Victorian Cities

Victorian Cities
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 411
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ISBN-10 : 0140135820
ISBN-13 : 9780140135824
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Book Synopsis Victorian Cities by : Asa Briggs

Download or read book Victorian Cities written by Asa Briggs and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1990 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1837, in England and Wales, there were only five provincial cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. By 1891 there were twenty-three. Over the same period London s population more than doubled. In this companion volume to Victorian People and Victorian Things, Lord Briggs focuses on the cities of Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Melbourne (an example of a Victorian community overseas) and London, comparing and contrasting their social, political and topographical development. Full of illuminating detail, Victorian Cities presents a unique social, political and economic bird's-eye view of the past."


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