Metropolis London Histories and Representations since 1800 1st edition by David 1315446669 9781315446660

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• ISBN 10: 1315446669
• ISBN 13: 9781315446660
• Author: David

First published in 1989, this book seeks to demonstrate the social and political images of late-twentieth century London — the post-big-bang city, docklands, trade union defeats, a mounting north-south divide — do not mark as decisive break with the past as they may appear to. It argues that the most striking thing about London’s history since 1800 is the continuities and recurrences which punctuate it. The essays collected in this book focus on these themes and address important questions about class, nationality, sexual difference, and radical politics. They combine the established strengths of social history with more innovative approaches such as the history of representations.

Table of contents:

1 Jennings’ Buildings and the Royal Borough The construction of the underclass in mid-Victorian England

2 The People’s Palace An image for East London in the 1880s

3 The importance of being English Jewish immigration and the decay of liberal England

4 Free from chains? The image of women’s labour in London, 1900–20

Politics: visions and practices

5 Radical clubs and London politics, 1870–1900

6 ‘The millennium by return of post’ Reconsidering London Progressivism, 1889–1907

7 Poplarism and proletarianism Unemployment and Labour politics in London, 1918–34

8 The suburban nation Politics and class in Lewisham

Identities

9 ‘Fierce questions and taunts’ Married life in working-class London, 1870–1914

10 Becoming a woman in London in the 1920s and 1930s

11 The ‘cockney’ and the nation, 1780–1988

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