Product Description: 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 contemporary photographs, lantern slides, magazine illustrations, paintings and other material, much of which was published here for the first time...read more

Product Description: 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...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: 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...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: 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 and diversions and analysis of the ways in which people responded to these changes.