His evident love for the city lifts the prose, but it also limits his. But the prison was also a microcosm of london life and it housed a colourful range of characters. About jerry white jerry white is an awardwinning historian of london. Rothschild buildings by jerry white overdrive rakuten. Most people who voted for this one were actually nominating whites full trilogy, which covers the 18th, 19th and 20th century. In jerry whites dazzling history we witness the citys unparalleled. Jerry white doesnt stint on delivering the goods on londons dark side, which, of course, will delight true london devot. A social history appeared in 1994 and some porter, stephen inwood, michael hebbert have made a very good job of it. Jerry whites london in the nineteenth century is the richest and most absorbing account of.
Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. London in the nineteenth century by jerry white penguin. London in the nineteenth century audiobook by jerry white. For its inhabitants, such contradictions and diversity were the defining experience of the next century of. His mroe recent books include zeppelin nights, a social history of london during the first world war, and. From 1997 onwards he has worked on a trilogy of books about london from 1700 to 2000. Jerry whites london in the eighteenth century is an enthralling glimpse into a glittering, cruel city. London in the nineteenth century audiobook by jerry. George goodwin, bbc history magazine, book of the year. London in the 19th century, book by jerry white paperback.
Official website of jerry white award winning published author and expert on the history of the city of london, the capital of england. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. With thousands of homes and many landmark buildings. Explore books by jerry white with our selection at. Jan, 2007 london in the nineteenth century by jerry white cape. His more recent books include zeppelin nights, a social history of london. Nov 10, 2009 professor jerry white teaches london history at birkbeck, university of london. He is the author of an acclaimed trilogy of london from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. A biography of the marshalsea debtors prison, was published by random house the bodley head in 2016.
As in his books on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, jerry white has given it his best shot here. Zeppelin nights by jerry white penguin books australia. Todays multicultural london is the heir of the city to which the romans gave birth some two thousand years ago. A biography of the marshalsea debtors prison and zeppelin nights, a social history of london during the first world. Professor jerry white teaches london history at birkbeck, university of london. His evident love for the city lifts the prose, but it also limits his vision as does his. Jerry has written many history books about london including islingtons most notorious street, campbell road in finsbury park.
Even so, football got everlarger crowds on the londons streets for almost the next 30 years. White is the author of two previous volumes, on the history of london in the 20th and the 19th centuries. His most recent book is zeppelin nights, a social history of london during the first. White has been a prolific author, coauthoring a textbook on astrodynamics as well as several christian books about discipleship, selfhelp, and masculinity. Jerry white is visiting professor in history at birkbeck, university of london, and a leading social historian of modern london. Yet it was also a city where poverty and disease were rife. In 1901, london was the greatest city the world had seen in size, wealth and grandeur. Jerry whites dazzling book is the first in a hundred years to explore londons history over the nineteenth century as a whole. A great and monstrous thing new edition by white, jerry isbn. London in the nineteenth century by jerry white penguin books.
Jun 08, 2011 this was the london of blake, thackeray and mayhew, of nash, faraday and disraeli. London in the 19th century by jerry white penguin random. The picture shows a book by jerry white, the story of a great city. In jerry whites dazzling history we witness the citys. I have been researching and writing london history since the mid1970s. London in the eighteenth century was very much a new city, risen from the ashes of the great fire. Jerry white is visiting professor in london history at birkbeck college, university of london.
In jerry whites dazzling history we witness the citys unparalleled metamorphosis over the course of the century through the daily lives of its inhabitants. Professor jerry white teaches london history at birkbeck, university of london, and has been writing about the city for over thirty years. From 1997 onwards he has worked on a trilogy of books about london from 1700. Mar 07, 20 in the longawaited finale to his acclaimed history of london over 300 years, jerry white introduces us to shopkeepers and prostitutes, men and women of fashion and genius, streetrobbers and thieftakers, as they play out the astonishing drama of life in eighteenthcentury london. For the literaryminded traveler, the book is a gold mine. London in the first world war by jerry white at indigo. Thats one reason, i think, why a neverending stream of books on london leaves the publishers warehouses each year. Praise in london stories, the citys sprawling historical and literary landscape is served up in a tidy collection of 26 short works that span four centuries. In his new book, jerry white does justice to both extremes though.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Jerry worked in local government, mainly in london, from 1967 to 2009. Jerrys integrity and commitment to godand his commitment to the vision of the navigatorscertainly propelled this. The museum of londons uniquely rich collections will illuminate the whole of londons history through artefacts, documents, maps, paintings and photographs. A short history of london ranges from the citys roman origins right up to the present day. Jerry white author of london in the nineteenth century. Well, on the morning of tuesday 22 november 1810 it did. White, jerry white and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. London in the 19th century, jerry white 4 nominations. Jerry white is the author of london in the nineteenth century 4. Professor jerry white teaches london history at birkbeck, university of london, and.
As panayi reminds us, this is a very long history indeed. You can buy london in the 20th century and other he has written via here. In jerry white s dazzling history we witness the citys unparalleled metamorphosis over the course of the century through the daily lives of its inhabitants. Now he has put his own story and many years of study into a magnum opus, a new history of london seen through the lens of migration.
Jerry whites london in the twentieth century, winner of the wolfson prize, is a masterful account of the citys most tumultuous century by its leading expert in 1901 no other city matched london in size, wealth and grandeur. The richest and most absorbing account of the citys greatest century by the master of london history. Jerry whites london in the nineteenth century is the richest and most absorbing account of the citys greatest century by its leading expert. Mar 09, 2012 london in the eighteenth century by jerry white. In those four decisive years, london was irrevocably changed. His london in the 20th century won the wolfson prize for 2001. Professor jerry white is one of londons leading social historians. Aug 28, 2015 professor jerry white is one of londons leading social historians. Zeppelin nights is social history at its bestwhite creates a vivid picture of a city changed forever by war the times 2018 marks the centenary of the end of the first world war. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals. A great and monstrous thing offers a streetlevel view of eighteenthcentury london, a city of grandeur and glitter, squalor and poverty, risen from the ashes of the great fire of 1666 that destroyed half its homes and great public buildings. Isbn 9780233004372 i know this, because i had the book in london in my hand unfortunately.
May 06, 2014 jerry white is visiting professor in history at birkbeck, university of london, and a leading social historian of modern london. A city and its people and over one million other books are available for amazon kindle. About the author jerry white is visiting professor in london history at birkbeck college, university of london. Read london in the twentieth century a city and its people by jerry white available from rakuten kobo. White has already written accounts of london in the 19th and 20th centuries, and this is the last in a planned trilogy. Jerry white books list of books by author jerry white.
What emerges is a society fractured by geography, politics, religion, history and especially by class. This was the london of blake, thackeray and mayhew, of nash, faraday and disraeli. Most people who voted for this one were actually nominating white s full trilogy, which covers the 18th, 19th and 20th century. A human awful wonder of god jonathan cape was published to critical acclaim in 2007. Isbn 9780233004372 i know this, because i had the book in london in my hand unfortunately for only for loan. Professor jerry white department of history, classics. Jerry white is a leading authority on the history of london, and in this timely book he describes the way in which london became an everenlarging leviathan of total war and was by 1918 transformed in terms of its population, living standards and residential and economic geography.
Jerry white is a british historian who has specialised in the history of london. He is the author of the critically acclaimed trilogy london in the eighteenth century. Jerry white, the story of a great city, with the order or isbn number. The story of an extraordinary century in the history of london. A biography of the marshalsea debtors prison and zeppelin nights, a social history of london during the first world war. Jerry white is visiting professor in london history at birkbeck college, university of london, and the foremost historian of modern london. Department of history, classics and archaeology birkbeck, university of london room 305 28 russell square london wc1b 5dq.
He started his career inspecting homes in islington after taking a job as a public health inspector for islington council back in the 1970s. Quite a few historians have travelled this immense terrain since roy porters london. Its so misleading, because if you order the book the story of a great city, you then get another book, namely. Jerry white doesnt stint on delivering the goods on londons dark side, which, of course, will delight true london devotees. Jun 08, 2011 professor jerry white teaches london history at birkbeck, university of london. London in the twentieth century by jerry white overdrive.
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