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London: A Social History

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title London: A Social History
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Roy Porter
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:560
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreBritish and Irish History
ISBN/Barcode 9780140105933
ClassificationsDewey:942.1
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date 5 October 2000
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Describes London's social life, its growth and the experiences of living in the city. With the redevelopment of Docklands and much of the East End, London is now beginning to experience a transformation comparable in scale to those produced by the building of the West End or the coming of the railways in earlier centuries. As such, the 1990s is an ideal opportunity to re-examine the social history of the environment in which, for several centuries, more people lived, worked, played and died than in other cities in the West.

Author Biography

ROY PORTER is Professor in the Social History of Medicine at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London. He is most recently the author of THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO MANKIND (HarperCollins, 1998) and the forthcoming (10/00) Allen Lane title ENLIGHTENMENT: BRITAIN AND THE CREATION OF THE MODERN WORLD.