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Urbanization

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Social history
Cities and towns
Sociology, Urban
Social history
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Urban policy
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  • Building materials marching out of London and forming new built-up areas in the countryside. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1829.

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    Building materials marching out of London and forming new built-up areas in the countryside. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1829.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: November 1st 1829 | Reference: 578910i
    Part of: Scraps and sketches depicting scenes of British life.
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    New communities in Britain : achievements and problems / [John Henry Nicholson].

    Nicholson, J. H. (John Henry), 1889-1972. | Date: [1961]
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    Smell detectives : an olfactory history of nineteenth-century urban America / Melanie A. Kiechle.

    Kiechle, Melanie A. | Date: [2017]
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    Taming Manhattan : environmental battles in the antebellum city / Catherine McNeur.

    McNeur, Catherine | Date: 2014
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    Triumph of the city : how urban spaces make us human / Edward Glaeser.

    Glaeser, Edward L. (Edward Ludwig), 1967- | Date: 2012

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19th-20th centuries
United States
United Kingdom
Cities
History, 20th Century
Cities
Urban Population
England
City Planning
City Planning

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