New York City: The Basics offers an accessible look at the dynamic and diverse hub of New York City. Written in a clear, engaging style, the book discusses geographic, historic, demographic, socioeconomic, housing, and governmental aspects in the Bi...Loe edasi...
This book uses the concept of arrival spaces to examine the relationship between migration processes, social infrastructures, and the transformation of urban spaces in Europe since the mid-19th century....Loe edasi...
This interdisciplinary volume focuses on the politics, economics, technologies, uses, and cultures of maintenance of different forms of communication over long time or in Longue Durée....Loe edasi...
In offering a holistic analysis of the vast array of evidence and literature pertaining to the Whitechapel Murders committed in Londons East-End in the Autumn of 1888, this volume offers a multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional consideration of th...Loe edasi...
Using the experiences of the industrial revolution and of imported industralisation during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, The Mainspring of Economic Development (originally published in 1980), presents a new approach in the analysis of the...Loe edasi...
This handbook provides an overview of the history and historiography of Madrid from its establishment as the court in 1561 to the present, with essays by leading scholars on a range of topics across culture, economics, politics, society, and urban d...Loe edasi...
States of Emergency (1983) examines the co-ordinated Government contingency planning in Britain to counter major strikes in vital industries, an effort that began in earnest during the aftermath of the First World War....Loe edasi...
England in Transition (1931) examines life and work in eighteenth-century England, a time of massive upheaval as the Industrial Revolution changed every aspect of the countrys economic and social conditions....Loe edasi...
The History of Trade Union Organisation in the North Staffordshire Potteries (1931) is an account, by a potter and trade unionist, of trade unionism in the pottery industry of the region. As well as being a study of the economic background and worki...Loe edasi...
This book explores the architecture of the Baltic States, a region still relatively unexplored in architectural literature. Nevertheless, this collection of essays provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the urban architectural environment...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1998, this book charts the history of the fossil fuels industry in this pivotal region from ancient civilizations through to the new millennium. This was the first overview to be written of the worlds original oil and gas ind...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1990 and written with full access to the official records of the NGA, this book provides a remarkably detailed history of one of Britains most democratic and industrially effective trades unions. The author describes and anal...Loe edasi...
As the first geographical study of interwar Britain, The Geography of Interwar Britain (originally published in 1988 and now with a new preface by the author) breaks new ground, incorporating original research and new interpretations of the work of...Loe edasi...
First published in 1923, Labour and the Industrial Revolution is an examination of opinions (17601832) on the right place of wage-earner under the State. The author treats of the machine as the groundwork of economic and ethical theory and of the mo...Loe edasi...
This book draws out the relationship between the shift in hospitality to the foreigner and the European Enlightenment during the so-called long eighteenth century a relationship pertinent to todays landscape....Loe edasi...
Global City Typologies explores the historical, cultural, and socio-economic transactional forces in the development of existing cities through to newly planned and emerging cities. Individual chapters address different sets and typologies of global...Loe edasi...
The second volume of the two-volume set on Song dynasty cities focuses on municipal development policies and population management strategies in urban areas....Loe edasi...
This first volume of a two-volume set on Song dynasty cities examines the innovative urban institutions and management practices that emerged during this period....Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1985, Diet and Health in Modern Britain examines the changes in diet and health in Britain during the rapid social development of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is particularly concerned with the ways i...Loe edasi...
