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Secret History of Our Streets: London, The by Joseph Bullman, Neil Hegarty, Brian Hill (Hardcover, 2012)
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BBC Books, published 2012. Illustrated, 2 sections of colour & b/w plates. 6¼″ X 9½″ 352 pages.
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In 1886 a man called Charles Booth embarked on a 14-year journey through the streets of London, creating a social map of the city and the people who lived in it. Now, Our Secret Streets aims to replicate Charles Booth's methods to create a groundbreaking social document that will bring the history of the streets of London to life. This remarkable book will explore the stories of six contemporary London streets spanning the length and breadth of the map of London, and the vast social spectrum of the people that live there. From Notting Hill to Deptford, exclusive neighbourhoods to former slums, it will discover who lives there now and what kind of person lived there then, revealing intimate, microcosmic stories of wealth, poverty, migration and social class. And it will follow the flow of rich and poor, aristocracy and working class in and out of the city, from the frenzied overdevelopment of the Victorian era, through the gentrification of the mid twentieth century, to the inner city and 'village London' we know today. Our Secret Streets is the hidden history of the streets we walk down every day, the shops we shop in and our very homes themselves. It is a unique opportuniProduct Identifiers
PublisherEbury Publishing
ISBN-139781849904506
eBay Product ID (ePID)114001760
Product Key Features
Publication Year2012
TopicLocal History
Book TitleSecret History of Our Streets: London, the
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorJoseph Bullman, Neil Hegarty, Brian Hill
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height240 mm
Item Weight622 g
Item Width161 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJoseph Bullman, Brian Hill, Neil Hegarty
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- 17 Jun, 2020
A good read.
Very interesting book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 20 Dec, 2023
Recommended
Interesting concept and told in an accessible mannerVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
