A great and monstrous thing : London in the eighteenth century
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- ISBN: 9780674073173 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0674073177 (cloth : alk. paper)
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xxi, 682 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Edition: 1st Harvard University Press ed.
- Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.
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General Note: | Originally published as: London in the eighteenth century. London : Bodley Head, 2012. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [607]-647) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part One: City. -- James Gibbs' London, 1708-54 -- Robert Adam's London, 1754-99 -- Part two: People. -- Samuel Johnson's London : Britons -- Ignatius Sancho's London : Citizens of the World. -- Part three: Work. -- William Beckford's London : Commerce -- Francis Place's London : Industry and Labour -- Eliza Haywood's London : Print, Pictures and the Professions. -- Part Four: Culture. -- Teresa Cornelys's London : Public Pleasures -- Martha Stracey's London : Prostitution -- Mary Young's London : Crime and Violence. -- Part Five: Power. -- The Fieldings' London : Police, Prison and Punishment -- Jonas Hanway's London : Religion and Charity -- John Wilkes's London : Politics and Government. |
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Subject: | London (England) History 18th century London (England) Social conditions 18th century London (England) Social life and customs 18th century |
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A Great and Monstrous Thing : London in the Eighteenth Century
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Table of Contents
A Great and Monstrous Thing : London in the Eighteenth Century
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Illustrations | p. xv | |
List of Maps | p. xvii | |
Preface | p. xix | |
Introduction: London 1700-1708 | p. 1 | |
Part 1 | City | |
I | James Gibbs's London, 1708-54 | p. 17 |
The Architect Most in Vogue: James Gibbs | p. 17 | |
'A Kind of Monster': Growing London, 1720-54 | p. 17 | |
Obstructions and Inconveniences: Changing London, 1700-54 | p. 36 | |
II | Robert Adam's London, 1754-99 | p. 49 |
'A Kind of Revolution': Robert Adam | p. 49 | |
'We Have Done Great Things': Improving London, 1754-99 | p. 58 | |
The Mad Spirit of Building: London Growing, 1754-99 | p. 68 | |
'An Epitome of a Great Nation': London, 1799 | p. 76 | |
Part 2 | People | |
III | Samuel Johnson's London - Britons | p. 85 |
'London is Their North-Star': Provincial Londoners | p. 85 | |
'Men Very Fit for Business': North Britons | p. 94 | |
'Within the Sound of Bow Bell': Cockneys and Citizens | p. 99 | |
'A Very Neat First Floor': Living and Dying | p. 106 | |
'Take or Give the Wall': Getting on Together | p. 116 | |
IV | Ignatius Sancho's London - Citizens of the World | p. 125 |
'Our Unfortunate Colour': Black Londoners | p. 125 | |
'Foreign Varlets': Europeans and Some Others | p. 137 | |
'Offscourings of Humanity': Jewish Londoners | p. 145 | |
'Get Up, You Irish Papist Bitch': Irish Londoners | p. 152 | |
Part 3 | Work | |
V | William Beckford's London - Commerce | p. 165 |
'That Which Makes London to be London': Trade | p. 165 | |
'Most Infamous Sett of Gamblers': Money Matters | p. 177 | |
'They Swim into the Shops by Shoals': Retail | p. 186 | |
'Clean Your Honour's Shoes': Streets | p. 196 | |
VI | Francis Place's London - Industry and Labour | p. 207 |
'Minute Movement and Miraculous Weight': Made in London | p. 207 | |
Fellowship Porters, Lumpers and Snuffle-Hunters: Moving Things Around | p. 220 | |
High Life Below Stairs: Domestic Service | p. 226 | |
'At the Eve of a Civil War': Masters and Men | p. 234 | |
VII | Eliza Haywood's London - Print, Pictures and the Professions | p. 249 |
'Purse-Proud Title-Page Mongers': The Business of Words | p. 249 | |
'Overburdened with Practitioners': Print and the Professions | p. 269 | |
'Painting from Beggars': The Business of Pictures | p. 277 | |
Part 4 | Culture | |
VIII | Teresa Cornelys's London - Public Pleasures | p. 293 |
'High Lords, Deep Statesmen, Dutchesses and Whores': Carlisle House | p. 293 | |
'Down on Your Knees': The Stage | p. 302 | |
'Sights and Monsters': The Lions of London | p. 313 | |
No Equal in Europe: Pleasure Gardens | p. 319 | |
'Too Busy with Madam Geneva': Drinking and Socialising327 | ||
'This Extravagant Itch of Gaming | p. 335 | |
IX | Martha Stracey's London - Prostitution | p. 345 |
'How Do You Do Brother Waterman?: Prostitutes | p. 345 | |
'The Whoring Rage Came Upon Me': Men and Prostitution | p. 364 | |
'Damn Your Twenty Pound Note': Fashion and Vice | p. 375 | |
X | Mary Young's London - Crime and Violence | p. 383 |
The Republic of Thieves: Plebeian Crime | p. 383 | |
Virtue Overborn by Temptation: Genteel Crime | p. 405 | |
'Save Me Woody': Violence | p. 411 | |
Part 5 | Power | |
XI | The Fieldings' London - Police, Prison and | |
Punishment | p. 425 | |
Mr Fielding's Men: Thief-Takers | p. 425 | |
'Pluck Off Your Hat Before the Constable': The Parish Police | p. 437 | |
'Hell in Epitome': Prison | p. 446 | |
'Low Lived, Blackguard Merry-Making': Public Punishments | p. 456 | |
XII | Jonas Hanway's London - Religion and Charity | p. 467 |
Fear of God and Proper Subjection: Charity | p. 467 | |
Nurseries of Religion, Virtue and Industry: Governing the Poor | p. 481 | |
'To Resest y e World y e Flesh and y e Devell': Religion | p. 487 | |
'No Hanoverian, No Presbyterian': Religion and Politics, 1700-59 | p. 502 | |
XIII | John Wilkes's London - Politics and Government | p. 511 |
'Wilkes and Liberty!' 1760-68 | p. 511 | |
'Life-Blood of the State': City versus Court, 1768-79 | p. 520 | |
Not a Prison Standing: The Gordon Riots, 1780 | p. 532 | |
'I Would Have No King': Revolution and Democracy,1780-99 | p. 543 | |
Afterword | p. 553 | |
Acknowledgements | p. 557 | |
Notes | p. 561 | |
Bibliography | p. 607 | |
Index | p. 649 |