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Since the Middle Ages Europe has been one of the most urbanized continents on the planet and Europe's cities have firmly stamped their imprint on the continent's economic, social, political, and cultural life.
This study of European cities and towns from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day looks both at regional trends from across Europe and also at the widely differing fortunes of individual communities on the roller coaster of European urbanization. Taking a wide-angled view of the continent
that embraces northern and eastern Europe as well as the city systems of the Mediterranean and western Europe, it addresses important debates ranging from the nature of urban survival in the post-Roman era to the position of the European city in a globalizing world.
The book is divided into three parts, dealing with the middle ages, the early modern period, and the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - with each part containing chapters on urban trends, the urban economy, social developments, cultural life and landscape, and governance. Throughout, the book
addresses key questions such as the role of migration, including that of women and ethnic minorities; the functioning of competition and emulation between cities, as well as issues of inter-urban cooperation; the different ways civic leaders have sought to promote urban identity and visibility; the
significance of urban autonomy in enabling cities to protect their interests against the state; and not least why European cities and towns over the period have been such pressure cookers for new ideas and creativity, whether economic, political, or cultural.
Preface
1. Introduction
Part I: c. 400-c1500
2. Urban Trends
3. Economy
4. Social Life
5. Culture and Landscape
6. Governance
Part II: c. 1500-1800
7. Urban Trends
8. Economy
9. Social Life
10. Culture and Landscape
11. Governance
Part III: c. 1800-2000
12. Urban Trends
13. Economy
14. Social Life
15. Culture and Landscape
16. Governance
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"A fine synthesis - a tour de force - that embodies a hugely impressive range of knowledge and understanding about towns, and deserves to have the widest readership"
--Professor Peter Borsay, University of AberystwythPeter Clark is Professor of European Urban History at the University of Helsinki. Educated at Oxford, he was previously professor at the University of Leicester, where he was Director of the Centre for Urban History. In 1989 he helped found the European Association for Urban History.
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- ISBN9780198700548
- Code produit629119
- ÉditeurOXFORD UNIV. PRESS
- Date de publication1 avril 2009
- FormatPapier