London : the biography
2000, 1st edition. London : Chatto & Windus. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #393266
ISBN: 1856197166
Physical description: xxiii, 822 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 781-793) and index. Contents: The city as body -- From prehistory to 1066 -- The Early Middle Ages -- London contrasts -- The late medieval city -- Onward and upward -- Trading streets and trading parishes -- A London neighbourhood -- London as theatre -- Pestilence and flame -- After the Fire -- Crime and punishment -- Voracious London -- London as crowd -- The natural history of London -- Night and day -- London's radicals -- Violent London -- Black magic, white magic -- A fever of building -- London's rivers -- Under the ground -- Victorian megalopolis -- London's outcasts -- Women and children -- Continuities -- East and south -- The centre of empire -- After the Great War -- Blitz -- Refashioning the city -- Cockney visionaries. Subjects: Manners and customs; London Great Britain Local history; London (England) Social life and customs; London History; London Topography; London; City Planning; Great Britain - Social history.
Price: €25.00