Jacob F. Field

London, Londoners and the Great Fire of 1666

Disaster and Recovery

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing upon a mixture of qualitative and quantitative sources, this book examines the social, economic, and cultural impact of the Great Fire of 1666, arguably the greatest catastrophe to ever befall London. Putting responses to the Fire in the context of existing trends in early modern England, the book also explores the broader effects of the

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Early Modern History
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780367889722
• ISBN-10: 0367889722
• Artikelnr.: 58440032

Autorenporträt

Dr Jacob F. Field is a historian and writer who was a contributor to 1001 Historic Sites and 1001 Battles. He is the author of One Bloody Thing After Another: The World's Gruesome History, and We Shall Fight on the Beaches: The Speeches That Inspired History, both published by Michael O'Mara Books. He studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford, and then moved to Newcastle University for his PhD, where he completed a thesis on the Great Fire of London. He then worked as a research associate at the University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A New History of the Great Fire of London Part I 1. A Brief
Account of the Great Fire 2. Rebuilding London Part II 3. Household
Movement After the Great Fire 4. London's Economic Topography After the
Great Fire 5. Cultural Reactions to the Great Fire. Conclusion: The Impact
of the Great Fire