A Great and Monstrous Thing: London in the Eighteenth Century
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London in the eighteenth century was a new city, risen from the ashes of the Great Fire of 1666 that had destroyed half its homes and great public buildings. The century that followed was an era of vigorous expansion and large-scale projects, of rapidly changing culture and commerce, as huge numbers of people arrived in the shining city, drawn by its immense wealth and power and its many diversions. Borrowing a phrase from Daniel Defoe, Jerry White...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674073177
ISBN13:9780674073173
Release Date:February 2013
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:704 Pages
Weight:2.75 lbs.
Dimensions:2.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"
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