An admirable study....Any economic, urban or demographic historian who ignores [it] does so at their peril.
CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY
By some distance the most complete and sophisticated history ever attempted of Middlesbrough. ... [Yasumoto] has thrown down a challenge to other historians of regional economic development and provided a model for how the history of Victorian urban ... Read morecommunities can be researched and written.
NORTHERN HISTORY
Future scholars will be grateful for the data made available in this study.
VICTORIAN STUDIES
This stimulating study is not only a significant contribution to Middlesbrough's history but also has much to offer for anyone interested in Victorian economic and social history.
CLEVELAND HISTORY
[A] thorough and meticulously researched book, full of impressive detail which paints a vivid picture [...] It provides an excellent basis for understanding the foundation and take-off in the growth of a town and industry, and makes an important contribution to the analysis of population growth during the rapid industrialisation of a previously undeveloped area.
YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
[A] useful contribution to the urban, demographic, and medical history of midnineteenth-century Britain.
ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW
[A] most meticulously researched study.
THE LOCAL HISTORIAN
This study [...] will doubtless become a chief authority on industrialization and rapid urban development.
MINER'S ADVICE WEBSITE
Though packed with statistics, the author has worked them well into a readable narrative in which the general reader will find much of interest and a student of industrial and social history will revel.
YORKSHIRE GAZETTE & HERALD
[T]his thoroughly researched study makes use of an impressive array of sources in providing a detailed quantitative analysis throughout [...] in covering areas as diverse as urban growth, business organizations, labour markets and the contested terrain of medical provision, Victorian Ironopolis is sure to have broad appeal to urban historians researching a range of topics.
URBAN HISTORY
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