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The second volume of The Cambridge Urban History of Britain is the first ever comprehensive study of British towns and cities in the early modern period. It examines when, why, and how Britain became the first modern urban nation - the wonder of the Western world.

The third volume in The Cambridge Urban History of Britain examines the process of urbanisation and suburbanisation from the early Victorian period to the twentieth century. Leading scholars investigate the rise of cities and towns in England, Scotland and Wales, examining their economic, demographic, social, political, cultural and physical development.

The first volume of The Cambridge Urban History of Britain surveys the history of British towns from their post-Roman origins in the seventh century down to the sixteenth century. It provides the first ever detailed overview of medieval urban development, and draws on archaeological and architectural as well as historical sources.