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    Intelligent Town: An Urban History of Swansea, 1780-1855
    Intelligent Town: An Urban History of Swansea, 1780-1855
    Intelligent Town: An Urban History of Swansea, 1780-1855
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    Intelligent Town: An Urban History of Swansea, 1780-1855

    By Louise Miskell

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    This is the first full-length study of Swansea’s urban development from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. It tells the little known story of how Swansea gained an unrivalled position of influence as an urban centre, which led it briefly to claim to be the ‘metropolis of Wales’, and how it then lost this status in the face of rapid urban development elsewhere in Wales. As such it provides an important new perspective on Welsh urban history in which the role of Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil and even Bristol are better known as towns of influence in Welsh urban life. It also offers an analysis of how Swansea’s experience of urbanisation fits into the wider picture of British urban history.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Wales Press
    Release dateSep 15, 2019
    ISBN9781786835574
    Intelligent Town: An Urban History of Swansea, 1780-1855
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    Louise Miskell

    Louise Miskell teaches history at Swansea University. Interested in towns and industries in modern Britain, her current research is focused on the Welsh copper and steel industries, and the communities they shaped.

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