White, Jerry (2010) City rivalries and the modernisation of Eighteenth-Century London, 1720-1770. Literatur in Wissenschaft und Unterricht 43 (2/3), pp. 83-102. ISSN 0024-4643.
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Abstract
Longstanding rivalries between the cities of London and Westminster came to a head in the 1730s with the decision by Parliament to build a new bridge at Westminster. Opened in 1750 the bridge seemed to threaten the commercial existence of the City. A competitive urge to modernise London's streets, which revolutionised the ease with which Londoners got around the metropolis, had these city rivalries as its main driving force.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| School or Research Centre: | Birkbeck Schools and Research Centres > School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy > History, Classics and Archaeology |
| Depositing User: | Prof Jerry White |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2011 07:47 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Apr 2013 12:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/4178 |
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