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Beyond the Tower : a history of East London /

From Jewish clothing merchants to Bangladeshi curry houses, ancient docks to the 2012 Olympics, the area east of the City has always played a crucial role in London's history. The East End, as it has been known, was the home to Shakespeare's first theater and to the early stirrings of a ma...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marriott, John, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: O Thomas Cook
  • The Parish of Stepney to 1700
  • Industrialization and the Spirit of Improvement, 1680â€?1800
  • The Culture and Politics of Dissent, 1700â€?1800
  • Modernization and its Discontents, 1800â€?1860
  • The Spectre of Cholera, 1830â€?1875
  • The Myth of Outcast London, 1800â€?1900
  • From Dissent to Respectability, 1820â€?1914
  • Migrants and Sweaters, 1860â€?1914
  • The Ascent of Labour, 1880â€?1920
  • Recession, Mass Culture and the Entrepreneurial Spirit, 1920â€?1939
  • Fascism and War, 1920â€?1945Postwar Decline and the Rise of the Cosmopolis, 1945â€?
  • Epilogue: The Promise of Regeneration?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index