Exploring the Urban Past : Essays in Urban History by H. J. Dyos (Paperback)

Acknowledgements; Introduction: H. J. Dyos and the urban process David Reeder; Part I. The Urbanising World: 1. The Victorian city in historical perspective; 2. Urbanity and suburbanity; 3. Greater and greater London: metropolis and provinces in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; 4. Some historical reflections on the quality of urban life; Part II. Transport and Urban Transformation: 5. The objects of street improvement in Regency and early Victorian London; 6. Workmen's fare in south London, 1860?1914; 7. Railways and housing in Victorian London; 8. Some social costs of railway-building in London; Part III. The Urban Fabric: 9. The slums of Victorian London; 10. The speculative builders and developers of Victorian London; 11. A Victorian speculative builder: Edward Yates; 12. A guide to the streets of Victorian London; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes.