Urban history
Subtitle: critical concepts in historical studies
By: edited by Rosemary Sweet
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781138797956; 9781138797963; 9781138797987; 9781138797994; 9781138798007
Subjects: Urbanization; Cities and towns; City and town life; History
Description: "With over half the world's population now living in cities, urbanization is one of the defining features of the contemporary world, and urban history--the study of the processes and consequences of urbanization--is one of the most dynamic fields of modern and contemporary history. This collection will provide an expert overview of the field of urban history and a representative synthesis of past and current scholarship in urban history. The articles selected will explore key debates and conceptual issues in urban history from a global perspective highlighting the benefits of comparative historical research and of interdisciplinary approaches drawn from the humanities and social sciences"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Volume 1; title: Part 1. Defining the city; title: Part 2. Urban growth and urbanization; title: Volume 2; title: Part 1. Migration and communities; title: Part 2. Civil society and citizenship; title: Part 3. Governance; title: Volume 3; title: Part 1. Morphology, planning and the organization of space; title: Part 2. Approaches to the environment; title: Volume 4; title: Part 1. Representation and experience of the city.