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Imagining the East End in literature and social survey, 1880-1990

This paper was part of the Anglo-American Conference of historians 2009, on the theme 'cities'. Conference description by the organisers : The conference will deal with cities throughout the world, with papers examining the networks of cities and…

Mots-clés: Dennis Richard, dix-neuvième siècle, East End, fin de siècle, Gissing George, histoire urbaine, imaginaire, littérature, London, Londres, nineteenth century, quartier défavorisé

Paris as revolution: writing the nineteenth-century city

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Abstract from the publisher : In nineteenth-century Paris, passionate involvement with revolution turned the city into an engrossing object of cultural speculation. For writers caught between an explosive past and a bewildering future, revolution…

Mots-clés: culture, culture urbaine, dix-neuvième siècle, Ferguson Priscilla Parkhurst, histoire urbaine, littérature, modernisation, nineteenth century, Paris, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine

Becoming metropolitan : Urban selfhood and the making of modern Cracow

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Abstract from the publisher : The “Age of Great Cities” erupted in East Central Europe in the last quarter of the 19th century as migrants poured into imperial and regional capitals. For citizens of places like Cracow, discovering and…

Mots-clés: Cracovie, Cracow, dix-neuvième siècle, histoire urbaine, identité, Krakow, métropolisation, migration urbaine, modernisation, nineteenth century, société urbaine, Wood Nathaniel D.

Urban modernity: Cultural innovation in the second Industrial Revolution

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Abstract from the publisher : At the close of the nineteenth century, industrialization and urbanization marked the end of the traditional understanding of society as rooted in agriculture. Urban Modernity examines the construction of an…

Mots-clés: culture urbaine, dix-neuvième siècle, histoire urbaine, mutation sociale, mutation urbaine, nineteenth century

Worse than Cimmeran Darkness: Fog and the representation of Victorian London

In this 2011 seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London School of Advanced Study, Joseph de Sapio discusses fog in the representation of Victorian London, particularly from the perspective of tourists to the city. He argues…

Mots-clés: brouillard, citadin, de Sapio Joseph, dix-neuvième siècle, environnement urbain, fog, histoire urbaine, London, Londres, nineteenth century, représentations, tourisme, urbanité, Victorian London

The mysteries of the great city: The politics of urban design, 1877-1937

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Abstract from the publisher: The Mysteries of the Great City examines the physical, cultural, and political transformations of the American city between the Gilded Age and the New Deal. Focusing on New York, Chicago, and Cincinnati, John Fairfield…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, Chicago, Cincinnati, développement urbain, dix-neuvième siècle, États-Unis, Fairfield John D., histoire de l'urbanisme, histoire urbaine, New York, nineteenth century, politique de la ville, politique urbaine, twentieth century, United States, vingtième siècle

Reforming urban labor : Routes to the city, roots in the country

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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…

Mots-clés: banlieue populaire, Brussels, Bruxelles, déplacement de population, développement urbain, dix-neuvième siècle, gestion locale, histoire de l'urbanisme, histoire urbaine, logement, London, Londres, nineteenth century, Polasky Janet L., politique du logement, politique urbaine, travail

How the other half lives

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See also the Collections Portal of the Museum of the City of New York, where more than 1400 photographs taken by Riis are available to view online. See also a LibriVox audio recording of the book. Alternative link to a different full-text version…

Mots-clés: bidonville, dix-neuvième siècle, histoire urbaine, New York, nineteenth century, pauvreté, quartier défavorisé, quartier dégradé, Riis Jacob, société urbaine, tenement, urbanité

Urban revolt: Ethnic politics in the nineteenth-century Chicago labor movement

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Extract from the Preface: I became interested in nineteenth-century Chicago labor history in an indirect way. I had begun a study of political mobilization in Chicago community organizing and felt that I could not understand the political process…

Mots-clés: Chicago, dix-neuvième siècle, emploi, ethnicité, Hirsch Eric L., histoire urbaine, mouvement social, nineteenth century, politique de la ville, sciences politiques

Under metropolis: Exploring the cultural history of Buenos Aires underground railways (c. 1886-1945)

Dhan Singh is a postgraduate student in history at the Institute of Historical Research.

Mots-clés: Buenos Aires, croissance urbaine, culture urbaine, déplacements, dix-neuvième siècle, histoire urbaine, métro, métropole, nineteenth century, Singh Dhan, société urbaine, transport, twentieth century, vingtième siècle

The Russian city between tradition and modernity, 1850-1900

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Abstract from the publisher : The Russian City Between Tradition and Modernity provides a comprehensive history of urban development in European Russia during the last half of the nineteenth century. Using both statistical perspectives on…

Mots-clés: Brower Daniel R., conflit urbain, développement urbain, dix-neuvième siècle, émeute, histoire urbaine, migrant, migration urbaine, nineteenth century, Russia, Russie, ségrégation sociale, société urbaine, urbanisation

Cincinnati : Queen City of the West, 1819 - 1838

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Abstract from the publisher : Daniel Aaron, one of today’s foremost scholars of American history and American studies, began his career in 1942 with this classic study of Cincinnati in frontier days. Aaron argues that the Queen City quickly…

Mots-clés: Aaron Daniel, Cincinnati, développement urbain, dix-neuvième siècle, histoire urbaine, nineteenth century, société urbaine

Plague of strangers: Social groups and the origins of city services in Cincinnati

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Abstract from the publisher: Alan Marcus's Plague of Strangers examines the origins and development of municipal services in mid-nineteenth century cities from a political, social, and public health point of view. Using Cincinnati as an example of a…

Mots-clés: Cincinnati, collectivités locales, dix-neuvième siècle, États-Unis, gouvernance, histoire urbaine, immigration, Marcus Alan I., nineteenth century, santé, service public, société urbaine, United States, urbanité

The growth of cities in the nineteenth century : A study in statistics

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Extract from the 'Biographical Note' by Barclay G. Jones : Lewis Mumford is certainly correct in describing The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century as a "classic pioneer work". It is the first really sound, comprehensive, and…

Mots-clés: croissance urbaine, démographie, dix-neuvième siècle, health, histoire urbaine, migration urbaine, nineteenth century, santé, statistique, urbanisation, Weber Adna Ferrin

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