Urban and municipal planning and policy

Both the great cities studied in this book are renowned for their imposing streets and buildings, their cultural and political vitality and their cosmopolitan lifestyles, but just outside their centres are neighbourhoods where ordinairy people have their homes, often living in poverty and sometimes in squalor.

This collection of essays in English urban history covers a period which has been called 'the Dark Ages in English Economic History', on which it directs a revealing light.

This collection of essays in English urban history covers a period which has been called 'the Dark Ages in English Economic History', on which it directs a revealing light.

Movement in Cities describes and analyses urban travel in terms of purpose, distance and frequency of journeys and modes and routes used, concentrating mainly on British towns with many references to the United States and Australia.

Movement in Cities describes and analyses urban travel in terms of purpose, distance and frequency of journeys and modes and routes used, concentrating mainly on British towns with many references to the United States and Australia.

This book explores various characteristics of tropical African cities, with special reference to change in the post-independence period.

This book explores various characteristics of tropical African cities, with special reference to change in the post-independence period.

The years between 1776 and 1851 are of profound importance for the social and urban historian.

The years between 1776 and 1851 are of profound importance for the social and urban historian.

Contemporary urban studies engages a wide range of approaches in the analysis of the processes at work in urban areas.

Contemporary urban studies engages a wide range of approaches in the analysis of the processes at work in urban areas.

John and Elizabeth Newson investigate the upbringing of seven hundred Nottingham children as they reach the age of four.

John and Elizabeth Newson investigate the upbringing of seven hundred Nottingham children as they reach the age of four.

With the twentieth century arrived the first electric tramcars in London.

With the twentieth century arrived the first electric tramcars in London.

John Rex is well known as one of Britain's leading sociologists and for his special interest in the sociology of race relations and the sociology of the city.

John Rex is well known as one of Britain's leading sociologists and for his special interest in the sociology of race relations and the sociology of the city.

Local government passed unscathed through the political and economic upheavals which followed the Great Depression.

First published in 2006.

Much rare material is incorporated in this unique account of urbanization in a developing country that was ravaged by war for twenty years.

Much rare material is incorporated in this unique account of urbanization in a developing country that was ravaged by war for twenty years.

Caught between the twin pressures of rising public expectations and falling resources, public services have become the subject of intense academic scrutiny and public debate.

Caught between the twin pressures of rising public expectations and falling resources, public services have become the subject of intense academic scrutiny and public debate.

First published in 1974.

First published in 1974.

Originally published in 1898 as To-Morrow: A peaceful path to reform, "e;the book"e;, writes F.

Originally published in 1898 as To-Morrow: A peaceful path to reform, "e;the book"e;, writes F.

Politics, Planning and the City is designed to introduce the complex political processes and problems of the modern city.

Politics, Planning and the City is designed to introduce the complex political processes and problems of the modern city.

In nineteenth-century Britain, ahead of the rest of the world in economic development, many towns and cities grew to a size that only London had attained before.

In nineteenth-century Britain, ahead of the rest of the world in economic development, many towns and cities grew to a size that only London had attained before.

Hall argues that 'London was the chief manufacturing centre of the country in 1861, and without doubt for centuries before that'.

Hall argues that 'London was the chief manufacturing centre of the country in 1861, and without doubt for centuries before that'.

This book was first published in 1978.

This book was first published in 1978.

The concept of the 'ideal city' is, perhaps, more important today - when planners and architects are so firmly confined by considerations of our immediate environment - than ever before.

The concept of the 'ideal city' is, perhaps, more important today - when planners and architects are so firmly confined by considerations of our immediate environment - than ever before.

Do large cities grow more or less rapidly than small ones?

Do large cities grow more or less rapidly than small ones?

This book was first published in 1947.

This book was first published in 1947.

Cities, Capitalism and Civilization looks at the character and distinctiveness of Western Civilization.

Cities, Capitalism and Civilization looks at the character and distinctiveness of Western Civilization.

This book was first published in 1980.

This book was first published in 1980.

This book begins with an introductory outline of the structure of the city politics of the United States.

This book begins with an introductory outline of the structure of the city politics of the United States.

This collection of case studies, focusing on British scientific culture during the first industrial revolution, explores the social basis of science in the period and asks why such an extraordinarily rich variety of cultural-scientific experience should have flourished at the time.

The rise of cities in the United States from the early seventeenth century to the 1960s is the subject of this sophisticated and witty appraisal by a Pulitzer Prize historian.

Focusing on urban sociology as practised in Britain, the author argues that it is a key element in the response of the 'intellectual proletariat' to urbanization and the calls on it by the State to control the ensuing way of life.