower corners and spine lightly bumped/shelf-worn. Text block very dusty to top edge. Pale foxing to endpapers and prelims. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and is sunned to spine.

Stock no. 1831267

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Contents

  • PREFACE
  • I INTRODUCTION
  • II CITY AND SOCIETY: VICTORIAN ATTITUDES
  • III MANCHESTER: SYMBOL OF A NEW AGE
  • IV LEEDS: A STUDY IN CIVIC PRIDE
  • V BIRMINGHAM: THE MAKING OF A CIVIC GOSPEL
  • VI MIDDLESBOROUGH: THE GROWTH OF A NEW COMMUNITY
  • VII. MELBOURNE: A VICTORIAN COMMUNITY OVERSEAS
  • VIII LONDON: THE WORLD CITY
  • IX EPILOGUE: OLD CITIES AND NEW
  • BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
  • INDEX

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