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London Fog : The Biography / Christine L. Corton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries onlyDescription: 1 online resource (408 p.) : 28 color illustrations, 63 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674495692
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.57/509421 23
LOC classification:
  • QC929.F7 C57 2015eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. The Birth of London Fog -- 2. Dickensian Gloom -- 3. King Fog -- 4. Women in Danger -- 5. The View from Abroad -- 6. London Apocalypse -- 7. Land of the Living Dead -- 8. The Last Gasp -- Conclusion: The Death of London Fog -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index
Summary: The classic London fogs—thick yellow “pea-soupers”—were born in the industrial age and remained a feature of cold, windless winter days until clean air legislation in the 1960s. Christine L. Corton tells the story of these epic London fogs, their dangers and beauty, and the lasting effects on our culture and imagination of these urban spectacles.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674495692

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. The Birth of London Fog -- 2. Dickensian Gloom -- 3. King Fog -- 4. Women in Danger -- 5. The View from Abroad -- 6. London Apocalypse -- 7. Land of the Living Dead -- 8. The Last Gasp -- Conclusion: The Death of London Fog -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index

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The classic London fogs—thick yellow “pea-soupers”—were born in the industrial age and remained a feature of cold, windless winter days until clean air legislation in the 1960s. Christine L. Corton tells the story of these epic London fogs, their dangers and beauty, and the lasting effects on our culture and imagination of these urban spectacles.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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