An Economic History of London 1800-1914

by Michael Ball and David T. Sunderland

Book Overview

In 1800 London was already the largest city in the world, and over the course of the next century its population grew rapidly, reaching over seven million by 1914. Historians have often depicted London after the Industrial Revolution as an industrial backwater that declined into the mass exploitation of labour through 'sweating', dominated by City and merchant interests. This book instead argues that London was a centre of nineteenth-century British...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415406404
• ISBN13: 9780415406406
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"