Originally published in two volumes, this works focus is particularly in the study of the social and intellectual attitudes of Victorian society to the challenge of urbanization. It has a many-sided approach to the total phenomenon of the city, dealing on many levels with the city environment and includes: discussion of the city's growth, fabric, institutions, health, poverty, politics, religion, diversions; analysis of the ways in which artists, photographers and ordinary people responded to these new landscapes; illustrations from contemporary photographs, lantern slides, magazine illustrations, paintings and other material, much of which was published here for the first time. The books should appeal to a wide general audience and gain the attention of a range of scholars - historians, literary and art historians, social scientists, and architects and town planners. This set is also available in two volumes: Volume One: 0-415-19323-0: #125.00 and Volume Two: 0-415-19324-9: #125.00.