Research in urban history: a review of recent theses
Barry M. Doyle a1 a1 School of Law, Arts and Humanities, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA
Abstract
This year's review is slightly shorter than usual, but does provide a broad overview of the types of current research being undertaken in the field of urban history by doctoral students in Great Britain and North America. As in previous years, the survey employs a wide interpretation of ‘urban history’ which includes both the history of, and history in, urban areas. Providing brief summaries of a selection of abstracts published in the Aslib Index
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Theses [ASLIB] and Dissertations
Abstracts
International [DAI] of theses completed mostly in 1998 and 1999, it attempts to highlight both the novel and traditional in current research.
