Urban History features articles covering social, economic, political and cultural aspects of the history of towns and cities. We're worldwide in scope.
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📢New article in JBS!
📗"The Invention of the English Historic Town: The Place of Vernacular Architecture, ca. 1780-1850," by Rosemary Helen Sweet
Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Check out our editor Roey Sweet's latest article in @jbritishstudies.bsky.social
Focusing on case studies of Shrewsbury, Chester, York, Coventry, and Bristol, Roey's article analyzes how the concept of the “historic town” emerged in the first half of the nineteenth century
doi.org/10.1017/jbr....
The Invention of the English Historic Town: The Place of Vernacular Architecture, ca. 1780–1850 - Volume 65
My first book, "Inspecting the home: Urban poverty and public health in nineteenth-century France", will be published by
@manchesterup.bsky.social in February 2027
To find out more (or to add it to your wish lists...) see the link below:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183149/
Fantastic #UrbanHistory #LGBTHistory PhD opportunity!
🏳️🌈 The Development of a Gayborhood in Post-war London: Mapping Soho and its Archives
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRS411/p...
Fantastic #UrbanHistory #LGBTHistory PhD opportunity!
🏳️🌈 The Development of a Gayborhood in Post-war London: Mapping Soho and its Archives
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRS411/p...
📣 New #OpenAccess article
🧑🦳 @jenmcfarland.bsky.social, 'Old age, urban space and mobility in seventeenth-century Italy'
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
Delighted to see this article out! I look at how the elderly used urban space, and the important role of mobility in old age in early modern Italy.
📚 Check out @samgrinsell.bsky.social's review of Timothy Mitchell's latest book
🌍 The Alibi of Capital: How We Broke the Earth to Steal the Future on the Promise of a Better Tomorrow
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
Love getting to write cross-specialism book reviews, transforms the way I view NY Mayor Mamdani’s economic policies, and what that might mean for developing cities around the world. Read the book! And write reviews!
The Invention of the English Historic Town: The Place of Vernacular Architecture, ca. 1780–1850 - Volume 65
Could someone at #MBS26 know someone great who wants to do a funded PhD with me on unorthodox health activism in Britain?
Explore a PhD Studentship: CDA - The Development of a Gayborhood in Post-war London: Mapping Soho and its Archives. Apply today and discover more PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.
Explore a PhD Studentship: CDA - The Development of a Gayborhood in Post-war London: Mapping Soho and its Archives. Apply today and discover more PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.
Timothy Mitchell, The Alibi of Capital: How We Broke the Earth to Steal the Future on the Promise of a Better Tomorrow. London and New York: Verso, 2026. xi + 388pp. 4 figures. £30/45.95CAN.
📢New article in JBS!
📗"The Invention of the English Historic Town: The Place of Vernacular Architecture, ca. 1780-1850," by Rosemary Helen Sweet
Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Urban History
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📣 New #OpenAccess article
🧑🦳 @jenmcfarland.bsky.social, 'Old age, urban space and mobility in seventeenth-century Italy'
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
The Invention of the English Historic Town: The Place of Vernacular Architecture, ca. 1780–1850 - Volume 65
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Urban History
📚 @richardasquith.bsky.social on Hugo Soly's Capital at Work in Antwerp’s Golden Age
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
📚 @kgarner.bsky.social on Daniel Wortel-London's The Menace of Prosperity
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
I am looking for someone fab to join me at Strathclyde on a funded PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism. If you are that person, or know someone who is, there's a month left to apply! #HistMed www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...
