A New London Rising
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London Rising
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Author : Leo Hollis
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2011-02-01
London Rising written by Leo Hollis and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-01 with History categories.
By the middle of the seventeenth century, London was on the verge of collapse. Its ancient infrastructure could no longer support its explosive growth; the English Civil War had torn society apart; and in 1665 the capital was struck by a plague that claimed 100,000 lives. And then, the following year, the Great Fire destroyed huge swaths of the city. As Leo Hollis recounts in his stirring history of the period, modern London was born out of this crucible. Among the catalysts for this rebirth were five extraordinary men, each deeply influenced by the Civil War, whose intersecting lives form the heart of London Rising: famed philosopher John Locke, whose ideas about the individual would outline a new theory of civil society based on natural rights; diarist John Evelyn, who insightfully chronicled the tumult and transformation before him; the polymathic scientist and architect Robert Hooke; developer Nicholas Barbon, who rebuilt much of the city after the fire; and Christoper Wren, astronomer, geometer, and the greatest English architect of his time, whose reconstruction of St. Paul's Cathedral was the essential symbol of London's rebirth. The city today is in great part the result of the myriad advances in literature, planning, science, and social issues forged by these five. Hollis paints a vibrant portrait of one of the world's greatest cities, and of a generation of men whose impact on London is unmatched.
Cruchley S Picture Of London Comprising The History Rise And Progress Of The Metropolis To The Present Period A Route For Viewing The Whole In Seven Days To Which Is Annexed A New And Superior Map With References To The Principal Streets
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Author : G. F. Cruchley (London)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1834
Cruchley S Picture Of London Comprising The History Rise And Progress Of The Metropolis To The Present Period A Route For Viewing The Whole In Seven Days To Which Is Annexed A New And Superior Map With References To The Principal Streets written by G. F. Cruchley (London) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1834 with categories.
History Of New London Connecticut
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Author : Frances Manwaring Caulkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1852
History Of New London Connecticut written by Frances Manwaring Caulkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1852 with New London (Conn.) categories.
The Rise And Fall Of London S Ringways 1943 1973
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Author : Michael Dnes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-10-22
The Rise And Fall Of London S Ringways 1943 1973 written by Michael Dnes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-22 with History categories.
Urban motorways are among the greatest – and least forgiven – legacies of post-war planning in Britain. Ringways explores the genesis, development and collapse of London’s controversial plans for nearly 500 miles of highways, to understand why such ambitious and unlamented programmes gained widespread support and triggered urban uproar. Combining a review of the wider intellectual climate with extensive archival research, Ringways asks how far the rise of the urban motorway can be attributed to urban contingency as opposed to far-seeing planners; how ideas of the environment changed as proposals were debated; and whether their fall was the work of popular revolt or expert regret.
Special Publications
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932
Special Publications written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with categories.
Tides And Currents In Long Island And Block Island Sounds
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Author : Embert Alexander LeLacheur
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932
Tides And Currents In Long Island And Block Island Sounds written by Embert Alexander LeLacheur and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with Tides categories.
Geological Survey Water Supply Paper
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1952
Geological Survey Water Supply Paper written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1952 with Floods categories.
Water Levels And Artesian Pressure In Observation Wells In The United States In 1949
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951
Water Levels And Artesian Pressure In Observation Wells In The United States In 1949 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with Artesian wells categories.
Old And New London A Narrative Of Its History Its People And Its Places By Walter Thornbury
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Author : Edward Walford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Old And New London A Narrative Of Its History Its People And Its Places By Walter Thornbury written by Edward Walford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with categories.
Ready Steady Go
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Author : Shawn Levy
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2002-08-20
Ready Steady Go written by Shawn Levy and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08-20 with History categories.
It’s the summer of 1966... The fundamental old ways: chastity, rationality, harmony, sobriety, even democracy: blasted to nothing or crumbling under siege. The city glows. It echoes. It pulses. It bleeds pastel and fuzzy, spicy, paisley and soft. This is how it's always going to be: smashing clothes, brilliant music, easy sex, eternal youth, the eyes of everybody, everyone's first thought, the top of the world, right here, right now: Swinging London. Shawn Levy has a genius for unearthing the secret history of popular culture. The Los Angeles Times called King of Comedy, his biography of Jerry Lewis, "a model of what a celebrity bio ought to be–smart, knowing, insightful, often funny, full of fascinating insiders' stories," and the Boston Globe declared that Rat Pack Confidential "evokes the time in question with the power of a novel, as well as James Ellroy's American Tabloid and better by far than Don DeLillo's Underworld." In Ready, Steady, Go! Levy captures the spirit of the sixties in all its exuberance. A portrait of London from roughly 1961 to 1969, it chronicles the explosion of creativity–in art, music and fashion–and the revolutions–sexual, social and political–that reshaped the world. Levy deftly blends the enthusiasm of a fan, the discerning eye of a social critic and a historian's objectivity as he re-creates the hectic pace and daring experimentation of the times–from the utter transformation of rock 'n' roll by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to the new aesthetics introduced by fashion designers like Mary Quant, haircutters like Vidal Sassoon, photographers like David Bailey, actors like Michael Caine and Terence Stamp and filmmakers like Richard Lester and Nicolas Roeg to the wild clothing shops and cutting-edge clubs that made Carnaby Street and King's Road the hippest thoroughfares in the world. Spiced with the reminiscences of some of the leading icons of that period, their fans and followers, and featuring a photographic gallery of well-known faces and far-out fashions, Ready, Steady, Go! is an irresistible re-creation of a time and place that seemed almost impossibly fun.