Abstract

Editorial Committee Hon. Editor JOHN M. HALL Director, Centre for East London Studies, Queen Mary College VALERIE PEARL M. H. PORT President, Professor of Modern History, New Hall, Cambridge Queen Mary College W. L. CHERNAIK DAVID LOWENTHAL Senior Lecturer in English, Professor of Geography, Queen Mary College University College London T. C. BARKER NICHOLAS DEAKIN Professor of Economic History, Professor of Social Policy London School of Economics & and Administration, Political Science University of Birmingham J. L. BOLTON KEN YOUNG Senior Fellow, Senior Lecturer in History, Queen Mary College Policy Studies Institute Review Editors LORNA HUTSON DAVID R. GREEN Lecturer in English, Lecturer in Geography, Queen Mary College King's College London Guest Editors for the Essays: VICTOR BELCHER and PETER BEZODIS (Survey of London) with JOHN M. HALL and M. H. PORT Editorial Advisers PAUL BARKER; FRANCOIS BEDARIDA, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris; c. N. L. BROOKE, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge; PENELOPE J. CORFIELD, Lecturer in History, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College; CELINA FOX, Curator of Paintings & c., The Museum of London; RUTH GLASS, Director, Centre of Urban Studies, University College Lonrlon; PETER HALL, Professor of Geography, University of Reading; MAX HEBDITCH,