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- catalog abstract ""In this historical survey of English urban landscapes, 15 historians explore the development and significance of our towns and cities. The opening chapters provide an overview of human settlements from Roman times to 1800, and the rest of the book is devoted to the massive urbanization of the 19th and 20th centuries. Different types of uban development - industrial towns commercial cities, slums and suburbs - are described and analysed, together with issues such as transport, shopping, recreation, housing, and images of the town and city in literature, art, and film. The chapters are supplemented by cameos that focus in detail on specific towns and subjects."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11671479.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""In this historical survey of English urban landscapes, 15 historians explore the development and significance of our towns and cities. The opening chapters provide an overview of human settlements from Roman times to 1800, and the rest of the book is devoted to the massive urbanization of the 19th and 20th centuries. Different types of uban development - industrial towns commercial cities, slums and suburbs - are described and analysed, together with issues such as transport, shopping, recreation, housing, and images of the town and city in literature, art, and film. The chapters are supplemented by cameos that focus in detail on specific towns and subjects."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-345) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The English urban landscape : yesterday, today, and tomorrow / Philip Waller -- The Roman contribution / David Shotter -- Decay and revival : early medieval urban landscapes / David A. Hinton -- The medieval urban landscape, AD 900-1540 / Derek Keene -- Early modern urban landscapes, 1540-1800 / Peter Borsay -- Modern London / John Davis -- Temples of commerce : revolutions in shopping and banking / Michael Winstanley -- The industrial town / R. J. Morris -- Transport / John Armstrong -- Slums and suburbs : the persistence of residential apartheid / Richard Rodger -- The pleasures of urbanity / John Walton -- The public face / Geoffrey Tyack -- English towns in the creative imagination / Stana Nenadic.".
- catalog extent "352 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0198601174".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "England.".
- catalog subject "942.009732 21".
- catalog subject "Cities and towns England History.".
- catalog subject "Geographical perception England History.".
- catalog subject "HT133 .E55 2000".
- catalog subject "Landscape changes England History.".
- catalog subject "Urban landscape architecture England.".
- catalog subject "Urbanization England History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The English urban landscape : yesterday, today, and tomorrow / Philip Waller -- The Roman contribution / David Shotter -- Decay and revival : early medieval urban landscapes / David A. Hinton -- The medieval urban landscape, AD 900-1540 / Derek Keene -- Early modern urban landscapes, 1540-1800 / Peter Borsay -- Modern London / John Davis -- Temples of commerce : revolutions in shopping and banking / Michael Winstanley -- The industrial town / R. J. Morris -- Transport / John Armstrong -- Slums and suburbs : the persistence of residential apartheid / Richard Rodger -- The pleasures of urbanity / John Walton -- The public face / Geoffrey Tyack -- English towns in the creative imagination / Stana Nenadic.".
- catalog title "The English urban landscape / edited by Philip Waller.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".