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A valuable contemporary description of each of the city's 26 wards, their customs and sports, pastimes and personages, as they were at the time of ... More

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A study of urban life in early modern Britian which combines sophisticated quantitative analysis with vivid empirical detail.

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A guide to London's culture, customs, and history as seen through the insightful eyes of eight sophisticated insiders on the London scene.

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The doyen of London historians and editor of "Survey of London" provides the definitive account of London's diverse history, from its origins as a ... More

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The doyen of London historians and editor of "Survey of London" provides the definitive account of London's diverse history, from its origins as a ... More

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Fitzrovia, center of London's pub culture for much of the period between the wars, was christened by Tom Driberg and owes its name to the Fitzroy ... More

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Title: What I saw in London; or, Men and things in the Great Metropolis.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is ... More

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This collection of essays inspired by the celebrated writer's favorite walks is available in its entirety for the first time in North America. 96 p p.

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Here are the voices of London - rich and poor, native and immigrant, women and men (and a Sarah who used to be a George) - witnessed by Craig Taylor, ... More

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Chiang Yee's account of London, first published in 1938, reverses the expected conventions of travel writing. This is an alien's perspective of this ... More

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'London: A Pilgrimage' is a forgotten classic of social journalism, a frank and brutal look at the poverty striken, gin-swilling London of the ... More

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The first and possibly the greatest sociological study of poverty in 19th-century London. Mayhew and his collaborators explored hundreds of miles of ... More

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The complex and fascinating nature of London has provided fertile ground for bestselling social histories by writers like Roy Porter and Peter ... More

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An illustrated account of Irish life in London since 1939 with vivid images that convey a memorable impression of one of the city's most well-defined ... More

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Whether you're an armchair enthusiast for all things "ancient," a dyed-in-the-wool Anglophile, or are simply looking for a new way to experience ... More

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This work is a contribution to social history and portrays the life of each class from the court downwards - nobles, gentry, the middle class, ... More

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'I go about the street with water-creases crying, "Four bunches a penny, water-creases."' London Labour and the London Poor is an extraordinary work ... More

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Book of photography on one of the world's most remarkable cities -- London. Lively commentary about the city's past and present.

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This book describes life in the England of Queen Elizabeth in terms of the concrete. Perhaps no Boroughport or Hollydean Hall can be discovered on ... More

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In the summer of 1902, respected American author Jack London (1876-1916), previously known for his descriptions of life during the Klondike Gold Rush ... More

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Locating Privacy in Tudor London asks new questions about where private life was lived in the early modern period, about where evidence of it has ... More

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This fact-packed guide provides all the practical advice a tourist needs to travel back four centuries to explore the booming city of London.

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A pensioner falls over and drowns in a puddle on the pavement. The council tower blocks are inhabited by tenants who feel like outlaws in the middle ... More

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