City Of London Volume 2

Golden Years 1890-1914

AvDavid Kynaston

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Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

Between 1890 and 1914 the City of London was all dominant as Britain's legendary gold standard reigned supreme across the globe. Golden Years anatomises an elite at the height of its powers. Combining brilliant scholarship with high entertainment, and drawing on an unparalleled range of original sources, David Kynaston brings the city triumphant into the mainstream of British and world history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-02-28
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781448112302
Förlag:Vintage Publishing

Utforska kategorier

Arkitektur inom Kultur
Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik
Ekonomisk historia inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

David Kynaston was born in Aldershot in 1951. After graduating from New College Oxford, he studied at the London School of Economics. A professional historian, in addition to the four-volume The City of London, his works include King Labour: A History of the British Working Class, 1850-1914, histories of the Financial Times and the stockbrokers Cazenove & co., and the first two volumes in a planned history of Britain between 1945 and 1979, Austerity Britain, 1945-51 and Family Britain, 1951-57.

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"[An] enthralling history...He illustrates it with rich anecdotes, an extraordinary range of sources, and lively writing. It is a wonderful piece of work" Financial Times "Overflows with lines that leap off any front page today...Great history" New Statesman & Society "His City towers over the Thames basin, an ant hill of energy, speculation and greed. The story is never dry, for Kynaston tells it as human drama...This is economic history as its most glittering" The Times