A 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.
Asa Briggs, former provost of Worcester College, Oxford, is the author of many works on 19th-century British history.
411 pp.
9780520079229$33.95|Paper
Mar 1993