Books by Richard (University of Leicester) Rodger

The history of housing encapsulates many problems associated with the transition from a rural to an overwhelmingly urban nation. This book is the ideal introduction to a central issue in nineteenth-century history, reviewing the recent arguments and offering a guide to further reading.

This clear and lucid study, based on a formidable amount of new archival research, explores the physical transformation of Edinburgh in the nineteenth century. Historians - whether political, urban, economic, social or legal - will find challenging new insights here, which have a resonance far beyond the confines of one city.