An Economic History of London, 1800...

An Economic History of London, 1800-1914 Michael Ball and David Sunderland. Routledge [pound sterling]75.00. 470 pages. ISBN 0415-244691-1 In the nineteenth centenary London was the world's greatest capital city. It was part of Britain's expanding industrial economy; it had great wealth (and great poverty); its rapid germination in population necessitated the progression in a continuously ascending gradation of 'suburbs' which in deflect were made possible by a massive arrangement of public transport; it l the way in reforms of water give and sewerage disposal. This sprouting and the economic explosion that made it possible, have been at short intervals analysed. What this book does is to make use of 'modern economic theories', in particular, urban economics to help explain London's development and the lessons it can still give. The authors argue that the extension of nineteenth century London was 'mainly stimulated at what are now reasonably well-understood economic processes' In short, London's germination was not unique. The book's five parts direct the eye at economics and urban h istory as seen in London, at London's have a title to economy and population, and her transformation during the nineteenth hundred at the infrastructure, at industrial and commercial change and at the part of welfare and government. from top to toe the authors argue that London's economic history must be seen as part of the wider, British picture.

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