London : a short history of the greatest city in the Western world /

Bucholz, Robert O., 1958-

London : a short history of the greatest city in the Western world / Short history of the greatest city in the western world. Robert O. Bucholz. - Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c2009. - 2 v. ; 21 cm. - Great courses . - The great courses . - The Great Courses .

Course no. 8894. "Lecture transcript and course guidebook"--Cover.

v. 1: There's no place like London --
The rise and fall of Roman Londinium --
Medieval London's throusand-year climb --
Economic life in Chaucer's London --
Politics and religion in Chaucer's London --
London embraces the early Tudors --
Elizabeth I and London as a stage --
Life in Shakespeare's London --
east --
Life in Shakespeare's London --
west --
London rejects the early Stuarts --
Life in Samuel Pepys's 17th-century London --
Plague and fire --
v. 2: London rises again --
as an imperial capital --
Johnson's London --
all that life can afford --
The underside of 18th-century London --
London confronts its problems --
Life in Dickens's London --
two windows into Victorian London -- Questions postponed and the Great War --
London's interwar expansion and diversions --
The Blitz --
the greatest target in the world --
Postwar London returns to life --
The varied winds of change --
Millennial London --
how do you like it?

24 thirty minute lectures on the history of London.

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Londres (Inglaterra)--Historia
Londres (Inglaterra) --Vida social y costumbres
Londres (Inglaterra)--Vida intelectual

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