Peter Clark was until recently Professor of European Urban History at the University of Helsinki. Educated at Oxford he was the first director (1985) of the Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester where he remains Visiting Professor. In 1989 he helped found the European Association for Urban History and he has published or edited over 20 books on urban, social, cultural and environmental history. In 2010 he received an honorary degree from Stockholm University.

• PART I: EARLY CITIES; PART II: PRE-MODERN CITIES; PART III: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CITIES

This is no mere handbook, but a most valuable addition to what is proving to be an impressive series.

Peter Clark was until recently Professor of European Urban History at the University of Helsinki. Educated at Oxford he was the first director (1985) of the Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester where he remains Visiting Professor. In 1989 he helped found the European Association for Urban History and he has published or edited over 20 books on urban, social, cultural and environmental history. In 2010 he received an honorary degree from Stockholm University.

• PART I: EARLY CITIES; PART II: PRE-MODERN CITIES; PART III: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CITIES

This is no mere handbook, but a most valuable addition to what is proving to be an impressive series.

Peter Clark was until recently Professor of European Urban History at the University of Helsinki. Educated at Oxford he was the first director (1985) of the Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester where he remains Visiting Professor. In 1989 he helped found the European Association for Urban History and he has published or edited over 20 books on urban, social, cultural and environmental history. In 2010 he received an honorary degree from Stockholm University.

• PART I: EARLY CITIES; PART II: PRE-MODERN CITIES; PART III: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CITIES

This is no mere handbook, but a most valuable addition to what is proving to be an impressive series.