a short history of the greatest city in the Western world Bucholz, Robert O. 1958- creator Teaching Company text bibliography vau Chantilly, Va Teaching Co. c2009 2009 monographic eng

print

2 v. ; 21 cm. 24 thirty minute lectures on the history of London. 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? Robert O. Bucholz. Course no. 8894. "Lecture transcript and course guidebook"--Cover. Education Teaching Educación Enseñanza Londres (Inglaterra) Historia Londres (Inglaterra) Vida social y costumbres Londres (Inglaterra) Vida intelectual LB 14.6 B921l 2009 1598035304 9781598035308 2011377509 DLC 120409 20230411090134.0 17247672