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Bloom Clive

Violent London: 200 Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts: 2000 Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts

Pan Macmillan - First Edition 2003,

20,00 €

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Autore
Bloom Clive
Editori
Pan Macmillan, First Edition 2003
Soggetto
Storia History Histoire
Descrizione
H
Sovracoperta
No
Stato di conservazione
Molto buono
Legatura
Rilegato
Copia autografata
No
Prima edizione
No

Descrizione

8vo, 579pp. The complex and fascinating nature of London has provided fertile ground for bestselling social histories by writers like Roy Porter and Peter Ackroyd. For the first time a book explores the capital's secret history - the underground world of radicals and subversives from Boudicca and Wat Tyler to the anti-globalization riots of the Chartists, Suffragettes, Mosleyites and IRA. Violent London is an account of political activism expressed in street fighting and slum warfare, assassinations and bombings. The main characters are demagogues and democrats, lunatics and libertarians, bigots and social revolutionaries. The story traces the growth of London as a capital adn as a major city, following the people who live, work, demonstrate, fight and die in its violent byways. With its strong characters and dramatic narrative, Violent London is a riveting examination of past and present conflict, revealing a hidden thread in London's living history. Clive Bloom is Professor of English and American Studies at Middlesex University.