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London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People
Jerry White's London in the Twentieth Century, Winner of the Wolfson Prize, is a masterful account of the citys most tumultuous century by its leading expert. In 1901 no other city matched London in size, wealth and grandeur. Yet it was also a city where poverty and disease were rife. For its inhabitants, such contradictions and diversity were the defining experience of the next century of dazzling change. In the worlds of work and popular culture, politics and crime, through war, immigration and sexual revolution, Jerry Whites richly detailed and captivating history shows how the city shaped their lives and how it in turn was shaped by them.