Review Essay: Governance,Citizenship,and Municipal Provision in the Modern City: Robert Colls and Richard Rodger,eds.,Cities of Ideas: Civil Society and Urban Governance in Britain 1800-2000. Aldershot,UK: Ashgate,2004,pp. xix,329,notes,index,£55.00 cloth. Michele Dagenais,Irene Maver,and Pierre-Yves Saunier,eds.,Municipal Services and Employees in the Modern City: New Historic Approaches. Aldershot,UK: Ashgate,2003,pp. xii,238,notes,bibliography,index,£49.50 cloth. Anne B. Rodrick,Self-Help and Civic Culture: Citizenship in Victorian Birmingham. Aldershot,UK: Ashgate,2004,pp. xiv,258,notes,bibliography,index,£49.99 cloth
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Review Essay: Governance,Citizenship,and Municipal Provision in the Modern City: Robert Colls and Richard Rodger,eds.,Cities of Ideas: Civil Society and Urban Governance in Britain 1800-2000. Aldershot,UK: Ashgate,2004,pp. xix,329,notes,index,£55.00 cloth. Michele Dagenais,Irene Maver,and Pierre-Yves Saunier,eds.,Municipal Services and Employees in the Modern City: New Historic Approaches. Aldershot,UK: Ashgate,2003,pp. xii,238,notes,bibliography,index,£49.50 cloth. Anne B. Rodrick,Self-Help and Civic Culture: Citizenship in Victorian Birmingham. Aldershot,UK: Ashgate,2004,pp. xiv,258,notes,bibliography,index,£49.99 cloth
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