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Urbanising Britain brings together the work of some leading British historical geographers of the younger generation to consider nineteenth-century urbanization as a process, emphasizing the dimensions of class and community.

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List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Notes on contributors; Introduction: class, community and the processes of urbanisation Gerry Kearns and Charles W. J. Withers; 1. Biology, class and the urban penalty Gerry Kearns; 2. Public space and local communities: the example of Birmingham, 1840–1880 Bill Bramwell; 3. Class, culture and migrant identity: Gaelic Highlanders in urban Scotland Charles W. J. Withers; 4. The country and the city: sexuality and social class in Victorian Scotland J. A. D. Blaikie; 5. Mobility, the artisan community and popular politics in early nineteenth-century England Humphrey Southall; Notes; Consolidated bibliography; Index.

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 11 May 2007
      ISBN-13 9780521046091
      978-0521046091
      ISBN-10 0521046092
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Urbanising Britain brings together the work of some leading British historical geographers of the younger generation to consider nineteenth-century urbanization as a process, emphasizing the dimensions of class and community.

      Table of Contents
      List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Notes on contributors; Introduction: class, community and the processes of urbanisation Gerry Kearns and Charles W. J. Withers; 1. Biology, class and the urban penalty Gerry Kearns; 2. Public space and local communities: the example of Birmingham, 1840–1880 Bill Bramwell; 3. Class, culture and migrant identity: Gaelic Highlanders in urban Scotland Charles W. J. Withers; 4. The country and the city: sexuality and social class in Victorian Scotland J. A. D. Blaikie; 5. Mobility, the artisan community and popular politics in early nineteenth-century England Humphrey Southall; Notes; Consolidated bibliography; Index.

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