Victorian CitiesA comparative study in urban history, Victorian Cities examines the 19th-century history of four developing cities in England in a period of rapid growth, with chapters on London and Melbourne and references to Los Angeles and Chicago as well. |
Contents
Foreword by Andrew and Lynn Hollen Lees | i |
Preface | xv |
Introduction II | 11 |
Victorian Attitudes | 59 |
Manchester Symbol of a New Age | 88 |
Leeds a Study in Civic Pride | 139 |
The Making of a Civic Gospel | 184 |
The Growth of a New Community | 241 |
Melbourne a Victorian Community Overseas | 277 |
London the World City | 311 |
Old Cities and New | 361 |
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