A Survey of London, Stow

Автор: Frank Rexroth
Название: Deviance and Power in Late Medieval London
ISBN: 0521847303 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521847308
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This original study takes a fresh approach to the social and cultural history of late medieval London by examining the ruling elite`s moral policing of the real and imagined `milieu of the night` of vagabonds, pimps, prostitutes, and immoral priests.

Автор: Parsons Cуilнn
Название: Ordnance Survey and Modern Irish Literature
ISBN: 0198767706 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198767701
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: The Ordnance Survey and Modern Irish Literature offers a fresh new look at the origins of literary modernism in Ireland. arguing that the roots of Irish modernism lie in the attempt by the Survey to produce a comprehensive archive of a land emerging rapidly into modernity.

Автор: Knight
Название: London
ISBN: 1108073948 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108073943
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Описание: Charles Knight`s six-volume work on London, published 1841-4, relies on the skills of eminent artists to bring both the present and the past of London to life. Arranged thematically rather than chronologically or geographically, this is a fascinating account of what was then the greatest city in the world.

Автор: Tananbaum
Название: Jewish Immigrants in London, 1880–1939
ISBN: 1848934424 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848934429
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Between 1880 and 1939, a quarter of a million European Jews settled in England. Tananbaum explores the differing ways in which the existing Anglo-Jewish communities, local government and education and welfare organizations sought to socialize these new arrivals, focusing on the experiences of working-class women and children.

Автор: Sexby
Название: The Municipal Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces of London
ISBN: 1108076130 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108076135
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This history of the public green spaces of London was published in 1898. John Sexby, the Chief Officer of Parks of the London County Council, describes spaces ranging from Hampstead Heath to small, disused churchyards, providing details of their former owners and use as well as their present condition.

Автор: Manley
Название: The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of London
ISBN: 0521897521 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521897525
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: London has provided the setting and inspiration for a host of literary works, from canonical masterpieces to the popular and ephemeral. Drawing upon a variety of methods and materials, the essays in this volume explore representations of the city and its literary culture from medieval times to the present.

Автор: Jack London
Название: The People of the Abyss
ISBN: 1108064558 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108064552
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Описание: In this 1903 publication, which influenced later socially minded authors like George Orwell, American writer Jack London (1876-1916) examines the living conditions of the impoverished residents of London`s East End, demonstrating how politics had failed the vulnerable. The text is illustrated with photographs of the places and people mentioned.

Автор: Knight
Название: London
ISBN: 1108073980 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108073981
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Описание: Charles Knight`s six-volume work on London, published 1841-4, relies on the skills of eminent artists to bring both the present and the past of London to life. Arranged thematically rather than chronologically or geographically, this is a fascinating account of what was then the greatest city in the world.

Автор: Wareing John
Название: Indentured Migration and the Servant Trade from London to America, 1618-1718: `There Is Great Want of Servants`
ISBN: 0198788908 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198788904
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Описание: The first full examination of the English trade in indentured servants, who paid for their transportation and keep, and continued to work unpaid for years on their arrival. Often these people were deceived and coerced, despite half-hearted government efforts to curtail the activities of what was, after all, a useful crime for the English state.

Автор: Thale
Название: Selections from the Papers of the London Corresponding Society 1792–1799
ISBN: 0521089875 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521089876
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Описание: The Papers of the London Corresponding Society 1792-1799, first published in 1983, consists of eighteenth-century documents which trace the history of an early working-class reform society organized by a shoemaker and three of his friends. `Annual Parliaments and Universal Suffrage` was their slogan and their goal.

Автор: Boulton
Название: The Amusements of Old London
ISBN: 1108036287 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108036283
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Описание: Published in 1901, this two-volume set looks at how entertainment in London changed dramatically between the restoration of Charles II and the accession of Queen Victoria. From bear-baiting and prize-fights with swords, tastes turned to less bloodthirsty pastimes such as gambling, masked balls, and opera and theatre.

Автор: Stow
Название: A Survey of London
ISBN: 1108082432 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108082433
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Описание: John Stow was a member of the Merchant Taylors` Company, but spent most of his life accumulating manuscripts and other historical records. His great work on London, published in 1603 and reissued here in the two-volume 1908 version edited by C. L. Kingsford, is a vital source for the city`s history.