Originally published in two volumes, The Victorian City was a major landmark, particularly in the study of the social and intellectual attitudes of Victorian society to the challenge of urbanization. Unique in its many-sided approach to the total phenomenon of the city, this set deals on many levels with the city environment and includes: * discussion of the city's growth, fabric, institutions, health, poverty, politics, religion, diversions * analysis of the ways in which artists, photographers and ordinary people responded to these new landscapes * rich illustrations from...
Originally published in two volumes, The Victorian City was a major landmark, particularly in the study of the social and intellectual attitu...
During the 1960s and 1970s, the growth of interest in the urban past was one of the most prominent developments in historical studies in the United Kingdom. In large part, this was due to the work of the late H. J. Dyos, Professor of Urban History at the University of Leicester, as teacher, writer and propagandist. This book brings together some of Dyos's most important and influential essays, written over nearly thirty years. At one level, this book may be read as a fitting memorial to the work, influence and writings of a first-rate historian; at another, it furnishes an indispensable guide...
During the 1960s and 1970s, the growth of interest in the urban past was one of the most prominent developments in historical studies in the United Ki...
