London Life in the 18th Century
Chicago Review Press · Paperback · August 30, 2005
From the disease infected rookeries and teeming vice-ridden streets to the sweatshops, coffee houses and spacious parks, George's recreation of a capital city in a dirty, brutal—but also elegant—age has never been surpassed.
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- Who it’s for
- Mary Dorothy George traces changing social attitudes in London from 1700 to 1800.
- Genres
- Georgian Britain (1714-1837), 18th-Century History, How Cultures Work
- Published
- Chicago Review Press, August 30, 2005
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From the disease infected rookeries and teeming vice-ridden streets to the sweatshops, coffee houses and spacious parks, George's recreation of a capital city in a dirty, brutal—but also elegant—age has never been surpassed. Both a social history and an impeccably documented reference work, her book chronicles the change in social attitudes between 1700 and 1800, which left London cleaner, healthier and more ordered.
Eighteenth-Century London
Mary Dorothy George traces changing social attitudes in London from 1700 to 1800.
Come here for
- Disease-infected rookeries and vice-ridden streets
- Sweatshops, coffee houses, and spacious parks
Expect
- A social history of the capital city
- Documentation of London’s changing social order
Where it sits
| 18th-Century History | 62% |
|---|---|
| Georgian Britain (1714-1837) | 61% |
| How Cultures Work | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- British History
- How Cultures Work
- Authors
- Mary Dorothy George
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Published
- August 30, 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- British History