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The making of the English middle class: Business, society and family life in London, 1660-1730

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Mots-clés: bourgeoisie, classe moyenne, dix-huitième siècle, dix-septième siècle, Earle Peter, économie, eighteenth century, emploi, famille, family, histoire urbaine, London, Londres, seventeenth century, société urbaine

A shout in the street : An excursion into the modern city

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Abstract from the publisher : A remarkable meditation on the topography of the modern city, A Shout in the Street offers a close and sensitive examination of four urban landscapes -- London, Paris, Leningrad, and New York. Peter Jukes pursues the…

Mots-clés: Jukes Peter, Leningrad, littérature, London, Londres, New York, Paris, paysage urbain, rue, Saint-Pétersbourg, société urbaine, St Petersburg

London : City of the Romans

Extract from the preface : This book is a synthesis of many people's studies of the origin and early history of London, of which I have endeavoured to make a coherent story. Our knowledge of this subject has been vastly increased in recent years by…

Mots-clés: Ancient Rome, archéologie, histoire urbaine, Londinium, London, Londres, Merrifield Ralph, Rome antique

Imagining the East End in literature and social survey, 1880-1990

This paper was part of the Anglo-American Conference of historians 2009, on the theme 'cities'. Conference description by the organisers : The conference will deal with cities throughout the world, with papers examining the networks of cities and…

Mots-clés: Dennis Richard, dix-neuvième siècle, East End, fin de siècle, Gissing George, histoire urbaine, imaginaire, littérature, London, Londres, nineteenth century, quartier défavorisé

Food and public space in a global city

Abstract from the distributor : The colloquium will be focused on one particular city – London – and will bring together the themes of food growing, ‘public’ space and the city to explore thought-provoking questions around…

Mots-clés: agriculture urbaine, alimentation, aménagement de l'espace, Caraher Martin, espace urbain, food, global city, jardin, London, Londres, nourriture, Parks Rosie, Reynolds Ben, Smyth Paul, Steel Carolyn, ville durable, ville globale

Gender and sociability in early modern London

Seminar description from the IHR Digital blog : Tim Reinke-Williams from the University of Northampton presented to the Metropolitan History Seminar group, a paper entitled ‘Gender and sociability in early modern London’. This paper…

Mots-clés: communauté, community, dix-septième siècle, femmes, gender, genre, histoire urbaine, interaction sociale, lien social, London, Londres, Reinke-Williams Tim, seizième s!ècle, seventeenth century, sixteenth century, société urbaine, voisinage, women

Imagining low life before the East End's invention, c. 1780s to 1840s

This paper was part of the Anglo-American Conference of historians 2009, on the theme 'cities'. Conference description by the organisers : The conference will deal with cities throughout the world, with papers examining the networks of cities and…

Mots-clés: dix-huitième siècle, dix-neuvième siècle, East End, eighteenth century, Gatrell Vic, histoire urbaine, imaginaire, London, Londres, nineteenth century, pauvreté, quartier défavorisé

Reading London

Abstract from the distributor : How do we attempt to understand the sprawling "modern Babylon" that is London, with its layers of social, political and cultural history? Can art, architecture and literature help us to 'read' this complex…

Mots-clés: Alsop Will, art dans la ville, Ashton Rosemary, histoire urbaine, Hollis Leo, littérature, London, Londres, Obrist Hans Ulrich, représentations, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine

London 800 - 1216 : The shaping of a city

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Abstract from the publisher : London 800-1216 : The shaping of a city takes its place in the eight-volume History of London series, but is designed also to be a self-contained enquiry into the place of ninth- to twelfth-century London in the…

Mots-clés: Brooke Christopher, collectivités locales, commerce, forme urbaine, gestion locale, gouvernance, histoire urbaine, London, Londres, Middle Ages, Moyen Âge, religion, société urbaine

The evolution of great world cities : Urban wealth and economic growth

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Abstract from the publisher : Some cities seem destined to become major financial capitals, yet never do—Seville, for instance, was the centre of Spain's opulent New World Empire, but failed to become a financial metropolis. Others, like…

Mots-clés: Amsterdam, croissance urbaine, économie, géographie, geography, histoire urbaine, infrastructures, Kennedy Christopher, London, Londres, New York, technologie, technology, Venice, Venise, ville mondiale, world city

The imagination of class: Masculinity and the Victorian urban poor

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Extract from the Introduction: The poor were always with the English. Poverty had been of broad social concern since the Elizabethan period at least: the topic of ongoing debate, periodic legislation, sporadic philanthropy. But the London poor of…

Mots-clés: Bivona Daniel, classe, dix-neuvième siècle, Hinkle Roger B., histoire urbaine, hommes, litérature, littérature, London, Londres, masculinité, masculinity, men, nineteenth century, pauvreté, représentations, Royaume-Uni, United Kingdom, Victorian

London labour and the London poor (Vol. 1)

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Full title : London labour and the London poor; a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work. Extract from the Preface : The present volume is the first of an intended…

Mots-clés: dix-neuvième siècle, London, Londres, Mayhew Henry, nineteenth century, pauvreté, société urbaine, travail

London labour and the London poor (Vol. 3)

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The present volume is the first of an intended series, which it is hoped will form, when complete, a cyclopaedia of the industry, the want, and the vice of the great Metropolis. Henry Mayhew (1812 - 1887) was an English social researcher, journalist…

Mots-clés: dix-neuvième siècle, London, Londres, Mayhew Henry, nineteenth century, pauvreté, rue, sans-domicile, société urbaine, travail

London labour and the London poor (Vol. 2)

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Extract from the Preface to Volume One : The present volume is the first of an intended series, which it is hoped will form, when complete, a cyclopaedia of the industry, the want, and the vice of the great Metropolis. Henry Mayhew (1812 - 1887)…

Mots-clés: dix-neuvième siècle, London, Londres, Mayhew Henry, nineteenth century, pauvreté, rue, sans-domicile, société urbaine, travail

London, 1100-1600: The archaeology of a capital city

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Abstract from the publisher: Since the early 1970s the increasingly effective conduct of archaeological work in the City of London and surrounding parts of the conurbation have revolutionised our view of the development and European importance of…

Mots-clés: archéologie, développement urbain, histoire urbaine, London, Londres, Middle Ages, Moyen Âge, Schofield John, urbanité

The stones of London : A history in twelve buildings

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Abstract from the publisher : In a sweeping narrative, from its mythic origins to the glittering towers of the contemporary financial capital, THE STONES OF LONDON tells the story of twelve London buildings in a kaleidoscopic and unexpected history…

Mots-clés: architecture, bâtiment, building, histoire urbaine, Hollis Leo, London, Londres

City visions 1910 / 2010 : Urban planning in Berlin, London, Paris and Chicago 1910 and 2010

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Extract from the catalogue : The exhibition City Visions 1910 | 2010 is a celebration of the anniversary of the General Town Planning Exhibition. It compares two key moments in time: The years around 1910 and 2010. 1910 The planning exhibition…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, Berlin, Chicago, développement urbain, documents d'urbanisme, exhibition, exposition, histoire de l'urbanisme, London, Londres, Paris, projet urbain

London under: The secret history beneath the streets

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Abstract from the publisher: London Under is a wonderful, atmospheric, imaginative, oozing short study of everything that goes on under London, from original springs and streams and Roman amphitheaters to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts, and modern…

Mots-clés: Ackroyd Peter, archéologie, histoire urbaine, infrastructures, London, Londres

Integrated city making: Governance, planning and transport

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Abstract from the publisher: Integrated City Making is a report by Philipp Rode, Julie Wagner, Richard Brown, Rit Chandra and Jayaraj Sundaresan of the Urban Age Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2007, Urban Age…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, Bangalore, Berlin, Bombay, croissance urbaine, Delhi, gouvernance, Inde, India, Johannesburg, Kolkata, London, Londres, Mumbai, New York, politique urbaine, transport, Urban Age, urbanisation

The postcolonial city and its subjects : London, Nairobi, Bombay

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Abstract from the publisher : This book considers twentieth and twenty-first century literary and cultural formations of the postcolonial city and the constitution of new subjects within it. Varma offers a reading of both historical and…

Mots-clés: Bombay, culture urbaine, littérature, London, Londres, Mumbai, Nairobi, post-colonial city, twentieth century, twenty-first century, Varma Rashmi, ville postcoloniale, vingt-et-unième siècle, vingtième siècle

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