ID - 23558504 TI - London : a social and cultural history, 1550-1750 AU - Bucholz, R. O. AU - Ward, Joseph P. PY - 2013 SN - 9780521896528 9781139030106 0521896525 1316089207 1139507958 1139514024 1139514946 1139516590 1139518453 1139030108 1283817918 113951752X 9781139518451 9781139516594 9781139514941 9781283817912 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - London (England) KW - Londen (England) KW - Londinium (England) KW - Londres (England) KW - Londýn (England) KW - Civilization. KW - Economic conditions. KW - Social conditions. KW - Social life and customs. KW - History of the United Kingdom and Ireland KW - anno 1500-1799 KW - London KW - History. KW - Histoire KW - Londres (Angleterre) KW - Conditions sociales KW - Moeurs et coutumes KW - Conditions économiques KW - Civilisation KW - Lunnainn (England) KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:23558504 AB - Between 1550 and 1750 London became the greatest city in Europe and one of the most vibrant economic and cultural centres in the world. This book is a history of London during this crucial period of its rise to world-wide prominence, during which it dominated the economic, political, social and cultural life of the British Isles, as never before nor since. London incorporates the best recent work in urban history, contemporary accounts from Londoners and tourists, and fictional works featuring the city in order to trace London's rise and explore its role as a harbinger of modernity, while examining how its citizens coped with those achievements. London covers the full range of life in London, from the splendid galleries of Whitehall to the damp and sooty alleyways of the East End. Readers will brave the dangers of plague and fire, witness the spectacles of the Lord Mayor's Pageant and the hangings at Tyburn, and take refreshment in the city's pleasure-gardens, coffee-houses and taverns. ER -