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A Brief History Of London
A Brief History Of London
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Description: As the United Kingdom left the European Union during a period of international and domestic turmoil London found itself at a turning point. This critical moment presents an opportunity to look back with a distinctive perspective a focus on London in its national and perhaps even more importantly its international contexts rather than on the city itself in isolation. It is the interactions of London that Black considers and he does so in order to address the question as to why London became the foremost international city how it sustained that position and what its future holds. The book is as much about economics and culture as it is about politics and society. It deals with migration communications empire and cultural energy rather than the mechanisms of parish vestries. London's earlier period is covered but the principal focus is on the last half millennium the period during which London became a major trader with the trans - oceanic world and the ruler of trans - oceanic colonies while the English language became an increasingly important cultural medium one centred on London. The book includes plentiful literary references quotations from visitors and boxes covering discrete topics such as Jack the Ripper.
Title: A Brief History Of London
Author(s): Black Jeremy
Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
Barcode: 9781472146717
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 11/22/2022
Series: Brief Histories
Category: European History
Description: As the United Kingdom left the European Union during a period of international and domestic turmoil London found itself at a turning point. This critical moment presents an opportunity to look back with a distinctive perspective a focus on London in its national and perhaps even more importantly its international contexts rather than on the city itself in isolation. It is the interactions of London that Black considers and he does so in order to address the question as to why London became the foremost international city how it sustained that position and what its future holds. The book is as much about economics and culture as it is about politics and society. It deals with migration communications empire and cultural energy rather than the mechanisms of parish vestries. London's earlier period is covered but the principal focus is on the last half millennium the period during which London became a major trader with the trans - oceanic world and the ruler of trans - oceanic colonies while the English language became an increasingly important cultural medium one centred on London. The book includes plentiful literary references quotations from visitors and boxes covering discrete topics such as Jack the Ripper.
Title: A Brief History Of London
Author(s): Black Jeremy
Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
Barcode: 9781472146717
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 11/22/2022
Series: Brief Histories
Category: European History