Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Coping with city growth, past and present
- 2 The urban demographic transition: Births, deaths, and immigration
- 3 Migrant selectivity, brain drain, and human capital transfers
- 4 The demand for labor and immigrant absorption off the farm
- 5 Absorbing the city immigrants
- 6 The impact of the Irish on British labor markets
- 7 Did British labor markets fail during the industrial revolution?
- 8 Did Britain's cities grow too fast?
- 9 City housing, density, disamenities, and death
- 10 Did Britain underinvest in its cities?
- References
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Coping with city growth, past and present
- 2 The urban demographic transition: Births, deaths, and immigration
- 3 Migrant selectivity, brain drain, and human capital transfers
- 4 The demand for labor and immigrant absorption off the farm
- 5 Absorbing the city immigrants
- 6 The impact of the Irish on British labor markets
- 7 Did British labor markets fail during the industrial revolution?
- 8 Did Britain's cities grow too fast?
- 9 City housing, density, disamenities, and death
- 10 Did Britain underinvest in its cities?
- References
- Index
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- Coping with City Growth during the British Industrial Revolution , pp. 310 - 330Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1990