TY - BOOK ID - 263979 TI - Serving the urban community : the rise of public facilities in the Low Countries AU - van der Heijden, Manon AU - van Nederveen Meerkerk, Elise AU - Vermeersch, Griet PY - 2009 SN - 9789052603506 PB - Amsterdam Aksant DB - UniCat KW - History of the Low Countries KW - anno 1500-1799 KW - Cities and towns KW - Municipal services KW - History. KW - Municipal services within corporate limits KW - Public services KW - Municipal government KW - Public utilities KW - Global cities KW - Municipalities KW - Towns KW - Urban areas KW - Urban systems KW - Human settlements KW - Sociology, Urban KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:263979 AB - "This volume explores various aspects of developments in public facilities in the early modern Low Countries. The Low Countries are an excellent case study for this purpose, because of high levels of urbanization and the relevant comparison between the north and the south of the Netherlands."--BOOK JACKET. ER -