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Book Synopsis The Victorian and Edwardian Railway in Old Photographs by : Anthony Dawson
Download or read book The Victorian and Edwardian Railway in Old Photographs written by Anthony Dawson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Anthony Dawson explores a fascinating collection of images of the Victorian and Edwardian railway.
Book Synopsis Victorian and Edwardian Railways from Old Photographs by :
Download or read book Victorian and Edwardian Railways from Old Photographs written by and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1975 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Victorian and Edwardian Liverpool and the North West from Old Photographs by :
Download or read book Victorian and Edwardian Liverpool and the North West from Old Photographs written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Consuming Texts by : Stephen Colclough
Download or read book Consuming Texts written by Stephen Colclough and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-07-12 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the history of reading in the British Isles during a period in which the printed word became all pervasive. From wealthy readers of 'amatory fiction', through to men and women reading surreptitiously at the Victorian railway bookstall, it argues that a variety of new reading communities emerged during this period.
Download or read book The Railways written by Simon Bradley and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2015 Currently filming for BBC programme Full Steam Ahead Britain's railways have been a vital part of national life for nearly 200 years. Transforming lives and landscapes, they have left their mark on everything from timekeeping to tourism. As a self-contained world governed by distinctive rules and traditions, the network also exerts a fascination all its own. From the classical grandeur of Newcastle station to the ceaseless traffic of Clapham Junction, from the mysteries of Brunel's atmospheric railway to the lost routines of the great marshalling yards, Simon Bradley explores the world of Britain's railways, the evolution of the trains, and the changing experiences of passengers and workers. The Victorians' private compartments, railway rugs and footwarmers have made way for air-conditioned carriages with airline-type seating, but the railways remain a giant and diverse anthology of structures from every period, and parts of the system are the oldest in the world. Using fresh research, keen observation and a wealth of cultural references, Bradley weaves from this network a remarkable story of technological achievement, of architecture and engineering, of shifting social classes and gender relations, of safety and crime, of tourism and the changing world of work. The Railways shows us that to travel through Britain by train is to journey through time as well as space.
Book Synopsis John Betjeman by : William S. Peterson
Download or read book John Betjeman written by William S. Peterson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bibliography describes all John Betjeman's known writings, including his own books, contributions to periodicals and to books by others, lectures, and radio and television programs. Other categories include editorships and interviews, as well as a section devoted to writings about him. Manuscripts and drafts of his works are described in detail.
Book Synopsis The World's First Railway System by : Mark Casson
Download or read book The World's First Railway System written by Mark Casson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British railway network was a monument to Victorian private enterprise. Its masterpieces of civil engineering were emulated around the world. But its performance was controversial: praised for promoting a high density of lines, it was also criticised for wasteful duplication of routes. This is the first history of the British railway system written from a modern economic perspective. It uses conterfactual analysis to construct an alternaive network to represent the most efficient alternative rail network that could have been constructed given what was known at the time - the first time this has been done. It reveals how weaknesses in regulation and defects in government policy resulted in enormous inefficiency in the Victorian system that Britain lives with today. British railway companies developed into powerful regional monopolies, which then contested each other's territories. When denied access to existing lines in rival territories, they built duplicate lines instead. Plans for an integrated national system, sponsored by William Gladstone, were blocked by Members of Parliament because of a perceived conflict with the local interests they represented. Each town wanted more railways than its neighbours, and so too many lines were built. The costs of these surplus lines led ultimately to higher fares and freight charges, which impaired the performance of the economy. The book will be the definitive source of reference for those interested in the economic history of the British railway system. It makes use of a major new historical source, deposited railway plans, integrates transport and local history through its regional analysis of the railway system, and provides a comprehensive, classified bibliography.
Book Synopsis Victorian and Edwardian Essex from Old Photographs by :
Download or read book Victorian and Edwardian Essex from Old Photographs written by and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1973 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Victorian & Edwardian Nottingham Through Time by : Joseph Earp
Download or read book Victorian & Edwardian Nottingham Through Time written by Joseph Earp and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Nottingham has changed and developed since Victorian and Edwardian times.
Book Synopsis Murder in the First-Class Carriage by : Kate Colquhoun
Download or read book Murder in the First-Class Carriage written by Kate Colquhoun and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story of a real-life Victorian mystery is a “meticulously researched true-crime account . . . its final revelation is a showstopper” (The New York Times). In July 1864, Thomas Briggs was traveling home after visiting his niece and her husband for dinner. He boarded a first-class carriage on the 9:45 pm Hackney service of the North London railway. A short time later, two bank clerks entered the compartment and noticed blood pooled in the seat cushions and smeared all over the floor and windows. But there was no sign of Thomas Briggs. All that remained was his ivory-knobbed walking stick, his empty leather bag, and a bloodstained hat that, strangely, did not belong to Mr. Briggs. The race to identify the killer and catch him as he fled on a boat to America was eagerly followed by the public on both sides of the Atlantic. The investigation and subsequent trial became a fixture in New York newspapers—and a frequent distraction from the Civil War that ravaged the nation. In Murder in the First-Class Carriage, Gold Dagger Award nominee Kate Colquhoun tells the gripping tale of a crime that shocked an era. “A suspenseful, well-paced account of a baffling mystery.” —The Washington Post “Deploying her skill as a historian, Colquhoun turns a single curious murder case into a fascinatingly quirky portrait of the underside of mid-Victorian London. I found it unputdownable.” —Daily Telegraph
Book Synopsis Sussex Railway Stations Through Time by : Douglas d'Enno
Download or read book Sussex Railway Stations Through Time written by Douglas d'Enno and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Douglas D'Enno explores the history of Sussex's railway stations.
Download or read book British Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 2096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Victorians at Home and Away by : Janet Phillips
Download or read book Victorians at Home and Away written by Janet Phillips and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1978, this book explores everyday Victorian likes and dislikes, manners, fashions, ideals and illusions. It discusses their changing attitudes to women, children, the poor, the common soldier and their country. It explains the rise and fall of home entertainment, the growth of soccer, racing and cricket to national sports, the rise of public schools and new professions as well as the appeal of missionary work. It is argued that all this happened not because the Victorians were fools, hypocrites or villains, but because they sensibly adapted themselves to peculiar and novel circumstances. This title will be of interest to students of history.
Download or read book London written by A.N. Wilson and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its two thousand years of history, London has ruled a rainy island and a globe-spanning empire, it has endured plague and fire and bombing, it has nurtured and destroyed poets and kings, revolutionaries and financiers, geniuses and visionaries of every stripe. To distill the magic and the majesty of this infinitely enthralling city into a single brief volume would seem an impossible task–yet acclaimed biographer and novelist A. N. Wilson brilliantly accomplishes it in London: A History. Founded by the Romans, London was a flourishing provincial capital before falling into ruin with the rest of the Roman Empire. Centuries passed before the city rose to prominence once again when William the Conqueror chose to be crowned king in Westminster Abbey. In Chaucer’s day, London Bridge opened the way for expansion over the Thames. By the time Shakespeare’s plays were being mounted at the Globe, London was a dense, seething, and explosively growing metropolis–a city of brothels and taverns and delicate new palaces and pleasure gardens. With deftly sketched vignettes and memorable portraits in miniature, Wilson conjures up the essence of London through the ages–high finance and gambling during the Georgian age, John Nash’s stunning urban makeover at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the waves of building and immigration that transformed London beyond recognition during the reign of Queen Victoria, the devastation of the two world wars, the painful and corrupt postwar rebuilding effort, and finally the glamorous, polyglot, expensive, and sometimes ridiculous London of today. Every age had its heroes and villains, from church builder Christopher Wren to jail breaker Jack Sheppard, from urbane wit Samuel Johnson to wartime prime minister Winston Churchill, and Wilson places each one in the drama of London’s history. Exuberant, opinionated, surprising, often funny, A. N. Wilson’s London is the perfect match of author and subject. In a one short irresistible volume, Wilson gives us the essence of the people, the architecture, the intrigue, the art and literature and history that make London one of the most fascinating cities in the world.
Book Synopsis A History of Whitby by : Andrew White
Download or read book A History of Whitby written by Andrew White and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2019-01-28 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whitby is well known today as a seaside resort and a picturesque place to visit, with its piers, boats, fine sands and, overlooking its tangle of red-roofed houses, the ruins of its Abbey in one of the most splendid settings in Britain for such romantic remains. But few of its many visitors would guess the long history of the town or its significance, from time to time, in national affairs. The only comprehensive history of Whitby, it rapidly sold out and Dr White, its author, of ancient Whitby stock, has now fully revised and updated his book, with some new illustrations and interpretations. This new edition will continue as the definitive work on Whitby.
Book Synopsis Brighton From Old Photographs by : Christopher Horlock
Download or read book Brighton From Old Photographs written by Christopher Horlock and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the history of Brighton through this fascinating collection of beautiful photographs.
Download or read book Photographs by Man Ray written by Man Ray and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still lifes, landscapes, nudes, women's faces, portraits, and rayographs (photographs made without cameras) produced by Ray in the twenties and early thirties are accompanied by the comments of his contemporaries
