The Georgian town 1680-1840

This text explores the changing functions, character and experiences of British towns and their inhabitants in a period of vigorous activity in almost every sphere of urban life.

This new synthesis reflects the quantity and quality of the research into the urban world in the "long 18th century" that has appeared in the last few decades.

It providesa guid e to new interpretations of the vitality and diversity of town life in this age of rapid and sometimes unsettling change.