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London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People
Jerry White
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Description for London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People
Paperback. In 1901 no other city matched London in size, wealth and grandeur. Yet it was also a city where poverty and disease were rife. In the worlds of work and popular culture, politics and crime, through war, immigration and sexual revolution, this history shows how the city shaped their lives and how it in turn was shaped by them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 337 x 44. Weight in Grams: 754.
Jerry White's London in the Twentieth Century, Winner of the Wolfson Prize, is a masterful account of the city's most tumultuous century by its leading expert. In 1901 no other city matched London in size, wealth and grandeur. Yet it was also a city where poverty and disease were rife. For its inhabitants, such contradictions and diversity were the defining experience of the next century of dazzling change. In the worlds of work and popular culture, politics and crime, through war, immigration and sexual revolution, Jerry White's richly detailed and captivating history shows how ... Read more
Jerry White's London in the Twentieth Century, Winner of the Wolfson Prize, is a masterful account of the city's most tumultuous century by its leading expert. In 1901 no other city matched London in size, wealth and grandeur. Yet it was also a city where poverty and disease were rife. For its inhabitants, such contradictions and diversity were the defining experience of the next century of dazzling change. In the worlds of work and popular culture, politics and crime, through war, immigration and sexual revolution, Jerry White's richly detailed and captivating history shows how ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847924537
SKU
V9781847924537
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About Jerry White
Professor Jerry White teaches London history at Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of an acclaimed trilogy of London from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. His more recent books include Mansions of Misery: A Biography of the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison and Zeppelin Nights, a social history of London during the First World War. He was awarded the ... Read more
Reviews for London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People
A wonderful book. I passionately urge people to read it from cover to cover
Roy Porter A fascinating story and an outstanding contribution to the study of London history
Spectator
Succeeds brilliantly ... lucid and engaging
Independent
Engaging, optimistic and enthusiastic, and very funny
Daily Telegraph ... Read more
Roy Porter A fascinating story and an outstanding contribution to the study of London history
Spectator
Succeeds brilliantly ... lucid and engaging
Independent
Engaging, optimistic and enthusiastic, and very funny
Daily Telegraph ... Read more