Exploring the urban past : essays in urban history

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Acknowledgements Introduction: H. J. Dyos and the urban process David Reeder Part I. The Urbanising World: 1. The Victorian city in historical perspective 2. Urbanity and suburbanity 3. Greater and greater London: metropolis and provinces in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries 4. Some historical reflections on the quality of urban life Part II. Transport and Urban Transformation: 5. The objects of street improvement in Regency and early Victorian London 6. Workmen's fare in south London, 1860-1914 7. Railways and housing in Victorian London 8. Some social costs of railway-building in London Part III. The Urban Fabric: 9. The slums of Victorian London 10. The speculative builders and developers of Victorian London 11. A Victorian speculative builder: Edward Yates 12. A guide to the streets of Victorian London Conclusion Appendix Notes.

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