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- The Cambridge Urban History of Europe
- The Cambridge Urban History of Europe
- Modern and Contemporary Europe
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume III
- Acknowledgements
- Editors’ Introduction to the Series
- Additional material
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Urban History: The Growth and Internationalisation of an Interdisciplinary Field
- Part I Regions and Global Connections
- Part II Themes
- Conceptualising Cities
- The Urban Fabric and Environment
- Urban Societies and Economies
- Urban Societies between Order and Disorder
- Index
- References
Conceptualising Cities
from Part II - Themes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2026
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Urban History of Europe
- The Cambridge Urban History of Europe
- Modern and Contemporary Europe
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume III
- Acknowledgements
- Editors’ Introduction to the Series
- Additional material
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Urban History: The Growth and Internationalisation of an Interdisciplinary Field
- Part I Regions and Global Connections
- Part II Themes
- Conceptualising Cities
- The Urban Fabric and Environment
- Urban Societies and Economies
- Urban Societies between Order and Disorder
- Index
- References
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- The Cambridge Urban History of Europe , pp. 239Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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