Isbn 9780233004372 i know this, because i had the book in london in my hand unfortunately. Department of history, classics and archaeology birkbeck, university of london room 305 28 russell square london wc1b 5dq. His london in the 20th century won the wolfson prize for 2001. Todays multicultural london is the heir of the city to which the romans gave birth some two thousand years ago. Rothschild buildings by jerry white overdrive rakuten.
Jun 08, 2011 professor jerry white teaches london history at birkbeck, university of london. Jerry white is a leading authority on the history of london, and in this timely book he describes the way in which london became an everenlarging leviathan of total war and was by 1918 transformed in terms of its population, living standards and residential and economic geography. Jerry white is a british historian who has specialised in the history of london. The picture shows a book by jerry white, the story of a great city. Explore books by jerry white with our selection at. Jun 08, 2011 this was the london of blake, thackeray and mayhew, of nash, faraday and disraeli. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. London in the nineteenth century by jerry white penguin books. In jerry whites dazzling history we witness the citys. In 1732 the mother of a perjurer called john waller, who had been ripped from the pillory by a rampant mob, got into a carriage to cradle her sons mashed head, eyeless and stamped flat. Professor jerry white teaches london history at birkbeck, university of london, and. London in the 19th century, jerry white 4 nominations.
Another is the unflagging interest of a city with an unparalleled richness of history to write about. London in the twentieth century ebook by jerry white. He started his career inspecting homes in islington after taking a job as a public health inspector for islington council back in the 1970s. With thousands of homes and many landmark buildings. White has been a prolific author, coauthoring a textbook on astrodynamics as well as several christian books about discipleship, selfhelp, and masculinity.
Professor jerry white department of history, classics and. Professor jerry white is one of londons leading social historians. What emerges is a society fractured by geography, politics, religion, history and especially by class. His most recent book is zeppelin nights, a social history of london during the first. Mar 07, 20 in the longawaited finale to his acclaimed history of london over 300 years, jerry white introduces us to shopkeepers and prostitutes, men and women of fashion and genius, streetrobbers and thieftakers, as they play out the astonishing drama of life in eighteenthcentury london. In his new book, jerry white does justice to both extremes though. The story of an extraordinary century in the history of london. He is the author of the critically acclaimed trilogy london in the eighteenth century. The museum of londons uniquely rich collections will illuminate the whole of londons history through artefacts, documents, maps, paintings and photographs. London in the twentieth century is an undeniably enormous topic to take on, with countless themes and events and stories and developments to explore. A great and monstrous thing offers a streetlevel view of eighteenthcentury london, a city of grandeur and glitter, squalor and poverty, risen from the ashes of the great fire of 1666 that destroyed half its homes and great public buildings. A great and monstrous thing new edition by white, jerry isbn.
A city and its people and over one million other books are available for amazon kindle. Well, on the morning of tuesday 22 november 1810 it did. Jerry white books list of books by author jerry white. London in the nineteenth century audiobook by jerry white. For its inhabitants, such contradictions and diversity were the defining experience of the next century of. In jerry whites dazzling history we witness the citys unparalleled metamorphosis over the course of the century through the daily lives of its inhabitants.
The richest and most absorbing account of the citys greatest century by the master of london history. Thats one reason, i think, why a neverending stream of books on london leaves the publishers warehouses each year. May 06, 2014 jerry white is visiting professor in history at birkbeck, university of london, and a leading social historian of modern london. About jerry white jerry white is an awardwinning historian of london. A biography of the marshalsea debtors prison and zeppelin nights, a social history of london during the first world. As panayi reminds us, this is a very long history indeed. In jerry whites dazzling history we witness the citys unparalleled. Jerry white is the author of london in the nineteenth century 4. Isbn 9780233004372 i know this, because i had the book in london in my hand unfortunately for only for loan. Jerry white is visiting professor in london history at birkbeck college, university of london. Jerry white, the story of a great city, with the order or isbn number. George goodwin, bbc history magazine, book of the year.
Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Aug 28, 2015 professor jerry white is one of londons leading social historians. Thats just a few paragraphs from a mass of marvellous knowledge in just one of jerry whites books. A short history of london ranges from the citys roman origins right up to the present day. Now he has put his own story and many years of study into a magnum opus, a new history of london seen through the lens of migration. Even so, football got everlarger crowds on the londons streets for almost the next 30 years. Jerry whites london in the twentieth century, winner of the wolfson prize, is a masterful account of the citys most tumultuous century by its leading expert in 1901 no other city matched london in size, wealth and grandeur.
But the prison was also a microcosm of london life and it housed a colourful range of characters. In 1901, london was the greatest city the world had seen in size, wealth and grandeur. Professor jerry white department of history, classics. From 1997 onwards he has worked on a trilogy of books about london from 1700. Its so misleading, because if you order the book the story of a great city, you then get another book, namely. As in his books on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, jerry white has given it his best shot here. From 1997 onwards he has worked on a trilogy of books about london from 1700 to 2000. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals. White has already written accounts of london in the 19th and 20th centuries, and this is the last in a planned trilogy. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. A biography of the marshalsea debtors prison and zeppelin nights, a social history of london during the first world war. A human awful wonder of god jonathan cape was published to critical acclaim in 2007. Jerry whites london in the nineteenth century is the richest and most absorbing account of the citys greatest century by its leading expert. He is the author of an acclaimed trilogy of london from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.
London in the nineteenth century by jerry white penguin. Jerry has written many history books about london including islingtons most notorious street, campbell road in finsbury park. Jerry white author of london in the nineteenth century. Professor jerry white teaches london history at birkbeck, university of london. Mar 09, 2012 london in the eighteenth century by jerry white. Official website of jerry white award winning published author and expert on the history of the city of london, the capital of england. His evident love for the city lifts the prose, but it also limits his vision as does his. London in the 19th century, book by jerry white paperback. About the author jerry white is visiting professor in london history at birkbeck college, university of london. Nov 10, 2009 professor jerry white teaches london history at birkbeck, university of london.
Zeppelin nights by jerry white penguin books australia. Jerry whites london in the eighteenth century is an enthralling glimpse into a glittering, cruel city. London in the first world war by jerry white at indigo. In jerry white s dazzling history we witness the citys unparalleled metamorphosis over the course of the century through the daily lives of its inhabitants. Most people who voted for this one were actually nominating white s full trilogy, which covers the 18th, 19th and 20th century. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. His more recent books include zeppelin nights, a social history of london.
White is the author of two previous volumes, on the history of london in the 20th and the 19th centuries. Jerry white doesnt stint on delivering the goods on londons dark side, which, of course, will delight true london devot. As william blake put it, london was a human awful wonder of god. Jerrys integrity and commitment to godand his commitment to the vision of the navigatorscertainly propelled this.
Professor jerry white teaches london history at birkbeck, university of london, and has been writing about the city for over thirty years. London in the twentieth century by jerry white overdrive. Jerry white doesnt stint on delivering the goods on londons dark side, which, of course, will delight true london devotees. His mroe recent books include zeppelin nights, a social history of london during the first world war, and.
Jerry worked in local government, mainly in london, from 1967 to 2009. Praise in london stories, the citys sprawling historical and literary landscape is served up in a tidy collection of 26 short works that span four centuries. London in the eighteenth century was very much a new city, risen from the ashes of the great fire. Most people who voted for this one were actually nominating whites full trilogy, which covers the 18th, 19th and 20th century. In those four decisive years, london was irrevocably changed. A biography of the marshalsea debtors prison, was published by random house the bodley head in 2016. His evident love for the city lifts the prose, but it also limits his. His london in the twentieth century won the wolfson prize in 2001 and his london in the eighteenth century completed the acclaimed trilogy in 2012.
London in the 19th century by jerry white penguin random. Jerry whites dazzling book is the first in a hundred years to explore londons history over the nineteenth century as a whole. Jerry white is visiting professor in london history at birkbeck college, university of london, and the foremost historian of modern london. Jan, 2007 london in the nineteenth century by jerry white cape. In 1700, according to an unnamed contemporary source, it was one of the most spacious, populous, rich, beautiful, renowned and noble citys that we know of at this day in the world. Jerry whites london in the nineteenth century is the richest and most absorbing account of. Yet it was also a city where poverty and disease were rife. Quite a few historians have travelled this immense terrain since roy porters london. For the literaryminded traveler, the book is a gold mine.
You can buy london in the 20th century and other he has written via here. London in the nineteenth century audiobook by jerry. White, jerry white and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Jerry white is visiting professor in history at birkbeck, university of london, and a leading social historian of modern london. Read london in the twentieth century a city and its people by jerry white available from rakuten kobo. Zeppelin nights is social history at its bestwhite creates a vivid picture of a city changed forever by war the times 2018 marks the centenary of the end of the first world war. I have been researching and writing london history since the mid1970s. This was the london of blake, thackeray and mayhew, of nash, faraday and disraeli. A social history appeared in 1994 and some porter, stephen inwood, michael hebbert have made a very good job of it.
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