Description
Book Synopsis* This is a new addition to Polity s highly successful What is History series.
Trade Review"This is a wide-ranging survey which reveals urban history in a European as well as a British context. It is deeply informed, with ideas, approaches and anxieties explained, and shows how urban history opens the way to many histories, illustrated by an innovative section on transnational histories."
Robert Morris, Edinburgh University
"Strongly recommended. Truly international in scope, this much-needed introduction to the field offers a balanced survey of the issues that have engaged urban historians over the past century. It will be welcomed by historians and non-historians alike."
Richard Harris, McMaster University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction: Why Urban History?
Chapter 1: The Development of Urban History
Chapter 2: Cities, Spaces, and Identities
Chapter 3: Governing Cities
Chapter 4: Cities and the Environment
Chapter 5: Urban Culture and Modernity
Chapter 6: Transnational Urban History
Suggestions for Further Reading
Notes
Index
