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An autobiography by the famous Alice Salomon--the German Jane Addams

An important examination of the colorful histories of urbanization and social reform in Imperial Germany

A major new survey of urbanization and the making of modern Europe from the mid-eighteenth century to the First World War. During these years Europe experienced startling rates of urbanization, with the populations of numerous cities growing by 1000 percent or more. This book explores the causes, course and consequences of this urban explosion. The authors link urban growth to industrialization, migration, and the growth of colonial empires. T...

Survey of urbanization and the making of modern Europe from the mid-eighteenth century to the First World War.

This is a serious and valuable contribution to the vast literature of urbanism." -Journal of European Studies Although the social and economic aspects of modern urbanization are readily apparent, the impact of city growth on ideas and attitudes rarely receives the attention it deserves. In Cities Perceived, Andrew Lees fills this research gap by examining a number of trends including the cultural assimilation of European and American urbanizat...

This is a serious and valuable contribution to the vast literature of urbanism." -Journal of European Studies Although the social and economic aspects of modern urbanization are readily apparent, the impact of city growth on ideas and attitudes rarely receives the attention it deserves. In Cities Perceived, Andrew Lees fills this research gap by examining a number of trends including the cultural assimilation of European and American urbanizat...

The City: A World History depicts the rise of urban centers from the middle of the fourth century BCE to the early twenty-first century. It begins in the ancient Near East, and traces urban growth and its effects throughout Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

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The City: A World History depicts the rise of urban centers from the middle of the fourth century BCE to the early twenty-first century. It begins in the ancient Near East, and traces urban growth and its effects throughout Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.