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Title

Greater London : the story of the suburbs / Nick Barratt.

Author

Barratt, Nick.

Publication

London : Random House Books, 2012.

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Details

Description

xiii, 593 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

"Most histories of London either pay only cursory attention to the suburbs or ignore them altogether. By looking at the whole of the greater London area from Roman times to the present, however, Dr Nick Barratt is not only able to show how areas as far apart as Hendon and Streatham, Ealing and Leytonstone developed over hundreds of years but also to demonstrate the crucial role they played in the creation of the capital. Starting in the first century AD he shows how the villages and settlements of the Thames Valley developed and how they were shaped by their proximity to the city. He describes the first suburbs to sprawl beyond the city walls, and traces the ebb and flow of population as people moved in to find jobs or away to escape London's noise and bustle. And he charts the rapid growth of an urban giant that followed the coming of the railways, the fight to preserve green spaces, the impact of war and immigration, and the very varying nature of London's suburbs today. Illustrated throughout, this is the essential history for anyone who lives -- or has ever lived -- in London."--Www.amazon.com.

Subject

• Vorstadt
• London (England) > History
• England > London
• England, London > History
• London

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 544-548) and index.

Contents

• Part I: Foundation (1. A tale of two cities: the evolution of Roman and Saxon London ; 2. From the Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Barnet: the expansion of medieval London) -- Part II: Expansion (3. 'The monstrous growth': the Tudor and Stuart inner suburbs ; 4. The industrial East, the fashionable West: the inner suburbs after the Great Fire of London [1666] ; 5. In search of 'healthful air': escaping the inner suburbs ; 6. The welfare of the people: local government and charity before the Victorians) -- Part III: The nineteenth-century colossus (7. 'The march of bricks and mortar': the birth of Victorian London ; 8. 'The ringing grooves of change': the Victorian transport revolution ; 9. A tale of several suburbs: the creation of Victorian London ; 10. Feeling the strain: the Victorian inner suburbs ; 11. Essential services: Victorian Londoners from cradle to grave ; 12. A government for the metropolis: the creation of the London County Council ; 13. 'Breathing spaces for the metropolis': the fight for London's open spaces) -- Part IV: The modern capital (14. From metropolis to metroland: London, 1889-1939 ; 15. Wartime destruction, peacetime reconstruction: London, 1939-1970 ; 16. Second thoughts: the capital after 1970 ; 17. Who is in charge?: the rise, fall and rise again of London government ; 18. The people of the suburbs: London's changing population ; 19. Hampton: the story of a London suburb).
• Appendix 1: London's boroughs: a historical gazeteer -- Appendix 2: London's postcodes -- Appendix 3: London's population, 1801-2011 -- Appendix 4: Greater London in the 1830s.

ISBN

• 9781847945327
• 1847945325
• 9781409022541
• 1409022544
• 9781847945358
• 184794535X

LCCN

2012545990

OCLC

• ocn801606253
• 801606253
• SCSB-9393891

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library