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What is Urban History?
Shane Ewen
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Description for What is Urban History?
Hardback. * This is a new addition to Polity s highly successful What is History series. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
Urban history is a well-established and flourishing field of historical research. Written by a leading scholar, this short introduction demonstrates how urban history draws upon a wide variety of methodologies and sources, and has been integral to the rise of interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to history since the second half of the twentieth century. Shane Ewen offers an accessible and clearly written guide to the study of urban history for the student, teacher, researcher or general reader who is new to the field and interested in learning about past approaches as well as key themes, concepts and trajectories for future ... Read more
Urban history is a well-established and flourishing field of historical research. Written by a leading scholar, this short introduction demonstrates how urban history draws upon a wide variety of methodologies and sources, and has been integral to the rise of interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to history since the second half of the twentieth century. Shane Ewen offers an accessible and clearly written guide to the study of urban history for the student, teacher, researcher or general reader who is new to the field and interested in learning about past approaches as well as key themes, concepts and trajectories for future ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
What is History Series
Condition
New
Weight
360g
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745652689
SKU
V9780745652689
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99-50
About Shane Ewen
Shane Ewen is Senior Lecturer in History at Leeds Beckett University.
Reviews for What is Urban History?
This is a wide-ranging survey which reveals urban history in a European as well as a British context. It is deeply informed, with ideas, approaches and anxieties explained, and shows how urban history opens the way to many histories, illustrated by an innovative section on transnational histories. Robert Morris, Edinburgh University Strongly recommended. Truly international in scope, this ... Read more