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THE CAMBRIDGE URBAN HISTORY OF BRITAIN (3 VOLUMES)

Written by D.M. Palliser, Peter Clark, Martin Daunton
Published by Cambridge University Press in 2000

THE CAMBRIDGE URBAN HISTORY OF BRITAIN (3 VOLUMES)
Written by D.M. Palliser, Peter Clark, Martin Daunton.
Stock no. 1830885
1st. 2000. Hardback. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The complex and diverse evolution of British towns from the earliest Anglo-Saxon settlements to the mid-twentieth century. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spines. Volume I: 600 - 1540; Volume II: 1540-1840; Volume III:P 1840 - 1950. A heavy set. A lovely set. Dustwrappers are lightly scuffed.

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Front cover

Cover of THE CAMBRIDGE URBAN HISTORY OF BRITAIN (3 VOLUMES) by D.M. Palliser; Peter Clark; Martin Daunton

Contents

  • VOLUME I
  • List of Plates
  • List of Maps
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Contributors
  • Prefaced by the General Editor
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • PART I INTRODUCTORY
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • D.M. Palliser
  • 2 THE ORIGINS OF BRITISH TOWNS
  • D.M. Pallisser
  • PART II THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES 600-1300
  • 3 GENERAL SURVEY 600-1300
  • Grenville Astill
  • 4 POWER AND AUTHORITY 600-1300
  • James Campbell
  • 5 SOCIETY AND POPULATION 600-1300
  • Richard Holt
  • 6 THE ECONOMY OF BRITISH TOWNS 600-1300
  • Richardc Britnell
  • 7 CHURCHES, EDUCATION AND LITERACY IN TOWNS 600-1300
  • Julia Burrow
  • 8 THE TOPOGRAPHY OF TOWNS 600-1300
  • D.M. Palliser, T.R. Slater and E. Patricia Denninson
  • 9 LONDON FROM THE POST-ROMAN PERIOD TO 1300
  • Derek Keene
  • 10 THE LARGE TOWNS 600-1300
  • David A Hinton
  • 11 SMALL TOWNS 600-1270
  • John Blair
  • PART III THE LATER MIDDLE AGES 1300-1540
  • 12 GENERAL SURVEY 1300-1540
  • Barrie Dobson
  • 13 GOVERNMENT, POWER AND AUTHORITY 1300-1540
  • S.H. Rigby and Elizabeth Ewan
  • 14 THE ECONOMY OF BRITISH TOWNS 1300-1540
  • Richard Britnell
  • 15 URBAN CULTURE AND TGHE CHURCH 1300-1540
  • Gervase Rosser with Scottish Material by E. Patricia Dennison
  • 16 THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 1300-1540
  • John Schofield and Geoffrey Stell
  • 17 LONDON 1300-1540
  • Caroline M Barron
  • 18 THE GREATER TOWNS 1300-1540
  • Jennifer Kermode
  • 19 PORT TOWNS
  • (a) ENGLAND AND WALES 1300-1540
  • Maryanne Kowaleski
  • (b) SCOTLAND 1300-1540
  • David Ditchburn
  • 20 SMALL TOWNS 1270-1540
  • Christopher Dyer
  • PART IV REGIONAL SURVEYS
  • 21 REGIONAL INTRODUCTION (ENGLAND WALES)
  • Derek Keene and D.M. Palliser
  • 22
  • (a) THE SOUTH-EAST OF ENGLAND
  • Derek Keene
  • (b) THE SOUTH-WEST OF ENGLAND
  • T.R. Slater
  • (c) THE MIDLANDS
  • Christopher Dyer and T.R. Slater
  • (d) EAST ANGLIA
  • Barbel Brodt
  • (e) NORTHERN TOWNS
  • Jennifer Kermode
  • (f) WALES AND THE MARCHES
  • Ralph A. Griffiths
  • 23 SCOTLAND
  • E. Patricia Dennison and Grant G Simpson
  • PART V CONCLUSION
  • 24 CONCLUSION
  • D.M. Palliser
  • APPENDIX: RANKING LISTS OF ENGLISH MEDIEVAL TOWNS
  • Alan Dyer
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • VOLUME II
  • List of Plates
  • List of Maps
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Contributors
  • Prefaced by the General Editor
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • Peter Clark
  • PART I AREA SURVEYS 1540-1840
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Peter Clark
  • 2 ENGLAND
  • (a) EAST ANGLIA
  • Penelope J. Corfield
  • (b) SOUTH-EAST
  • C.W. Chalkin
  • (c) SOUTH WEST
  • Jonathan Barry
  • (d) MIDLANDS
  • Alan Dyer
  • (e) NORTH
  • John K. Walton
  • 3 WALES
  • Philip Jenkins
  • 4 SCOTLAND
  • T.M. Devine
  • PART II URBAN THEMES AND TYPES 1540-1700
  • 5 TOWNS IN AN AGRARIAN ECONOMY 1540-1700
  • Paul Glennie and Ian Whyte
  • 6 POPULATION AND DISEASE, ESTRANGEMENT AND BELONGING 1540-1700
  • P. Griffiths, J. Landers, M. Pelling and R. Tyson
  • 7 POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 1540-1700
  • Ian A. Archer
  • 8 REFORMATION AND CULTURE 1540-1700
  • Vanessa Harding
  • 9 THE URBAN LANDSCAPE 1540-1700
  • Michael Reed
  • 10 LONDON 1540-1700
  • Jeremy Boulton
  • 11 GREAT AND GOOD TOWNS 1540-1700
  • Paul Slack
  • 12 PORTS 1540-1700
  • David Harris Sacks and Michael Lynch
  • 13 SMALL MARKET TOWNS 1540-1700
  • Alan Dyer
  • PART III URBAN THEMES AND TYPES 1700-1840
  • 14 URBAN GROWTH AND ECONOMIC CHANGE: FROM THE LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO 1841
  • John Langton
  • 15 POPULATION AND SOCIETY 1700-1840
  • Pamela Sharpe
  • 16 POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 1700-1840
  • Joanna Innes and Nicholas Rogers
  • 17 CULTURE AND LEISURE 1700-1840
  • Peter Clark and R.A. Houston
  • 18 THE TRANSFORMATION OF URBAN SPACE 1700-18409
  • Michael Reed
  • 19 LONDON 1700-1840
  • Leonard Schwarz
  • 20 REGIONAL AND COUNTY CENTRES 1700-1840
  • Joyce Ellis
  • 21 PORTS 1700-1840
  • Gordon Jackson
  • 22 SMALL TOWNS 1700-1840
  • Peter Clark
  • 23 HEALTH AND LEISURE RESORTS 1700-1840
  • Peter Borsay
  • 24 INDUSTRIALISING TOWNS 1700-1840
  • Barrie Trinder
  • 25 CONCLUSION
  • Peter Clark
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • VOLUME III
  • List of Plates
  • List of Maps
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Contributors
  • Prefaced by the General Editor
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • Martin Daunton
  • PART I CIRCULATION
  • 2 URGAN NETWORKS
  • Lynn Hollen Lees
  • 3 MODERN LONDON
  • Richard Dennis
  • 4 PORTS
  • Sarah Palmer
  • 5 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL TOWNS IN BRITAIN
  • Stephen A. Royle
  • 6 MIGRATION
  • David Feldman
  • 7 POLLUTION IN THE CITY
  • Bill Luckin
  • 8 FROM SHILLIBEER TO BUCHANAN: TRANSPORT AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
  • John Armstrong
  • PART II GOVERNANCE
  • 9 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND THE TOWNS
  • John Davis
  • 10 THE CHANGING FUNCTIONS OF URBAN GOVERNMENT: COUNCILLORS, OFFICIALS AND PRESSURE GROUPS
  • Barry M. Doyle
  • 11 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF URBAN UTILITIES
  • Richard Millward
  • 12 THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES
  • Marguerite Dupree
  • 13 STRUCTURE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN BRITISH TOWNS
  • R.J. Morris
  • PART III CONSTRUCTION
  • 14 PATTERNS ON THE GROUND: URBAN FORM, RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE AND GTHE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SPACE
  • Colin G. Pooley
  • 15 LAND, PROPERTY AND PLANNING
  • J.A. Yelling
  • 16 THE EVOLUTION OF BRITAIN'S URBAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT
  • Peter Scott
  • 17 THE PLANNERS AND THE PUBLIC
  • Abigail Beach and Nick Tiratsoo
  • PART IV GETTING AND SPENDING
  • 18 INDUSTRIALISATION AND THE CITY ECONOMNY
  • David Reeder and Richard Rodger
  • 19 THE URBAN LABOUR MARKET
  • David Gilbert and Humphrey Southall
  • 20 URBAN FERTILITY AND MORTALITY PATTERSN
  • Simon Szreter and Anne Hardy
  • 21 THE MIDDLE CLASS
  • Richard Trainor
  • 22 TOWNS AND CONSUMERISM
  • John K. Walton
  • 23 PLAYING AND PRAYING
  • Douglas A. Reid
  • PART V IMAGES
  • 24 THE REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY IN THE VISUAL ARTS
  • Caroline Arscott
  • 25 EPILOGUE
  • Martin Daunton
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index