Gary McDonogh is Helen Herrmann Chair and Professor of Growth and Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr College.
Sergi Martínez-Rigol is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Barcelona.

Acknowledgments ix

Map of Barcelona xiv

Introduction 1

1 The Evolution of a Mediterranean City (to 1000 CE) 15

2 Barcelona the Capital (1000-1500) 53

3 Decline and Renewal (1500-1800) 97

4 The Industrial City (1800-1900) 127

5 The Exploding Metropolis (1900-1939) 167

6 Barcelona under Franco (1939-1970s) 207

7 Barcelona Today and Tomorrow (1970s- ) 241

Selected Sources 274

Chronology 288

Notes 299

Credits 315

Index 316