Lists and classifies without annotation over 20,000 references drawn from decades of issues of Urban History and its predecessor Urban History Yearbook . Following the annual bibliographies, carries academic journal articles, books listed in the British National Bibliography, local history publications, and non-British publications (mostly French and North American). The topical sections cover general works, population, physical structure, social structure, economic structure, transportation and communications, politics and administration, planning and environment, culture, and attitudes to towns and cities. Indexed by place and author. Distributed in the US by Ashgate. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Richard Rodger is the prize-winning author of The Transformation of Edinburgh: Land, Property and Trust and has wide ranging interests in the development of towns and cities. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Science and Emeritus Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Edinburgh.