The Urbanization of European society in the nineteenth century
By: edited and with an introd. by Andrew Lees and Lynn Lees.
Contributors: Lees, Andrew, 1940-; Lees, Lynn Hollen.
Series: Problems in European civilization
Publisher: D.C. Heath
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Lexington, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Cities and towns -- Europe -- Addresses, essays, lectures.; Urbanization -- Europe -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 229-237.
Table of contents: title: Conflict of opinion.; title: The growth of cities: Weber, A. F. Urban growth in England and Wales in the nineteenth century. Sorlin, P. French society, 1840-1914. Köllmann, W. The process of urbanization in Germany at the height of the industrialization period.; title: Nineteenth and twentieth century views of the big city: Vaughan, R. The age of great cities. Riehl, W. H. The city as a source of corruption. Weber, A. The cultural and social significance of the big city. Mumford, L. Paleotechnic paradise. Dyos, H. J. and Wolff, M. The Victorian city in retrospect.; title: The urban middle classes: Köllmann, W. The merchants and manufacturers of Barmen. Daumard, A. The Parisian bourgeoisie, 1815-1848. Sheppard, F. Living in London, 1808-1870.; title: The urban lower classes: Chevalier, L. Crime and social pathology among the Parisian lower classes. Anderson, M. Family structure in nineteenth-century Lancashire. Pollard, S. The improvement of living standards in Sheffield after 1850. Liang, H. Lower-class immigrants in Wilhelmine Berlin.