Dr Johnson's London: life in London 1740 - 1770

"Liza Picard immersed herself in contemporary sources - diaries and journals, almanacs and newspapers, government papers and reports, advice books and memoirs (including, not least, those of foreign visitors such as Casanova) - to examine the substance of life in mid 18th-century London: houses...

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Main Author: Picard, Liza 1927- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2000
Edition:1. publ. in Great Britain
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Summary:"Liza Picard immersed herself in contemporary sources - diaries and journals, almanacs and newspapers, government papers and reports, advice books and memoirs (including, not least, those of foreign visitors such as Casanova) - to examine the substance of life in mid 18th-century London: houses, gardens, transport and traffic; occupations and work, pleasure and amusements; health, medicine and hospitals; sex and food, clothes and fashion; education, manners and etiquette; crime and punishment." "This book spans the period 1740 to 1770 - very much the city of Dr. Johnson, who published his great Dictionary in 1755. It starts when the gin craze was gaining ground and ends when the east coast of America was still British. While recording the strangeness and individuality of the past, Dr. Johnson's London continually reminds us of parallels with the present day."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:XXI, 362 S. Ill.
ISBN:0297842188

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