London is the place for me, Perry, Kennetta Hammond (assistant Professor Of History, East Carolina University)
Автор: Matthew Oldham Название: Lots of things to spot in London ISBN: 1474916198 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474916196 Издательство: Usborne Рейтинг: Цена: 791.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: This busy book will take you on a tour of London`s most famous sights, from bustling Trafalgar Square to majestic Buckingham Palace, Camden Market and Piccadilly Circus. Every picture is crammed with things to spot and talk about, and there are puzzles, games and four pages of stickers too. The puzzle answers are included at the back of the book.
Автор: Taylor Craig Название: Londoners ISBN: 1847083293 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847083296 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: от 1732.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: An extraordinary group portrait of London today: a book as rich, dynamic, lively, and diverse as the city itself.
Автор: Wainaina Binyavanga Название: One Day I Will Write About This Place ISBN: 1847083323 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847083326 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 1978.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A groundbreaking memoir by the acclaimed Kenyan Caine Prize winner.
Автор: Pellerin Denis, May Brian Название: Poor Man`s Picture Gallery ISBN: 0957424612 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780957424616 Издательство: Carlton Books Рейтинг: Цена: 7128.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: This astonishing set of stereocards from Brian May's collection reconstructs 14 well-known Victorian works in Tate Britain using real actors and staged scenes. The stereos are contemporary with the paintings, and their existence was hitherto unknown outside the circle of specialist collectors of Victoriana. They were produced for commercial reasons -- the advent of a new painting by a great artist was big news, but most people were not able to access and enjoy the new works of art. Entrepreneurial photographers of the day reconstructed the scenes, photographed them, and sold the stereocards for profit. In addition to their beauty, they shed light on the story of these famous paintings and reveal a great deal about the society of the time. The format shows the painting itself, followed by the stereocard versions of that painting with explanatory text. The artists include Landseer, Maclise, Wallis, Millais, Calderon, Collinson, Frith, Egley, Collins, Leslie, and Haydon; the photographers were the most distinguished of that time. The book accompanies an exhibition of these cards, which will be held at the Tate from October 2014 on. With over 300 photographs and illustrations, this extraordinary volume comes slipcased with a 3-D viewer.
Описание: Ebenezer Sibly was a quack doctor, plagiarist, and masonic ritualist in late eighteenth-century London; his brother Manoah was a respectable accountant and a pastor who ministered to his congregation without pay for fifty years. The inventor of Dr. Sibly's Reanimating Solar Tincture, which claimed to restore the newly dead to life, Ebenezer himself died before he turned fifty and stayed that way despite being surrounded by bottles of the stuff. Asked to execute his will, which urged the continued manufacture of Solar Tincture, and left legacies for multiple and concurrent wives as well as an illegitimate son whose name the deceased could not recall, Manoah found his brother's record of financial and moral indiscretions so upsetting that he immediately resigned his executorship. Ebenezer's death brought a premature conclusion to a colorfully chaotic life, lived on the fringes of various interwoven esoteric subcultures. Drawing on such sources as ratebooks and pollbooks, personal letters and published sermons, burial registers and horoscopes, Susan Mitchell Sommers has woven together an engaging microhistory that offers useful revisions to scholarly accounts of Ebenezer and Manoah, while placing the entire Sibly family firmly in the esoteric byways of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The Siblys of London provides fascinating insight into the lives of a family who lived just outside our usual historical range of vision.
Автор: Roman-Velazquez, Patria Название: The Making of Latin London ISBN: 1840148810 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781840148817 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 13779.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: In London Is The Place for Me, Kennetta Hammond Perry explores how Afro-Caribbean migrants navigated the politics of race and citizenship in Britain and reconfigured the boundaries of what it meant to be both Black and British at a critical juncture in the history of Empire and twentieth century transnational race politics.
The “forgotten majority” of German merchants in London between the end of the Hanseatic League and the end of the Napoleonic Wars became the largest mercantile Christian immigrant group in the eighteenth century. Using previously neglected and little used evidence, this book assesses the causes of their migration, the establishment of their businesses in the capital, and the global reach of the enterprises. As the acquisition of British nationality was the admission ticket to Britain’s commercial empire, it investigates the commercial function of British naturalization policy in the early modern period, while also considering the risks of failure and chance for a new beginning in a foreign environment. As more German merchants integrated into British commercial society, they contributed to London becoming the leading place of exchange between the European continent, Russia, and the New World.
Автор: Law, Michael John Название: 1930s london ISBN: 0993434401 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780993434402 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 4279.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: This book tells the story of the city as it was lived at home, work and leisure, and everywhere in between. Fifty striking and carefully curated photographs show that 1930s London was about much more than cloche hats and art deco. The images and essays reveal Londoners modern homes and sleek new factories and offices, as well as the glamour and tragedy of the new age of travel and the explosion of leisure activities, from lido swimming to the thrills of the speedway.
Автор: Grainger, John D. Название: Alexander the great failure ISBN: 1847251889 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847251886 Издательство: Continuum Рейтинг: Цена: 19800.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Alexander the Great`s empire stretched across three continents and his achievements changed the nature of the ancient world. This book argues that he was one of history`s great failures.
Автор: Corton Christine L. Название: London Fog: The Biography ISBN: 0674979818 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674979819 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3160.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A Telegraph Editor's Choice An Evening Standard "Best Books about London" Selection
In popular imagination, London is a city of fog. The classic London fogs, the thick yellow "pea-soupers," were born in the industrial age of the early nineteenth century. Christine L. Corton tells the story of these epic London fogs, their dangers and beauty, and their lasting effects on our culture and imagination.
"Engrossing and magnificently researched...Corton's book combines meticulous social history with a wealth of eccentric detail. Thus we learn that London's ubiquitous plane trees were chosen for their shiny, fog-resistant foliage. And since Jack the Ripper actually went out to stalk his victims on fog-free nights, filmmakers had to fake the sort of dank, smoke-wreathed London scenes audiences craved. It's discoveries like these that make reading London Fog such an unusual, enthralling and enlightening experience." --Miranda Seymour, New York Times Book Review
"Corton, clad in an overcoat, with a linklighter before her, takes us into the gloomier, long 19th century, where she revels in its Gothic grasp. Beautifully illustrated, London Fog delves fascinatingly into that swirling miasma." --Philip Hoare, New Statesman
Автор: Bragg, Melvyn Tillotson, Simon Название: In our time ISBN: 1471174484 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781471174483 Издательство: Simon&Schuster UK Рейтинг: Цена: 4125.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A fascinating insight to a selection of the show`s best episodes, published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the popular Radio 4 programme.
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