London in the twentieth century
Subtitle: a city and its people
By: Jerry White.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 526
Subjects: London (England) -- History -- 1951-; London (England) -- History -- 1800-1950.; London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE: City; title: I. London Growing: 1900-1950; title: London 19oo: The Victorian Legacy; title: Inner London: 1900-1940; title: Suburban London: 1900-1940; title: The Blitz and After; title: 2. London Remade: I951-99; title: The Triumph of the New: 1951-70; title: Past and Present: 1965-80; title: Post-industrial London: 1980-99; title: PART TWO: People; title: 3. Londoners: x900-1947; title: Londoners and the Nation; title: Londoners and the World; title: Getting On Together; title: 4. The Remaking of the Londoner: 1948-99; title: Multiracial London; title: Hard Feelings; title: Live and Let Live; title: PART THREE: Economy; title: 5. Capital and Labour; title: Mart and Workshop of the World: 1900-1914; title: Brave New World: 1914-40; title: Office World: 1940-65; title: Great Slump, Green Shoots: 1966-99; title: 6. Richer and Poorer; title: Always with Us; title: Public Health, Private Space; title: The London Factor; title: PART FOUR: Popular Culture; title: 7. City of Dreadful Night; title: Mobs, Whizzers, Hoisters and the Bobbed-hair Bandit:; title: Crime, 1900-1940; title: Bombs, 'The Black', Chivs and Shooters: Crime, 1940-55; title: Blaggers, Muggers and Businessmen: Crime, 1955-99; title: The Blue Lamp: Police and Public, 1900-1958; title: The Bill: Police and Public, 1958-99; title: 8. The Swinging City; title: Roaring Crowds: Street Life, 1900-1999; title: In Town Tonight: Night Life, 1900-1959; title: From Swinging London to Coolest City in the World:; title: 1960-99; title: PART FIVE: Politics; title: 9. Governing the Ungovernable; title: Progressives, Moderates and 'Good Old George':; title: London Government, 1900-1933; title: The Morrison Years: London Government, 1934-64; title: The GLC and After: Greater London Government,; title: 1965-99; title: Afterword: London in the Twenty-first Century; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.