| Description |
xv, 442 pages, <32> pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Londinium. 1. Urban Origins. 2. Early Londinium. 3. Change and Decay -- Pt. II. From Londinium to the Chartered City of London c.400-c.1530. 4. Londinium and Lundenwic c.400-c.886. 5. From Lundenburg to the Birth of a Municipal Commune c.886-1215. 6. The Emergence of the Medieval Capital c.1216-c.1530 -- Pt. III. The Genesis of Modern London 1530-1700. 7. The Rise of the Metropolis. 8. Religious and Educational Revolution. 9. Political Revolutions. 10. The Processes of Growth. 11. The Administration of the Metropolis. 12. Death and Life in London -- Pt. IV. Augustan and Georgian London 1700-1830. 13. The Growth and Structure of London. 14. London and the Genesis of the Industrial Economy. 15. Religion, Education, and Leisure. 16. Metropolitan Politics and Metropolitan Class -- Pt. V. Metropolitan and Imperial London 1830-1914. 17. Structures of the Modern Metropolis. 18. The People of London. 19. The Imperial and Global Metropolis |
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Pt. VI. The Uncertain Metropolis 1914-1997. 20. The Inter-war Years 1914-1939. 21. World War II 1939-1945. 22. Disruptions 1945-1997. 23. Valediction -- App. 1. Estimates of the Population of London 1550-1801 -- App. 2. The Population of London and the South-East Region 1801-1991 |
| Summary |
London has been the hub of social and political life in Britain for almost 2000 years - the only city in the world to have held such a dominant national position for so long. This study explores London's past from the first bridging of the Thames |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography (page <395>-430) and index |
| SUBJECT |
London (England) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078205
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| LC no. |
98007999 |
| ISBN |
0198229224 (acid-free paper) |
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