Buch, Englisch, 474 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 884 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
Volume 1
Buch, Englisch, 474 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 884 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
ISBN: 978-1-108-07394-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The publisher and writer Charles Knight (1791-1873) was apprenticed to his printer father, but later became a journalist and then proprietor of various periodicals and magazines, many of which were driven by his concern for the education of the poor. As an author, he published a variety of works, including The Old Printer and the Modern Press (also reissued in this series). He claimed that this six-volume work on the architecture and history of London, published between 1841 and 1844, was neither a history nor a survey of London, but looked 'at the Present through the Past, and at the Past through the Present'. It relies on the skills of eminent artists to bring both the present and the past of London to life, and is arranged thematically rather than chronologically or geographically. This is a fascinating account of what was then the greatest city in the world.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
- Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
Analytical table of contents; Introduction; 1. The silent highway; 2. Clean your honour's shoes; 3. Paul's Cross; 4. The Tabard; 5. London Bridge; 6. Midsummer-eve; 7. St Mary Overies; 8. Street noises; 9. Roman London; 10. The old spring-time in London; 11. The parks; 12. The parks (cont.); 13. Underground; 14. Suburban milestones; 15. Lambeth Palace; 16. The Roman remains; 17. Piccadilly; 18. Crosby Place; 19. Old Whitehall; 20. New Whitehall; 21. Ben Jonson's London; 22. Ben Jonson's London (cont.); 23. Ranelagh and Vauxhall; 24. Street sights; 25. The Monument.
