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Abstract from the publisher: This book provides concrete examples of the ways in which shifting academic debates, policy and political approaches have impacted on a specific place over the past 30 years. It offers a critical analysis of the history,…

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Abstract from the publisher : This book considers twentieth and twenty-first century literary and cultural formations of the postcolonial city and the constitution of new subjects within it. Varma offers a reading of both historical and…

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Abstract from the publisher : In a sweeping narrative, from its mythic origins to the glittering towers of the contemporary financial capital, THE STONES OF LONDON tells the story of twelve London buildings in a kaleidoscopic and unexpected history…

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Abstract from the publisher : Some cities seem destined to become major financial capitals, yet never do—Seville, for instance, was the centre of Spain's opulent New World Empire, but failed to become a financial metropolis. Others, like…

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Abstract from the publisher : Reforming Urban Labor is a history of the nineteenth-century social reforms designed by middle-class progressives to domesticate the labor force. Industrial production required a concentrated labor force, but the…

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Extract from the Preface to Volume One : The present volume is the first of an intended series, which it is hoped will form, when complete, a cyclopaedia of the industry, the want, and the vice of the great Metropolis. Henry Mayhew (1812 - 1887)…

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The present volume is the first of an intended series, which it is hoped will form, when complete, a cyclopaedia of the industry, the want, and the vice of the great Metropolis. Henry Mayhew (1812 - 1887) was an English social researcher, journalist…

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Full title : London labour and the London poor; a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work. Extract from the Preface : The present volume is the first of an intended…

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From Peter Ackroyd's introduction to the 2005 Anthem Press edition : "London: A Pilgrimage" is an enlightening work that brings to life the chaotic and gloomy past of a great city on the cusp of modern times. 180 incredible etchings by…

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Extract from the Introduction: The poor were always with the English. Poverty had been of broad social concern since the Elizabethan period at least: the topic of ongoing debate, periodic legislation, sporadic philanthropy. But the London poor of…

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Abstract from the publisher: Integrated City Making is a report by Philipp Rode, Julie Wagner, Richard Brown, Rit Chandra and Jayaraj Sundaresan of the Urban Age Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2007, Urban Age…

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Extract from the catalogue : The exhibition City Visions 1910 | 2010 is a celebration of the anniversary of the General Town Planning Exhibition. It compares two key moments in time: The years around 1910 and 2010. 1910 The planning exhibition…

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Abstract from the publisher: The scope of The London Journal is broad, embracing all aspects of metropolitan society past and present, including comparative studies. The Journal is multi-disciplinary and is intended to interest all concerned with…

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Abstract from the publisher : Hanoverian London, 1714 - 1808, the first of eight volumes to be published in The University of California Press History of London series, surveys the life of the town throughout the eighteenth century. Professor…

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Abstract from the publisher : Our first project comprises a collection of ‘working papers’ established with the aims of both delineating and testing what we refer to as ‘spatial methodologies’ for urban research. This…

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Abstract from the publisher : A remarkable meditation on the topography of the modern city, A Shout in the Street offers a close and sensitive examination of four urban landscapes -- London, Paris, Leningrad, and New York. Peter Jukes pursues the…

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Abstract from the publisher : London 800-1216 : The shaping of a city takes its place in the eight-volume History of London series, but is designed also to be a self-contained enquiry into the place of ninth- to twelfth-century London in the…

Extract from the preface : This book is a synthesis of many people's studies of the origin and early history of London, of which I have endeavoured to make a coherent story. Our knowledge of this subject has been vastly increased in recent years by…

Présentation par l'éditeur : At the turn of the twenty-first century, the world is faced with an unprecedented challenge. It must address a fundamental shift in the world's population towards the cities, and away from…
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