Victorian Cities by Asa Briggs

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Victorian Cities

Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Melbourne, London

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Penguin
Paperback : 27 Sep 1990
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In 1837, in England and Wales, there were only five provcial cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. By 1891 this number had increased to twenty-three, while London had expanded two and a third times. 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.