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Article: The Cambridge Urban History of Britain. (Reviews).(Book Review)
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- Journal of Social History
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- March 22, 2003
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The Cambridge Urban. History of Britain. By Peter Clark, General Editor. Volume I (600-1540), ed. by D.M. Palliser; Volume II (1540-1840), ed. by Peter Clark; Volume III (1840-1950), ed. by Martin Daunton (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000, vol. I: xxvi plus 841pp; vol. II: xxvii plus 906pp; vol. III: xxvi plus, 944pp. $400).
This is an ambitious and rewarding work encompassing the research of a generation of urban historians, archeologists, geographers, and architects. Although produced by Cambridge University Press, much credit for the work belongs to the Urban History Center of the University of Leicester with which general editor Peter ...