The City Of London Volume 3: Illusions of Gold 1914 - 1945

ISBN-13: 9780712662765 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 608 str.

David Kynaston

Opis

This book tells the story of the City in this century, how it survived two world wars, opened itself up to international competition in the 1960s and finally faced the 'Big Bang' in 1986.

Recenzje

A fascinating book, deeply researched and admirably written by an author who is a master of his subject and also of the light touch Evening Standard

O autorze

David Kynaston was born in Aldershot in 1951. After graduating from New College Oxford, he studied at the London School of Economics. A professional historian, in addition to the four-volume The City of London, his works include King Labour: A History of the British Working Class, 1850-1914, histories of the Financial Times and the stockbrokers Cazenove & co., and the first two volumes in a planned history of Britain between 1945 and 1979, Austerity Britain, 1945-51 and Family Britain, 1951-57.