| Author | : Steve Lewis |
| Publisher | : Pitkin |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012-05-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780752464305 |
A history of London's East End
London's East End
| Author | : Jonathan Oates |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2018-05-30 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 152672412X |
The East End is one of the most famous parts of London and it has had its own distinctive identity since the district was first settled in medieval times. It is best known for extremes of poverty and deprivation, for strong political and social movements, and for the extraordinary mix of immigrants who have shaped its history. Jonathan Oatess handbook is the ideal guide to its complex, rich and varied story and it is an essential source for anyone who wants to find out about an East End ancestor or carry out their own research into the area.He outlines in vivid detail the development of the neighbourhoods that constitute the East End. In a series of information-filled chapters, he explores East End industries and employment the docks, warehouses, factories, markets and shops. He looks at its historic poverty and describes how it gained a reputation for criminality, partly because of notorious criminals like Jack the Ripper and the Krays. This dark side to the history contrasts with the liveliness of the East End entertainments and the strong social bonds of the immigrants who made their home there Huguenots, Jews, Bangladeshis and many others.Throughout the book details are given of the records that researchers can consult in order to delve into the history for themselves online sites, archives, libraries, books and museums.
The Cultural Construction of London’s East End
| Author | : Paul Newland |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 323 |
| Release | : 2008-01-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9401206244 |
Paul Newland’s illuminating study explores the ways in which London’s East End has been constituted in a wide variety of texts – films, novels, poetry, television shows, newspapers and journals. Newland argues that an idea or image of the East End, which developed during the late nineteenth century, continues to function in the twenty-first century as an imaginative space in which continuing anxieties continue to be worked through concerning material progress and modernity, rationality and irrationality, ethnicity and 'Otherness', class and its related systems of behaviour. The Cultural Construction of London’s East End offers detailed examinations of the ways in which the East End has been constructed in a range of texts including BBC Television’s EastEnders, Monica Ali’s Brick Lane, Walter Besant’s All Sorts and Conditions of Men, Thomas Burke’s Limehouse Nights, Peter Ackroyd’s Hawksmoor, films such as Piccadilly, Sparrows Can’t Sing, The Long Good Friday, From Hell, The Elephant Man, and Spider, and in the work of Iain Sinclair.
London's East End Through Time
| Author | : Michael Foley |
| Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2011-10-15 |
| Genre | : Photography |
| ISBN | : 1445629291 |
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which London's East End has changed and developed over the last century.
Spitalfields Life
| Author | : Gentle Author |
| Publisher | : Hodder & Stoughton |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Dwellings |
| ISBN | : 9781444703955 |
I am going to write every single day and tell you about my life here in Spitalfields at the heart of London... Drawing comparisons with Pepys, Mayhew and Dickens, the gentle author of Spitalfields Life has gained an extraordinary following in recent years, by writing hundreds of lively pen portraits of the infinite variety of people who live and work in the East End of London.
Encyclopedia of London's East End
| Author | : Kevin A. Morrison |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2023-03-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1476648379 |
The East End is an iconic area of London, from the transient street art of Banksy and Pablo Delgado to the exhibitions of Doreen Fletcher and Gilbert and George. Located east of the Tower of London and north of the River Thames, it has experienced a number of developmental stages in its four-hundred-year history. Originating as a series of scattered villages, the area has been home to Europe's worst slums and served as an affluent nodal point of the British Empire. Through its evolution, the East End has been the birthplace of radical political and social movements and the social center for a variety of diasporic communities. This reference work, with its alphabetically organized cross-referenced entries and its original and historical photography, serves as a comprehensive guide to the social and cultural history of this global hub.
London Then and Now
| Author | : Diane Burstein |
| Publisher | : Rizzoli Publications |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2020-06-23 |
| Genre | : Photography |
| ISBN | : 1911641395 |
Using archive photographs from London's rich history, London Then and Now shows how some parts of the city have changed dramatically, while others remain perfectly preserved. London has changed rapidly in the last 150 years. The Luftwaffe helped modify many parts of central London and the East End in the 1940s, but some of the most dramatic changes have come in the last twenty years. Stretching from Hampton Court and Kew Gardens in West London, this updated and revised edition takes a winding route along the River Thames to the soaring spires of Canary Wharf in Docklands and the stately Royal Naval College at Greenwich. Sites include Hampton Court Palace, Kew Gardens, Hammersmith Bridge, King's Road Chelsea, Battersea Power Station, Lambeth Palace, the Tate, Palace of Westminster, Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben), Whitehall, Horse Guards Parade, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Harrods, Albert Memorial, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery, Festival Hall, Savoy Hotel, Oxo Tower, Covent Garden, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Royal Opera House, Soho, Tate Modern, Bank of England, St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower of London, HMS Belfast, Samuel Pepys's Church, London Bridge/the Shard, Docklands, Greenwich Observatory, and the Royal Naval College.
