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London : a short history of the greatest city in the Western world / Robert O. Bucholz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Great courses | The great courses | The Great CoursesPublication details: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c2009.Description: 2 v. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 1598035304
  • 9781598035308
Other title:
  • Short history of the greatest city in the western world
Uniform titles:
  • The Great Courses
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370
LOC classification:
  • LB 14.6 B921l 2009
Contents:
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?
Summary: 24 thirty minute lectures on the history of London.
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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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