European cities in the modern era, 1850/1914 / by Friedrich Lenger ; translated by Joel Golb.

• Author: Lenger, Friedrich.
• 出版年: 2012
• 言語: English
• シリーズ: Studies in Central European Histories 57.
• 物理的記述: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• 注記: Description based upon print version of record.

In European Cities in the Modern Era, 1850-1914 Friedrich Lenger analyses the demographic and economic preconditions of European urbanization, compares the extent to which Europe’s cities were characterized by heterogeneity with respect to the social, national and religious composition of its popula...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• Introduction
• Capitals of the Nineteenth Century
• The Urbanization of Europe in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century and its Economic and Demographic Background
• Migration, Urban Society, and Urban Space
• Housing Conditions and Housing Reform
• The Construction of the Modern City: Self-Government, Urban Infrastructure, and Planning in the Epoch of Municipal Socialism
• Culture, Communication, Critique
• The Struggle for Urban Space
• Bibliography
• Index.