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London's Docklands Paperback – January 1, 2019
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- Print length384 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 2019
- Dimensions5.08 x 0.87 x 7.8 inches
- ISBN-10075098998X
- ISBN-13978-0750989985
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- Publisher : The History Press; Reprint edition (January 1, 2019)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 075098998X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0750989985
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.08 x 0.87 x 7.8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,836,468 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #10,046 in Great Britain History (Books)
- #15,681 in Historical Study (Books)
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- Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2013I would have liked a bit more detail on various periods, but this book is overall informative and entertaining. I look forward to reading more from the same author.
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- Andrew Macdonald PowneyReviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars 'If you saw how the guys worked you wouldn't mind them taking a little bit here and there.' p.348
This is a genuine history and a genuine history of Docklands. It is not only a labour history nor a maritime history alone. All other relevant kinds of history have been sifted for you and put into an order that gives true context to what happened in the port of London through twenty centuries, taking you from Roman ketchup to Cubitt Town, Sweyn Forkbeard to Zeppelins, East India to Heseltine. It is extremely well balanced, clear and interesting, without footnotes or endnotes, and with a well-judged select bibliography of secondary sources. I read it alongside David Kynaston's history of the City. Everyone will want a bit more on her own preferred topic but Fiona Rule's remains a substantial book. Right now we might expect more than one chapter on enslaved people; but it is also important to remember all the supposedly free, working people. I should have liked more on the freedoms which dock work could give despite its desperation, and on the ambiguous effect of a national union: my grandfather remembered Ben Tillett from his childhood (though not in London) and my grandfather was no fan. With every dock that is not now filled in made into a marina, Docklands is plastered over with banks and endless luxury flats, glass and new materials rather than iron and crates almost like a new city in China. Robert Milligan's statue was removed from West India Dock but it was also a very last trace, and without this book you would never recognise what until containerisation was the landscape of London.
- windibreezeReviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it for your daughter.. I am reading for my Dad and GrandDad
Saw this book in a book shop last year knew I had to read it, but for £14.99 was out of budget so it went in my amazon wish list for later.
It went down To 4.99 so this year I had to get it .. and also bagged in the history of in port of london by Peter stone ...Iam doing a blitz on the docks and the Thames at the moment.
Great book good size paper back made it any easy read and I have read it all in a flash, it was easy light and fast read. I liked Fiona’s writing style and I will definitely read another of her books .. the worst street in london.
Iam now so much more knowledgeable to docks Thames Londön.
I have also nearly finished Peter stones book.
Also brilliant !
Next up is Ben Wilson Rise and fall of the British navy.. should be a capital N but it did fall...and also Anachy rise n fall of the East Indian company by you know who.
I am really looking forward to sailing out of the Thames on new adventures ... might even do a bit of ship building by ..... must get up on top deck for a bit of air some time very soon
- michael hillsReviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2016
4.0 out of 5 stars London docks
Interesting fairly comprehensive read on the history of London docks
- T. FrostReviewed in the United Kingdom on March 20, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant history of London, trade and the docks.
Well written and interesting. Perfect for learning about London, trade, history and the docks. I liked the way the history of London is included.
- don in franceReviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2014
5.0 out of 5 stars Born and Bred in E16
Excellent read for any ex Custom House Boy.
I could always see the ships from my bedroom window. And New Year the sound of Ships Hooters and Sirens, New Year has never been the same.
My father who was also a dockie took me down the docks one day and on board the Chusan P.O. Liner. A boy hood experience never forgotten I could also name all the shipping lines by their funnels. When I was 19 I joined the West Ham Fire Brigade based at Silvertown Fire Station in the early sixties and as a raw recruit had to name all the dock gates and where they were and when they were open. What memories this book has invoked in me again now I am 71 years old.
Thanks for taking me down memory Lane