A comparative study in urban history, Victorian Cities examines the 19th-century history of four developing cities in England in a period of rapid growth, with chapters on London and Melbourne and references to Los Angeles and Chicago as well.

Victorian Cities (Classics in Urban History) (Volume 2)

History

Briggs, Asa

Lees, Andrew

Lees, Lynn Hollen

Europe

University of California Press

This study of English policies toward the poor from the seventeenth century to the present combines individual stories with official actions. Lynn Lees shows how clients as well as officials negotiated welfare settlements--cultural definitions of entitlement, rather than available resources, determined amounts and beneficiaries. The English poor laws went through cycles of generosity and meanness that affected men and women unequally. The long term history of welfare in England and Wales was not one of continued progress and improvement but one determined by continually changing attitudes toward poverty.

The Solidarities of Strangers: The English Poor Laws and the People, 1700–1948

Cambridge University Press

Cities and the Making of Modern Europe, 1750–1914 (New Approaches to European History, Series Number 39)

This book is a major survey of urbanization and the making of modern Europe from the mid-eighteenth century to the First World War. During these years Europe experienced startling rates of urbanization, with the populations of numerous cities growing by 1000 percent or more. This book explores the causes, course and consequences of this urban explosion. The authors link urban growth to industrialization, migration, and the growth of colonial empires. They show how the social, political, and intellectual challenges cities posed were met by urban reformers; how cities enriched cultural life; and how European cities influenced and were influenced by colonial cities. No other book in English situates the story of cities within the overall framework of European and imperial history during the long nineteenth century. Cities and the Making of Modern Europe will be essential reading for students of both modern European history and urban history.

This narrative text takes a global approach to the 20th century, examining all regions in a balanced fashion without over-emphasizing western Europe or the United States. The text's focus on environmental and technological innovations ensures that attention is given to all regions.

Global Society: The World Since 1900

Crossley, Pamela

Servos, John W.

World

Cengage Learning'

This narrative text takes a balanced, global approach to the world since 1900, examining all regions without over-emphasizing Western Europe or the United States. Comparative chapters allow students to see regional interaction around the world. The environmental and technological innovations theme explores developments worldwide. "The World in 1900" highlights the major issues of the 20th century, using the Paris World's Fair as a case study. Each chapter contains vignettes and summary sections.

Book by Hohenberg, Paul M., Lees, Lynn Hollen

Making of Urban Europe, 1000-1950 (Harvard Studies in Urban History)

Politics & Social Sciences

Hohenberg, Paul M.

Social Sciences

Harvard Univ Pr

Exiles of Erin Irish Migrants in Victorian London

Ithaca, NY Cornell U.P

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