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- Urban History Review - Peer-reviewed Journal of Canadian urban history. Illustrated history, abstracts and contents for current issue, editorial policies, and guidelines for authors provided.
- H-Urban - Edited e-mail discussion list in the field of urban history. Guidelines for participation, list of edtiors, archives, link for subscribing, and related internet links.
- The Urban History Association - Purpose is to stimulate interest and research in the history of urban life in all periods and geographical areas. Organization information, online newsletter, conference announcements, and internet links.
- Reading a Community: Urban History at the Local Level - Online curriculum for honors seminar at the University of Guelph. Focus is on case study of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
- Life in the Model City: Stories of Urban Renewal in New Haven - An oral history-based exhibit about urban renewal in Connecticut during the 1950s and 1960s, produced by the New Haven Oral History Project at Yale University.
- Institute of Urban History - Stockholm, Sweden. Promotes the study of urban, municipal and local history, primarily in Sweden and other Nordic countries. General information, publications lists, directory of Ph.D students, and related internet links. [English and Swedish]
- Ferrol: Urban History - An academic multimedia essay on the Spanish city of (1726-2005), developed by the Urban Studies Workshop of the University of A Coruña.
- Urban History - Scholarly journal: profile, rates, instructions for contributors, and sample listing of recent articles.
- Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester, UK - Information about curriculum and research programs.
- The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets - Book by urban reformer Jane Addams explores the dangers faced by modern youth and their alienation caused by commercialized recreation, no outlets for romance and adventure, and the monotony of modern industry. Published in 1909.
Wikipedia Articles
- Urban history - Urban history is a field of history that attempts examine the historical nature of cities and towns, and the process of urbanisation. The approach tends to be multidisciplinary, crossing boundaries into fields like local history, architectural history, urban sociology and urban geography.
- The Economic History Society - The Economic History Society exists to support research and teaching in economic and social history. The Society also acts as a pressure group working to influence government policy in the interests of history, alongside other societies, such as the Social History Society, the Agricultural History Society, the Urban History Group and the Association of Business Historians, and in concert with professional bodies ...
- Oregon pioneer history - Oregon Pioneer History (1806 to 1890) is the time in the European History of Oregon when pioneers and mountain men traveled west to explore and settle the lands west of the Rocky Mountains and north of California. The period begins after the Lewis and Clark Expedition to Oregon Country and runs until circa 1890 when railroads and urban centers created ...
- History of New York City (1946-1977) - The history of New York City (1946–1977) saw the emergence of New York immediately after World War II as the unquestioned leading city of the world. However, after peaking in population in 1950, the city slowly declined with changes in industry and commerce, urban sprawl outside the city and crime, reaching something of a crisis period in the 1970s.
- History of Sudan (Coming of Islam to the Turkiyah) - In the history of Sudan, the coming of Islam eventually changed the nature of Sudanese society and facilitated the division of the country into north and south. Islam also fostered political unity, economic growth, and educational development among its adherents; however, these benefits were restricted largely to urban and commercial centers.