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OverviewDark satanic mills, cobbled streets and cholera have become common shorthand for the nineteenth-century British town. Over the past century historical reality has merged seamlessly with mythology, literature and caricature to create a dramatic but utterly misleading representation of the urban past. Drawing on pictorial and ephemeral sources that shaped the popular image of British towns, Beyond the metropolis revises our understanding of urbanisation, its representation and interpretation throughout the long nineteenth century. In contrast to myriad publications that address London exclusively, this book examines images that reflect the growing political, social and cultural significance of British provincial towns in the wake of the Industrial Revolution. Covering locations from Bristol to Leeds, Glasgow to Birmingham and Manchester to Swansea, it employs hitherto unexplored visual and ephemeral sources to reveal a complex and compelling new narrative of British urbanisation. -- . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Katy Layton-Jones , Rebecca MortimerPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.685kg ISBN: 9780719099694ISBN 10: 0719099692 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 11 February 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'Layton-Jones’s Beyond the Metropolis currently holds a prominent position on my bookshelf for both teaching and research. It has already been ordered for students taking my nineteenth-century urban history module. There is perhaps no stronger praise of a book than this.' Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire -- . 'Layton-Jones's Beyond the Metropolis currently holds a prominent position on my bookshelf for both teaching and research. It has already been ordered for students taking my nineteenth-century urban history module. There is perhaps no stronger praise of a book than this.' Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire -- . Author InformationKaty Layton-Jones is a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester and an Associate Lecturer at the Open University Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |