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Draws on previously unexplored visual and ephemeral sources to re-evaluate the British city, its changing form, representation and impact. -- .

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'Layton-Jones’s Beyond the Metropolis currently holds a prominent position on my bookshelf for both teaching and research. It has already been ordered for students taking my nineteenth-century urban history module. There is perhaps no stronger praise of a book than this.'
Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire

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Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The urban prospect
2. The town on show
3. Improving the urban image
4. Advertising the town
5. Crucibles of liberty and ruin
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Beyond the Metropolis

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 2/11/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719099694, 978-0719099694
      ISBN10: 0719099692

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Draws on previously unexplored visual and ephemeral sources to re-evaluate the British city, its changing form, representation and impact. -- .

      Trade Review

      'Layton-Jones’s Beyond the Metropolis currently holds a prominent position on my bookshelf for both teaching and research. It has already been ordered for students taking my nineteenth-century urban history module. There is perhaps no stronger praise of a book than this.'
      Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire

      -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. The urban prospect
      2. The town on show
      3. Improving the urban image
      4. Advertising the town
      5. Crucibles of liberty and ruin
      Conclusion
      Bibliography
      Index

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