Ebook: London's docklands: a history of the lost quarter

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; 1 Ad Initium; 2 A New Era; 3 The Rebirth of London; 4 Merchants and Monopolies; 5 Plague and Politics; 6 Voyages of Discovery; 7 Black Gold; 8 Fire; 9 Mr Lloyd's Coffee House; 10 Fur, Whales and New Developments; 11 The Pros and Cons of Prosperity; 12 The Canal Boom; 13 The Great 19th Century Docks; 14 The Age of Steam; 15 The Rise of the Wharves; 16 Life in the Victorian Docks; 17 Boiling Point; 18 The Beginning of the End; 19 Crash, Depression and Conflict; 20 The Demise of the Docks; Select Bibliography; Index.