Beyond the tower : a history of East London / John Marriott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marriott, John, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture--England--London--History.

Popular culture.

East End (London, England)--History.

East End (London, England).

London (England)--History.

London (England).

East End (London, England)--Social conditions.

London (England)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From Jewish clothing merchants to Bangladeshi curry houses, ancient docks to the 2012 Olympics, the area east of the City has always played a crucial role in London's history. The East End, as it has been known, was the home to Shakespeare's first theater and to the early stirrings of a mass labor movement; it has also traditionally been seen as a place of darkness and despair, where Jack the Ripper committed his gruesome murders, and cholera and poverty stalked the Victorian streets.In this beautifully illustrated history of this iconic district, John Marriott draws on twenty-five years of research into the subject to present an authoritative and endlessly fascinating account. With the aid of copious maps, archive prints and photographs, and the words of East Londoners from seventeenth-century silk weavers to Cockneys during the Blitz, he explores the relationship between the East End and the rest of London, and challenges many of the myths that surround the area.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction: O Thomas Cook

chapter 1 The Parish of Stepney to 1700

chapter 2 Industrialization and the Spirit of Improvement, 1680-1800

chapter 3 The Culture and Politics of Dissent, 1700-1800

chapter 4 Modernization and its Discontents, 1800-1860

chapter 5 The Spectre of Cholera, 1830-1875

chapter 6 The Myth of Outcast London, 1800-1900

chapter 7 From Dissent to Respectability, 1820-1914

chapter 8 Migrants and Sweaters, 1860-1914

chapter 9 The Ascent of Labour, 1880-1920

chapter 10 Recession, Mass Culture and the Entrepreneurial Spirit, 1920-1939

chapter 11 Fascism and War, 1920-1945

chapter 12 Postwar Decline and the Rise of the Cosmopolis, 1945-

Epilogue: The Promise of Regeneration?

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-30377-9

9786613303776

0-300-17749-6

OCLC:

759398137