A History of Modern Leeds

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Manchester University Press, 1980 - History - 479 pages
 

Contents

from the earliest times to c 1700
2
Georgian Leeds
24
Demographic change 17711911
46
1
52
234
65
The face of Leeds 17801914
72
5
73
Leeds becomes a transport centre
113
The religious life of Victorian Leeds
250
2323
257
22
267
Politics and society in the nineteenth century
270
Aspects of municipal government 18351914
301
Imperialism and Leeds politics c 18501914
327
The working class
353
wages for one week in 1905 as
377

towns 1686
114
12
120
Industrial development 17801914
142
15
157
Commercial marketing and retailing amenities 17001914
177
Middleclass culture 17001914
200
20
221
Elementary education and literacy 17701870
223
37
385
an overview
389
The years of political transition 191439
410
The second world war and after
437
a postscript
463
Index
471
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