1776-1851

By James Walvin

The years between 1776 and 1851 are of profound importance for the social and urban historian. English town dwellers of the period experienced some fundamental...

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

By Anthony O'Connor

This book explores various characteristics of tropical African cities, with special reference to change in the post-independence period. It stresses the diversity of urban forms...

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

Spatial Perspectives On Urban Transport And Travel

By P.W. Daniels, A.M. Warnes

Movement in Cities describes and analyses urban travel in terms of purpose, distance and frequency of journeys and modes and routes used, concentrating mainly on...

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

Edited by Peter Clark, Paul Slack

This collection of essays in English urban history covers a period which has been called 'the Dark Ages in English Economic History', on which it...

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

By Jack Rose

Jack Rose examines the social, economic and political forces which have shaped the towns and cities of the UK since the Industrial Revolution.

The unrestricted and...

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

By Charles Madge, Peter Willmott

Both the great cities studied in this book are renowned for their imposing streets and buildings, their cultural and political vitality and their cosmopolitan lifestyles,...

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

Their government, Politics and Planning

Edited by W.A. Robson

The giant city of today is a unique phenomenon. Never before have such acute problems of government, the provision of essential services, planning, social life,...

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

By S.K. Ruck

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

By T.A. Broadbent

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

Critical Essays

Edited by C.G. Pickvance

This book applies the historical materialist, or Marxist view of urban sociology and collates some fundamental sources of this perspective available.

This book was first published...

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.