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Article: The cambridge Urban History of Britain. Volume II: 1540-1840.(Review)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 2001
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The cambridge Urban History of Britain. Volume II: 1540--1840. Peter Clark, editor. Cambridge University Press. [pound]90.00. 906 pages. ISBN 0-521-43141-7. This second volume covers the period in which England, if not Britain as a whole, became, almost, an urban society. Whereas in 1540 only London was noted by visitors, by the end of the 1700s provincial towns and cities were cited as examples, along with London, of what urban life could and should be. These places were envied by the rest of the world for their order, cleanliness, affluence, levels of civilisation and trade. By the end of the period under survey, these same towns and cities were caught up in a massive ...