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THE CAMBRIDGE URBAN HISTORY OF BRITAIN (3 VOLUMES)

Written by D.M. Palliser, Peter Clark, Martin Daunton
Published by Cambridge University Press in 2000

THE CAMBRIDGE URBAN HISTORY OF BRITAIN (3 VOLUMES)
Written by D.M. Palliser, Peter Clark, Martin Daunton.
Stock no. 1830885
1st. 2000. Hardback. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The complex and diverse evolution of British towns from the earliest Anglo-Saxon settlements to the mid-twentieth century. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spines. Volume I: 600 - 1540; Volume II: 1540-1840; Volume III:P 1840 - 1950. A heavy set. A lovely set. Dustwrappers are lightly scuffed.

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Cover of THE CAMBRIDGE URBAN HISTORY OF BRITAIN (3 VOLUMES) by D.M. Palliser; Peter Clark; Martin Daunton

Contents

  • VOLUME I
  • List of Plates
  • List of Maps
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Contributors
  • Prefaced by the General Editor
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • PART I INTRODUCTORY
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • D.M. Palliser
  • 2 THE ORIGINS OF BRITISH TOWNS
  • D.M. Pallisser
  • PART II THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES 600-1300
  • 3 GENERAL SURVEY 600-1300
  • Grenville Astill
  • 4 POWER AND AUTHORITY 600-1300
  • James Campbell
  • 5 SOCIETY AND POPULATION 600-1300
  • Richard Holt
  • 6 THE ECONOMY OF BRITISH TOWNS 600-1300
  • Richardc Britnell
  • 7 CHURCHES, EDUCATION AND LITERACY IN TOWNS 600-1300
  • Julia Burrow
  • 8 THE TOPOGRAPHY OF TOWNS 600-1300
  • D.M. Palliser, T.R. Slater and E. Patricia Denninson
  • 9 LONDON FROM THE POST-ROMAN PERIOD TO 1300
  • Derek Keene
  • 10 THE LARGE TOWNS 600-1300
  • David A Hinton
  • 11 SMALL TOWNS 600-1270
  • John Blair
  • PART III THE LATER MIDDLE AGES 1300-1540
  • 12 GENERAL SURVEY 1300-1540
  • Barrie Dobson
  • 13 GOVERNMENT, POWER AND AUTHORITY 1300-1540
  • S.H. Rigby and Elizabeth Ewan
  • 14 THE ECONOMY OF BRITISH TOWNS 1300-1540
  • Richard Britnell
  • 15 URBAN CULTURE AND TGHE CHURCH 1300-1540
  • Gervase Rosser with Scottish Material by E. Patricia Dennison
  • 16 THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 1300-1540
  • John Schofield and Geoffrey Stell
  • 17 LONDON 1300-1540
  • Caroline M Barron
  • 18 THE GREATER TOWNS 1300-1540
  • Jennifer Kermode
  • 19 PORT TOWNS
  • (a) ENGLAND AND WALES 1300-1540
  • Maryanne Kowaleski
  • (b) SCOTLAND 1300-1540
  • David Ditchburn
  • 20 SMALL TOWNS 1270-1540
  • Christopher Dyer
  • PART IV REGIONAL SURVEYS
  • 21 REGIONAL INTRODUCTION (ENGLAND WALES)
  • Derek Keene and D.M. Palliser
  • 22
  • (a) THE SOUTH-EAST OF ENGLAND
  • Derek Keene
  • (b) THE SOUTH-WEST OF ENGLAND
  • T.R. Slater
  • (c) THE MIDLANDS
  • Christopher Dyer and T.R. Slater
  • (d) EAST ANGLIA
  • Barbel Brodt
  • (e) NORTHERN TOWNS
  • Jennifer Kermode
  • (f) WALES AND THE MARCHES
  • Ralph A. Griffiths
  • 23 SCOTLAND
  • E. Patricia Dennison and Grant G Simpson
  • PART V CONCLUSION
  • 24 CONCLUSION
  • D.M. Palliser
  • APPENDIX: RANKING LISTS OF ENGLISH MEDIEVAL TOWNS
  • Alan Dyer
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • VOLUME II
  • List of Plates
  • List of Maps
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Contributors
  • Prefaced by the General Editor
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • Peter Clark
  • PART I AREA SURVEYS 1540-1840
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Peter Clark
  • 2 ENGLAND
  • (a) EAST ANGLIA
  • Penelope J. Corfield
  • (b) SOUTH-EAST
  • C.W. Chalkin
  • (c) SOUTH WEST
  • Jonathan Barry
  • (d) MIDLANDS
  • Alan Dyer
  • (e) NORTH
  • John K. Walton
  • 3 WALES
  • Philip Jenkins
  • 4 SCOTLAND
  • T.M. Devine
  • PART II URBAN THEMES AND TYPES 1540-1700
  • 5 TOWNS IN AN AGRARIAN ECONOMY 1540-1700
  • Paul Glennie and Ian Whyte
  • 6 POPULATION AND DISEASE, ESTRANGEMENT AND BELONGING 1540-1700
  • P. Griffiths, J. Landers, M. Pelling and R. Tyson
  • 7 POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 1540-1700
  • Ian A. Archer
  • 8 REFORMATION AND CULTURE 1540-1700
  • Vanessa Harding