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The City and Education in Four Nations offers a much-needed study of urban education across a range of nations. Its unique contribution opens new research agendas in a number of fields.

The City and Education in Four Nations offers a much-needed study of urban education across a range of nations. Its unique contribution opens new research agendas in a number of fields.

This book examines fifteen towns, mainly situated on the rivers Meuse and Scheldt and along the North Sea coast of present-day Belgium, Holland and France. The author provides details of the impact of political, military, ecclesiastical, economic and social factors on the development of these towns.

Small towns comprised the great majority of urban settlements in pre-industrial Europe. This is the first major work in English on the subject to give a pan-European perspective on the changing role of small towns throughout all parts of Europe from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century.

Small towns comprised the great majority of urban settlements in pre-industrial Europe. This is the first major work in English on the subject to give a pan-European perspective on the changing role of small towns throughout all parts of Europe from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century.

This 2001 book was the first survey of relations between town and country across Europe between the Black Death and the Enlightenment. Thirteen specially commissioned chapters give comprehensive coverage, from Spain to Sweden, and from the Polish Commonwealth to the Netherlands and Italy.

This 2001 book was the first survey of relations between town and country across Europe between the Black Death and the Enlightenment. Thirteen specially commissioned chapters give comprehensive coverage, from Spain to Sweden, and from the Polish Commonwealth to the Netherlands and Italy.

This is a landmark publication for urban studies of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries which appears here in English. It provides a synoptic view of the evolution of the French urban system before the Industrial Revolution by examining not only the major cities but the wider urban hierarchy.