Author: W. W. HutchingsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
London Town Past and Present
Author: W. W. HutchingsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Old and New London: a Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places ...
Author: Walter ThornburyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Old and New London: a Narrative of Its History, Its People and Its Places
Author: George Walter ThornburyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
A Passion for Records
Author: C. J. KitchingPublisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1788039211
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The biography of an enigmatic Victorian pioneer. The first critical appraisal of this sporting legend and antiquary, using his own archives and writings. Important glimpses of everyday Victorian life. Suitable for those with interests in sport, local history, genealogy and record editing. Walter Rye was a London solicitor until he retired to Norwich, but it was three spare-time passions that earned him his place in the Dictionary of National Biography: physical exercise, record-searching, and a devotion to his ancestral county of Norfolk. His love of the outdoors was unbounded: athlete, cyclist, sailor and archer, keen amateur gardener and naturalist. Despite this, mortal illness seemed to stalk him, and yet he lived well into his eighties. In A Passion for Records, Rye’s prolific writings as author, columnist and correspondent, replete with witty put-downs, offer many laugh-out-loud moments. His antiquarian writings invite more serious attention, after cautionary tales about his editorial techniques.
Robson's London Directory, Street Key, Classification of Trades, and Royal Court Guide and Peerage: Particularizing the Residences of 70,000 Establishments in London and Its Environs, and Fifteen Thousand of the Nobility and Gentry, Also an Extensive Conveyance List, Alphabetical List of Public Carriers, Together with the Street Guide
Author: Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society
Author: London and Middlesex Archaeological SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Contains its Proceedings, Reports, List of members, etc.
Imprisoned by History
Author: Martin L. DaviesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135178453
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This book analyzes what history does in contemporary culture. It argues that contemporary society is, in historical terms, already historicized, shaped by history - and thus history loses sight of the world, seeing it only as a reflection of its own self-image. By illustrating the ways in which history enforces socially coercive attitudes and forms of behavior, the author argues that history is in itself ideological and exists as an instrument of political power. Contending that this ideological function is the "normal" function of professional academic history, he repudiates the conventional view that only biased or "bad" history is ideological. By finding history projecting onto the world and getting reflected back at it the exacting, history-focused thinking and behavior on which the discipline and the subject rely, he concludes that history's very "normality" and "objectivity" are inherently compromised and that history works only in terms of its own self-interest.
Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years ...
Author: British MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
London Boroughs at 50
Author: Tony TraversPublisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1785900110
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
It is the year 1965. Mary Quant introduces the miniskirt to society in her shop in Chelsea; the Dalek-style Post Office Tower is opened; and the Beatles play their last ever live UK tour date. Most importantly, on 1 April, a new system of city government is introduced and London's thirty-two boroughs are born, revolutionising the capital into the place we know today.New names had to be chosen, councillors elected and policies formed; these boroughs and the Greater London Council between them took control of housing, roads, planning, schools and social services. Half a century on and, though the GLC was abolished in 1986, the boroughs live on, now working alongside a new metropolitan government headed by mayors Ken Livingstone and, since 2008, Boris Johnson.In London's Boroughs at 50, Tony Travers examines the governing system that developed alongside the growing metropolis and, by identifying the unique path each has taken over the years, tells the fascinating story of how our remarkably diverse boroughs have not only survived, but actively shaped both the city and the lives of its inhabitants in their impressive fifty-year history.
Gray youth
Author: Oliver OnionsPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Gray youth" (The story of a very modern courtship and a very modern marriage) by Oliver Onions. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.