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Modern Birmingham and its institutions: a chronicle of local events, from 1841 to 1871 (Volume I)

Modern Birmingham and its institutions: a chronicle of local events, from 1841 to 1871 (Volume I)

Alfred Langford, John

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ISBN10: 9353708869
ISBN13: 9789353708863
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 546
Weight: 1.51
Height: 1.22 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Victorian Birmingham did not happen by accident. It was argued into being, minute by minute, committee by committee. Modern Birmingham and its institutions: a chronicle of local events, from 1841 to 1871 (Volume I) is John Alfred Langford's clear-eyed municipal chronicle volume of a city remaking itself at speed. Names, dates, decisions, and lives. Drawing on the public record, it tracks nineteenth-century civic history as Birmingham England 1841-1871 moves from industrialization and urban growth to new expectations of order, health, education, and culture. You see Birmingham public institutions taking shape, and you feel the pressures of urban governance and politics that turned local disputes into lasting reforms. For readers of English urban history and Victorian local history, Langford offers a grounded narrative that keeps close to events while revealing the character of the Victorian Midlands. Its attention to meetings, elections, improvements, and controversies makes it essential Victorian Midlands history, and a reliable anchor for UK local studies collections. It is also a remarkably useful UK local studies reference: a primary source collection for historians, librarians, and anyone doing family history research who needs context for addresses, occupations, councils, and civic campaigns. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this classic of Birmingham history is restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure -- it belongs on the shelves of serious local historians and of general readers who want to understand how modern city life was built.

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