The third volume in The Cambridge Urban History of Britain examines the process of urbanisation a...

In the past, accounts of housing were dominated by the analysis of the problems of slum property ...

While conceptions of the 'modern' have been intensively and fruitfully studied from a variety of ...

Academic Working Lives: Experience, Practice and Change examines the ways in which lecturers and ...

In 1914, taxation was about 10 per cent of GNP; by 1979, taxes had risen to almost half of the to...

Previous textbooks on 18th and 19th century Britain have tended to be written either from a socia...

The process of urbanisation and suburbanisation in Britain from the Victorian period to the twent...

The history of the post office involves many of the most significant themes in the social, econom...

Objects and commodities have frequently been studied to assess their position within consumer - o...

First published in 1996. These essays present a statement on the long-term development of welfare...

In 1914, taxation was about 10 per cent of GNP; by 1979, taxes had risen to almost half of the to...

Professor Martin Daunton's major study of the politics of taxation in the 'long' nineteenth centu...