BCLM: Forging Ahead: building a new urban history of the Black Country
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DOI: 10.1017/s0963926819001159
Abstract: Abstract The recreation of urban historical space in museums is inevitably a complex, large-scale endeavour bridging the worlds of academic and public history. BCLM: Forging Ahead at the Black Country Living Museum is a £23m… read more here.
Keywords: country; forging ahead; urban history; bclm forging ... See more keywords
Bob Morris: an appreciation
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DOI: 10.1017/s0963926823000044
Abstract: In September 1966, a meeting in Leicester, described as a ‘round table’, was arranged by Dr H.J. Dyos. It was prompted by a groundswell of interest in cities and urban development, both historical and contemporary,… read more here.
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The Global Urban History Project
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DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2017.1402695
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper introduces Planning Perspectives readers to the Global Urban History Project (GUHP), a new initiative to support sustained conversations in the field of global urban history that has important implications for international planning… read more here.
Keywords: history; history project; global urban; urban history ... See more keywords
Sin Cities: From History to Sociology to Urban History, an Interdisciplinary Journey
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DOI: 10.1177/0096144218789796
Abstract: An account of an intellectual journey across disciplinary borders combined with a foray into new teaching methodologies that resulted in the construction of a popular course in urban history at a flagship public university that… read more here.
Keywords: sin cities; cities history; journey; history ... See more keywords
A Portrait of North American Urban Historians
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DOI: 10.1177/0096144218801598
Abstract: A survey of members of the Urban History Association (UHA) undertaken in March 2017 provides information about the character, views, and prospects of urban history in North America. Most UHA members are professional historians. Their… read more here.
Keywords: portrait north; north american; urban historians; american urban ... See more keywords