Provincial Towns in Early Modern England and Ireland - Change, Convergence and Divergence, 2001, 250 p., 26 ill. -

Between 1500 and 1800 the urban systems of England and Ireland underwent changes of great long-term significance. This volume brings together historians and geographers from Britain and Ireland to examine the common themes affecting provincial towns and to discuss whether the trajectories of urban development in the 2 countries converged or diverged during the period.