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The Cambridge Urban History of Europe HB Set

The Cambridge Urban History of Europe 3 Volumes Hardback Set

The Cambridge Urban History of Europe 3 Volumes Hardback Set

Maarten Prak , Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
October 2025
Not yet published - available from October 2025
Multiple copy pack
9781108966283

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    Split into three volumes chronologically, The Cambridge Urban History of Europe comprehensively and methodically examines Europe's long urban history from its pre-historic roots through to today. Featuring over a hundred essays from experts across various disciplines and countries, the volumes provide an up-to-date analysis of current issues and major themes in urban studies, and sheds new light on regions that are often ignored or receive marginal treatment. The volumes explore topics including, but not limited to, urban landscapes, urban planning, warfare, health care, gender roles, economics, mobility, and religion from a cross-disciplinary perspective to create a broad picture of Europe's urban existence across time to the present. Authoritative and contemporary, the collection is a state-of-the-art survey of the history of urban Europe.

    • Explores the urban history of Europe across three millennia
    • Features more than a hundred essays from experts across various disciplines and countries to create a global, authoritative, and broad perspective
    • Offers accessible insights into Europe's urban history by featuring short-form essays to engage wider audiences

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    October 2025
    Multiple copy pack
    9781108966283
    1950 pages
    229 × 152 mm
    95 b/w illus. 40 maps 30 tables
    Not yet published - available from October 2025

    Table of Contents

    • Volume I. Ancient Europe
    • Volume II. Medieval and Early Modern Europe
    • Volume III. Modern and Contemporary Europe.
      Contributors
    • Maarten Prak, Penelope J. E. Davies, Christina G. Williamson, Patrick Lantschner, Dorothee Brantz, Gabor Sonkoly

    • General Editor
    • Maarten Prak , Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands

      Maarten Prak was, until his retirement in 2021, Professor of Social and Economic History at the Department of History and Art History, Utrecht University. He is an expert on the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, particularly the Dutch Golden Age. He is the author of Citizens without Nations: Urban Citizenship in Europe and the World c. 1000–1789 (2018).