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Book Synopsis Bricks of Victorian London by : Peter Hounsell
Download or read book Bricks of Victorian London written by Peter Hounsell and published by Univ of Hertfordshire Press. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of London's Victorian buildings are built of coarse-textured yellow bricks. These are 'London stocks', produced in very large quantities all through the nineteenth century and notable for their ability to withstand the airborne pollutants of the Victorian city. Whether visible or, as is sometimes the case, hidden behind stonework or underground, they form a major part of the fabric of the capital. Until now, little has been written about how and where they were made and the people who made them. Peter Hounsell has written a detailed history of the industry which supplied these bricks to the London market, offering a fresh perspective on the social and economic history of the city. In it he reveals the workings of a complex network of finance and labour. From landowners who saw an opportunity to profit from the clay on their land, to entrepreneurs who sought to build a business as brick manufacturers, to those who actually made the bricks, the book considers the process in detail, placing it in the context of the supply-and-demand factors that affected the numbers of bricks produced and the costs involved in equipping and running a brickworks. Transport from the brickfields to the market was crucial and Dr Hounsell conducts a full survey of the different routes by which bricks were delivered to building sites - by road, by Thames barge or canal boat, and in the second half of the century by the new railways. The companies that made the bricks employed many thousands of men, women and children and their working lives, homes and culture are looked at here, as well as the journey towards better working conditions and wages. The decline of the handmade yellow stock was eventually brought about by the arrival of the machine-made Fletton brick that competed directly with it on price. Brickmaking in the vicinity of London finally disappeared after the Second World War. Although its demise has left little evidence in the landscape, this industry influenced the developme
Book Synopsis Architecture and Social Reform in Late-Victorian London by : Deborah E. B. Weiner
Download or read book Architecture and Social Reform in Late-Victorian London written by Deborah E. B. Weiner and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amidst the sea of squalid brick tenements and working-class two-up, two-down houses of late nineteenth-century London, new building types arose, large in scale and bold in their message: the triple-storied Queen Anne board schools, the mock Elizabethan settlement houses, an Arts and Crafts free public art gallery replete with mystic symbolism, and as first conceived, a neo-Byzantine pleasure palace for the working-classes.
Book Synopsis Stones of Law, Bricks of Shame by : Jan Alber
Download or read book Stones of Law, Bricks of Shame written by Jan Alber and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prison system was one of the primary social issues of the Victorian era and a regular focus of debate among the period?s reformers, novelists, and poets. Stones of Law, Bricks of Shame brings together essays from a broad range of scholars, who examine writings on the Victorian prison system that were authored not by inmates, but by thinkers from the respectable middle class. Studying the ways in which writings on prisons were woven into the fabric of the period, the contributors consider the ways in which these works affected inmates, the prison system, and the Victorian public. Contesting and extending Michel Foucault's ideas on power and surveillance in the Victorian prison system, Stones of Law, Bricks of Shame covers texts from Charles Dickens to Henry James. This essential volume will refocus future scholarship on prison writing and the Victorian era.
Book Synopsis Victorian Brick and Terra-Cotta Architecture in Full Color by : Pierre Chabat
Download or read book Victorian Brick and Terra-Cotta Architecture in Full Color written by Pierre Chabat and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rare portfolio of 541 beautiful full-color architectural drawings illustrating the imaginative use of brickwork and terra-cotta appliqués in Victorian revival styles. 682 illustrations. Captions. Publisher's Note.
Book Synopsis A Mighty Mass of Brick and Smoke by : Lawrence Alfred Phillips
Download or read book A Mighty Mass of Brick and Smoke written by Lawrence Alfred Phillips and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2007 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all eras of London¿s history, the Victorian and Edwardian city continues to stimulate the literary, visual, and popular imaginations like no other. This collection explores the unique relationship between the literary, and more broadly, artistic imagination and experience of the Victorian and Edwardian city. It includes some major figures such as Wordsworth, Dickens, and James, but also other writers and artists who are all but forgotten. Bringing together some of the leading scholars working on representations of Victorian and Edwardian London, this collection will be of interest to scholars, researchers and students working on literary London and more broadly the urban in the nineteenth- and early twentieth-centuries.
Book Synopsis The Growth of Victorian London by : Donald J. Olsen
Download or read book The Growth of Victorian London written by Donald J. Olsen and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1976 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Everyday Life in Victorian London by : Helen Amy
Download or read book Everyday Life in Victorian London written by Helen Amy and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-01-15 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of London and its people - from the richest to the poorest - when it was the world's greatest and most quickly expanding city.
Book Synopsis Victorian London Slums Seven Dials by : Terry Trainor
Download or read book Victorian London Slums Seven Dials written by Terry Trainor and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Seven Dials refers to the layout of the cobbled streets in this London 'village,' which includes Monmouth Street, Earlham Street and Mercer Street. The seven streets radiate out from the central sundial Looking closely you'll see the dial only has only six faces; this is due to an earlier urban planning drawn up by Thomas Neale in the 17th century who devised the characteristic seven dials street layout to maximize the number of houses that could be built on the site so maximizing his profit.
Download or read book Steampunk LEGO written by Guy Himber and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with dirigibles and floating cities, penny-farthings and pirate ships, curiosities and robots galore, Steampunk LEGO is an illustrated collection of Victorian-era sci-fi treasures, all built from LEGO. Curated by award-winning LEGO builder and special effects master Guy Himber, this full-color coffee table book showcases an eclectic variety of models designed by dozens of the world’s best LEGO artists. Grab your brass goggles and join fictional explorer Sir Herbert Jobson as he travels the world cataloguing its technological wonders for Queen Victoria. His entertaining descriptions of an imaginative alternate history bring these delightful LEGO models to swashbuckling life.
Download or read book British Bricks written by David Kitching and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history of British bricks and brick makers.
Download or read book Bricks written by John Woodforde and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-12 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1976, Bricks tells the story of bricks in Britain. The story of the brick begins with the sun-dried, mud bricks formed with hands alone. Walls built with such bricks have been found in the ruins of Jericho – probably the oldest town in the world. John Woodforde describes bricks and brickmaking in the ancient world and in Europe and America; he gives a comprehensive account of brickmaking in Britain up to the 1970s. He describes the properties of bricks, including those of the unique fletton brick, manufactured by the London Brick Company. The author looks, too, at the equipment and techniques used to fashion bricks, the brickmakers themselves and brickwork of many kinds: in garden walls, sewers, canals, railways and roads as well as in Hampton Court and the Nash terraces of Regent’s Park. This book will be of interest to students of architecture, engineering, chemistry and construction.
Download or read book Nature's Museums written by Carla Yanni and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2005-09-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yanni (art history, Rutgers U.) examines the relationship between architecture and science in the 19th century by considering the physical placement and display of natural artifacts in Victorian natural history museums. She begins by discussing the problem of classification, the social history of collecting, as well as architectural competitions an
Book Synopsis Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London by : Gian Luca Amadei
Download or read book Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London written by Gian Luca Amadei and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-19 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how Victorian cemeteries were the direct result of the socio-cultural, economic and political context of the city, and were part of a unique transformation process that emerged in London at the time. The book shows how the re-ordering of the city’s burial spaces, along with the principles of health and hygiene, were directly associated with liberal capital investments, which had consequences in the spatial arrangement of London. Victorian cemeteries, in particular, were not only a solution for overcrowded graveyards, they also acted as urban generators in the formation London’s suburbs in the nineteenth century. Beginning with an analysis of the conditions that triggered the introduction of the early Victorian cemeteries in London, this book investigates their spatial arrangement, aesthetics and functions. These developments are illustrated through the study of three private Victorian burial sites: Kensal Green Cemetery, Highgate Cemetery and Brookwood Cemetery. The book is aimed at students and researchers of London history, planning and environment, and Victorian and death culture studies.
Download or read book The Story of Kent written by Anne Petrie and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated history exploring life in Kent. This book tells the amazing story of Kent from earliest times to the modern day. Some of the pivotal moments in the Garden of England's history are recalled, including invasions from Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans. It has seen the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Swing Riots and, more recently, audacious escapades by suffragettes in the battle for Votes for Women. The story is brought right up to date with the challenges faced by traditional industries and the transformation of cross-Channel travel. The resilient people of Kent have taken it all in their stride and this story encompasses how they lived, worked and played through hundreds of years of colourful history.
Download or read book At Home written by Bill Bryson and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these pages, the beloved Bill Bryson gives us a fascinating history of the modern home, taking us on a room-by-room tour through his own house and using each room to explore the vast history of the domestic artifacts we take for granted. As he takes us through the history of our modern comforts, Bryson demonstrates that whatever happens in the world eventually ends up in our home, in the paint, the pipes, the pillows, and every item of furniture. Bryson has one of the liveliest, most inquisitive minds on the planet, and his sheer prose fluency makes At Home one of the most entertaining books ever written about private life.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Victorian London by : Lee Jackson
Download or read book A Dictionary of Victorian London written by Lee Jackson and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful A–Z of the fascinating world of Victorian London, full of amazing facts and curious humour.
Book Synopsis Picturesque London by : Percy Fitzgerald
Download or read book Picturesque London written by Percy Fitzgerald and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picturesque London is a travel book by British author Percy Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald guides readers through the scenic beauty and architectural marvels of London, showcasing the city's rich history and diverse cultural heritage. His work serves as a valuable resource for travelers seeking to experience the wonders of the British capital.
