The Cambridge Urban History of Britain 3 Volume Hardback Set

Tracing the complex history of British towns from the Anglo-Saxon settlements to the mid-twentieth century.

D. M. Palliser (Edited by), Peter Clark (Edited by), Martin Daunton (Edited by)

9780521801553, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 25 January 2001

2886 pages, 146 b/w illus. 56 maps 60 tables
23.7 x 16.4 x 16.4 cm, 5.55 kg

'… splendid collection, which is at once an excellent urban history of Britain and a history of Britain from the urban perspective … fresh as well as important, interesting as well as judicious, thoughtful as well as scholarly. The volumes bulge with knowledge … alongside this must be recorded the sheer exhilaration of reading so much first-rate scholarship … Urban history and these volumes will be done a disservice if they are classified in a misleadingly narrow fashion.' Jeremy Black, The Times Higher Education Supplement

The three volumes of The Cambridge Urban History of Britain represent the culmination of a tremendous upsurge of research in British urban history over the past thirty years. Mobilising the combined expertise of nearly ninety historians, archaeologists and geographers from Britain, continental Europe and North America, these volumes trace the complex and diverse evolution of British towns from the earliest Anglo-Saxon settlements to the mid-twentieth century. Taken together they form a comprehensive and uniquely authoritative account of the development of the first modern urban nation.

Volume 1: Preface
Plates
Maps and figures
Tables
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
List of contributors
Part I. Introductory: 1. Introduction
2. The origins of British towns
Part II. The Early Middle Ages c.650–c.1300: 3. General survey
4. Power and authority
5. Society and population
6. The economy of British towns
7. Churches, education and literacy in towns
8. The topography of towns
9. London from the post-Roman period to 1300
10. The large towns to c.1300
11. Small towns 650–1270
Part III. The Later Middle Ages c.1300–c.1540: 12. General survey
13. Government, power and authority
14. The economy of British towns
15. Urban culture and the church
16. The built environment
17. London
18. The greater towns
19. Port towns: England and Wales
20. Small towns 1270–1540
Part IV. Regional Surveys: 21. Regional introduction (England and Wales)
22 (a). The south-east of England
22 (b). The south-west of England
22 (c). The Midlands
22 (d). East Anglia
22 (e). Wales and the Marches
22 (f). Northern towns
23. Scotland
Part V. Conclusion: 24. Conclusion
Appendix: ranking lists of English medieval towns
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Index. Volume 2: Preface
Plates
Maps and figures
Tables
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. Area Surveys 1540–1840: 1. Introduction
2. England: 1. East Anglia
2. South east
3. South west
4. Midlands
5. The north
3. Wales
4. Scotland
Part II. Urban Themes and Types 1540–1700: 5. Towns in an agrarian economy
6. Population and disease, estrangement and belonging
7. Politics and government
8. Reformation and culture
9. The urban landscape
10. London
11. Great and good towns
12. Ports
13. Small market towns
Part III. Urban Themes and Types 1700 to 1840: 14. Urban growth and economic change
15. Population and society
16. Politics and government
17. Culture and leisure
18. The transformation of urban space
19. London
20. Regional and county centres
21. The ports
22. Small towns
23. Health and leisure resorts
24. Industrialising towns
Conclusion
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Index. Volume 3: General editor's preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of figures and illustrations
1. Introduction
Part I. Circulation: 2. Urban networks
3. Modern London
4. Ports
5. The development of small towns in Britain
6. Migration
7. Pollution in the city
8. From Shillibeer to Buchanan: transport and the urban environment
Part II. Governance: 9. Central government and the towns
10. The changing functions of urban government: councillors, officials and pressure groups
11. The political economy of urban utilities
12. The provision of social services
13. Structure, culture and society in British towns
Part III. Construction: 14. Patterns on the ground: urban form, residential structure and the social construction of space
15. Land, property and planning
16. The evolution of Britain's urban built environment
17. The planners and the public
Part IV. Getting and Spending: 18. Industrialisation and the city economy
19. The urban labour market
20. Urban fertility and mortality patterns
21. The middle class
22. Towns and consumerism
23. Playing and praying: leisure and religion in urban Britain
Part V. Images: 24. The representation of the city in visual arts
25. Epilogue
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Index.

Subject Areas: Educational: Citizenship & social education [YQN], Urban & municipal planning [RPC], Archaeology [HD], British & Irish history [HBJD1]