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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Doctor Johnson's London".
- catalog contributor b12015297.
- catalog coverage "London (England) History 18th century.".
- catalog coverage "London (England) Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog coverage "London (England) Social life and customs 18th century.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-347) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 362 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0297842188".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson,".
- catalog spatial "England London.".
- catalog spatial "London (England) History 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "London (England) Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "London (England) Social life and customs 18th century.".
- catalog subject "942.107 21".
- catalog subject "Authors, English Homes and haunts England London.".
- catalog subject "DA682 .P53 2000".
- catalog subject "Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 Homes and haunts England London.".
- catalog title "Doctor Johnson's London".
- catalog title "Dr. Johnson's London : life in London, 1740-1770 / Liza Picard.".
- catalog type "text".