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London: Short History (Universal History) (2004)
EN HC NWISBN: 9780297607151 bzw. 0297607154, in Englisch, 200 Seiten, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, gebundenes Buch, neu.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, ANDINO33612.
The structure of the book is chronological, with digressions. From Roman and then Norman London, we move on to Chaucer's London - the city of the Peasants Revolt, Dick Whittington and the great Livery Companies. In Tudor and Stuart London many believed the city was being wrecked by over-population, over-building and the greed of speculators. Eighteenth-century London witnessed the South Sea Bubble, gin, highwaymen and the Gordon riots; but also banking, hospitals, and the elegant design of everyday things. In the nineteenth century, expanding vigorously, the city resisted any overall make-over. With Queen Victoria came the Railway Age, which made and unmade the city. Chartism, anti-semitism, overcrowding and cholera. But engineering triumphs too. If the First World War was a nightmare happening elsewhere, the amazing six years of 1939-45 were the city's finest hour. Post-1945, property developers took over, with disastrous results. The author celebrates the cosmopolitan city that mobility and immigration have created, while deploring the moronization' of the city, exemplified by the Millennium Dome and Ken Livingstone's 2002 London Plan. Hardcover, Label: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2004-03-11, Studio: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Verkaufsrang: 2064139.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, ANDINO33612.
The structure of the book is chronological, with digressions. From Roman and then Norman London, we move on to Chaucer's London - the city of the Peasants Revolt, Dick Whittington and the great Livery Companies. In Tudor and Stuart London many believed the city was being wrecked by over-population, over-building and the greed of speculators. Eighteenth-century London witnessed the South Sea Bubble, gin, highwaymen and the Gordon riots; but also banking, hospitals, and the elegant design of everyday things. In the nineteenth century, expanding vigorously, the city resisted any overall make-over. With Queen Victoria came the Railway Age, which made and unmade the city. Chartism, anti-semitism, overcrowding and cholera. But engineering triumphs too. If the First World War was a nightmare happening elsewhere, the amazing six years of 1939-45 were the city's finest hour. Post-1945, property developers took over, with disastrous results. The author celebrates the cosmopolitan city that mobility and immigration have created, while deploring the moronization' of the city, exemplified by the Millennium Dome and Ken Livingstone's 2002 London Plan. Hardcover, Label: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2004-03-11, Studio: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Verkaufsrang: 2064139.
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London: Short History (2004)
EN HC US FEISBN: 9780297607151 bzw. 0297607154, in Englisch, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, Erstausgabe, mit Einband.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Dandy Lion Editions [664877], Fetcham, United Kingdom.
Firmly bound and seems unread. Both book & unclipped jacket are in excellent clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss.
Firmly bound and seems unread. Both book & unclipped jacket are in excellent clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss.
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