The London Dream: Migration and the Mythology of the City 1789044200, 9781789044201

The London Dream tells the story of a city that promises opportunity, excitement and the possibility of prosperity. It i

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The London Dream: Migration and the Mythology of the City
1789044200, 9781789044201

From an insider’s position, Sir Paul Newall tells the story of Japan’s links with the City of London and explains why th

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This ebook edition first published in 2013. The authors of the celebrated 'London: The Executioner's City

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Pomp, pageantry, power and prestige are just a few of the words to sum up the history and vibrancy of the City of London

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This was the first comprehensive study of the City of London to be published. The study examines the economic structure

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As one of the fastest growing cities in Europe, London has become a mass generator of employment and a magnet for inward

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The first comprehensive history of seventeenth-century London, told through the lives of those who experienced it

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How is London responding to social and economic crises, and to the challenges of sustaining its population, economy and

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Paris and London have long held a mutual fascination, and never more so than in the period 1750–1914, when they vied to

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The Ifugao call themselves as i-pugao or “inhabitants of the known earth”; other variations of the name are Ifugaw, Ipug

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As people crowded into British cities in the nineteenth century, industrial and biological waste byproducts and then epi

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