Download or read book An Economic History of London 1800-1914 written by Professor Michael Ball and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2001-04-26 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1800 London was already the largest city in the world, and over the course of the next century its population grew rapidly, reaching over seven million by 1914. Historians have often depicted London after the Industrial Revolution as an industrial backwater that declined into the mass exploitation of labour through 'sweating', dominated by City