Cities and the Making of Modern Europe, 1750–1914

by Andrew Lees , Lynn Hollen Lees

• ISBN13: 9780521839365
• ISBN10: 052183936X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-14
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

A major new 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.

Author Biography

Andrew Lees is Professor of History at the Camden Campus of Rutgers University. He is the author of Cities Perceived: Urban Society in European and American Thought, 1820-1940 (1985) and Cities, Sin and Social Reform in Imperial Germany (2002) Lynn Hollen Lees is Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Her previous publications include The Solidarities of Strangers: The English Poor Laws and the People, 1700 to 1948 (1998) and, with Paul Hohenberg, The Making of Urban Europe, 1000-1950 (1985, 1995)

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. viii
List of maps	p. x
List of tables	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
1750-1850, an era of disruption
Urban worlds around 1750	p. 13
Industrial urbanization	p. 41
Varieties of urban protest	p. 70
Pursuits of urban improvement	p. 99
1850-1914, an era of reconstruction
The challenge of the big cities	p. 129
Toward the social city	p. 169
Urban cultures	p. 206
Imperial and colonial cities	p. 244
Conclusion	p. 281
The growth of selected large cities in Europe, 1750-1910	p. 287
General works on individual cities	p. 289
Index	p. 294
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