The End of the Urban Ancient Regime in England (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781443870726)

Frédéric Moret (École Normale Supérieure de Saint-Cloud 1984, Agrégation d'Histoire 1988) is Professor of History at Université Paris-Est Marne la Vallée. While completing his thesis at Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot in 1994, he studied the English and French Socialists' perceptions and representations of the town during the first half of the nineteenth century (Les socialistes et la ville. Grande-Bretagne, France, 1820-1850, ENS éditions, 1999). A specialist of urban history, in both England and France, his research has focused in particular on the building of Paris' fortifications. This book is the updated English version of the main part of his professorial thesis (habilitation à diriger des recherches) defended in 2010 at Université Paris-Est on Penser et construire l'urbain en Angleterre et en France au XIXe siècle.