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this is an enthralling history of the urban world of the 1800s. (Sally Cousins SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (19.6.05) )
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'There is a great deal to admire about BUILDING JERUSALEM...the most inspiring chapters describe the great campaigns for social reform.'
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Long before the thunder of Stephenson's Rocket, before the steam-powered factory and the northern mill town, a passenger seated on the box of a horse-drawn mail coach might witness the rhythms of another country. Read the first page
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is packed with stuff that informs and entertains. Despite being a Nu-Labor supporter (which leeches through the text) the young, aristocrat historian has produced a pretty good account of the 19th century British city. I particularly like the stuff on the clash between the Goths and the Classisist architects and how it symbolised a deeper malaise about industrialisation.
A good companion book to AN Wilson's 'The Victorians' and Jerry Whites 'London in the 19th Century'.
A good companion book to AN Wilson's 'The Victorians' and Jerry Whites 'London in the 19th Century'.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Like the author, it's a bit New Labour, but he's knowledgeable and finds good examples and anecdotes to bring it to life. A nice corrective to be read alongside Lewis Mumford, who covers some of the same ground but comes to completely different conclusions. Mumford loves medieval cities and despises Victorian ones; and he likes Ebenezer Howard and the British New Towns of the post-war period. Hunt feels exactly the opposite.
20 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a fascinating book. Scholarly, well-written and full of surprising and entertaining stories. Hunt evokes life in Britain's great Victorian cities better than anyone else I've read. I loved it!
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A third of the way through and enjoying
A book that suits the timeframe in history that I am looking for. A third of the way through and although initially had a slow time getting into Tristram Hunt's writing pattern... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Glyn White
Lop-sided Treatment
At one level, Hunt has a rollicking, tabloid style that permits you to cover pages quickly, but the repetition and the superficiality soon starts to pall. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by Dennis Mobberley
readings.
I found it boring and hard to get into and gave up after a few pages. have tried again, but still do not like it, I think this is a type of book that you have to be in the right... Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2009 by Ms. J. M. Harrison-hicks
Interesting topic, badly conveyed
I bought Hunt's book because I'm interested in urban history. However, I was assured by other readers that this was an accessable book. I found this not to be the case in fact. Read more
Published on 27 Nov 2007 by R.J.W89
Well-researched, but flawed, account of Victorian cities
Hunt, a university lecturer and government adviser, has written a considerable work, based on years of research, but flawed by its pro-Labour, anti-working class perspective. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2004 by William Podmore
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