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Young People and the Shaping of Public Space in Melbourne, 1870-1914
Language: en
Pages: 297
Authors: Simon Sleight
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-11 - Publisher: Routledge

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Baby booms have a long history. In 1870, colonial Melbourne was ’perspiring juvenile humanity’ with an astonishing 42 per cent of the city’s inhabitants a
Governance and Public Space in the Australian City
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Anna Temby
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-09-19 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Governance and Public Space in the Australian City is a rich and evocative examination of the production and use of public spaces in Australian cities in the la
A City for Children
Language: en
Pages: 479
Authors: Marta Gutman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-19 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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American cities are constantly being built and rebuilt, resulting in ever-changing skylines and neighborhoods. While the dynamic urban landscapes of New York, B
Dangerous amusements
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Laura Harrison
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-06-14 - Publisher: Manchester University Press

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In neighbourhoods and public spaces across Britain, young working people walked out together, congregated in the streets, and paraded up and down on the ‘monk
Walking Histories, 1800-1914
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: Chad Bryant
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-16 - Publisher: Springer

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Few historians have written about walking, despite its obvious centrality to the human condition. Focusing on the period 1800-1914, this book examines the pract