Victorian cities ([New ed.])

In 1837, in England and Wales, there were only five provcial cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants.

By 1891 this number had increased to 23, and London had expanded two and a third times.

In this companion volume to "Victorian People and Victorian Things", Lord Briggs focuses on the cities of Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Melbourne (an example of a Victorian community overseas) and London, comparing and contrasting their social, political and topographical development.

Full of illuminating detail, "Victorian Cities" presents a social, political and economic bird's-eye view of the past.