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Author : Kenneth Richardson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780333136195
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)
Download or read book Twentieth-century Coventry written by Kenneth Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Adrian Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857718363
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book The City of Coventry written by Adrian Smith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-10-27 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The image of Coventry in flames was one of the most haunting of the Second World War. Yet the excitement and optimism of the 1950s and 1960s were succeeded by a quarter century of urban blight and economic slump. The collapse of manufacturing industry - machine tools, aeroplanes, cars - left a proud community adrift and demoralised. Today a revitalised twenty-first century city, Coventry has embraced the new millennium and evolved from bleak post-industrial desert to vibrant cultural oasis, in the process rediscovering a sense of purpose and a vision for the future. "The City of Coventry" tells the story of an experiment in social democracy carried out by a Labour-controlled council which envisaged the bomb shattered city as a model of urban regeneration and imaginative planning. Post-war reconstruction could be a striking success, as in the pedestrian-friendly Precinct and the bold new cathedral, or a notable failure as in the ever more intrusive ring roads and grim high-rise flats. In offering a fresh perspective on the city, this innovative volume of essays rediscovers Coventry as an inspiration for poets and painters such as Philip Larkin and Terry Frost, musicians as varied as Benjamin Britten and The Specials, and film-makers such as Humphrey Jennings, whose "Heart of Britain" was shot in the immediate aftermath of the Blitz. Adrian Smith skilfully mixes memoir, family history and meticulous scholarship to paint a complete and incisive portrait of Coventry. Drawing on new research into topics as diverse as the place of Surrealism in West Midlands culture and the shadowy presence of rugby league in a union bastion, Smith brings a unique insight into the recent history of his native city. Attractively presented, highly readable and with broad appeal, "The City of Coventry" is a lively re-examination of an iconic city of the twentieth century illuminating the profound changes that engulfed industrial England during and after the Second World War.
Author : Adrian Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9786000009557
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (95 download)
Download or read book City of Coventry written by Adrian Smith and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Kenneth E. Richardson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (813 download)
Download or read book Twentieth-century Coventry. Assisted by [W.] E. Harris written by Kenneth E. Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tony Mason
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780951129203
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (292 download)
Download or read book Life and Labour in a Twentieth Century City written by Tony Mason and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9780954060411
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Keeping the Balance written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David McGrory
Publisher : Sutton Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780750949262
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (492 download)
Download or read book A Century of Coventry written by David McGrory and published by Sutton Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Coventry during the 20th century. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader glimpses and details of familiar places during this century of unprecedented change. Many aspects of Coventry's recent history are covered, famous occasions and individuals are remembered and the impact of national and international events is witnessed. The book provides a striking account of the changes that have so altered Coventry's appearance and records the process of transformation.Drawing on detailed local knowledge of the community, and illustrated with a wealth of black-and-white photographs, this book recalls what Coventry has lost in terms of buildings, traditions and ways of life. It also acknowledges the regeneration that has taken place and celebrates the character and energy of local people as they move through the first years of this century.
Author : Geoff Barwick
Publisher : Tempus Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780752435336
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (353 download)
Download or read book Coventry written by Geoff Barwick and published by Tempus Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating volume of over 200 photographs and illustrations, the vast majority never before published, offers a unique glimpse into the history of Coventry over the past 150 years. Once a medieval walled city, Coventry has trived as home to a variety of industries, from the weaving and dying of cloth and silks which originally caused the city to prosper, through to watchmaking in the eighteenth century and the boom in the construction of motor cars in the twentieth century. Supported by accompanying text, the images in this book provide a nostalgic pictorial history of this diverse and remarkable city, and the varied lives of its residents, at work and play. The result is a volume that will serve as a touching reminder of the past for some while revealing the town's history to others.
Author : Beatrice Callow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780954060404
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Hurdy Gurdy Days written by Beatrice Callow and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bill Lancaster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (66 download)
Download or read book LIFE and Labout in a 20th Century City written by Bill Lancaster and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frederick Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408860279
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Coventry written by Frederick Taylor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a few minutes past seven on the evening of Thursday, 14 November 1940, the historic industrial city of Coventry was subjected to the longest, most devastating air raid Britain had yet experienced. Only after eleven hours of continual bombardment by the German Luftwaffe could its people emerge from their half-sunk Anderson shelters and their cellars, from under their stairs or kitchen tables, to venture up into their wounded city. That long night of destruction marked a critical moment in the Second World War. It heralded a new kind of air warfare, one which abandoned the pursuit of immediate military goals and instead focused on obliterating all aspects of city life. It also provided the push America needed to join Britain in the war. But while the Coventry raid was furiously condemned publically, such effective enemy tactics provided Britain's politicians and military establishment with a 'blueprint for obliteration', to be adapted and turned against Germany. A merciless four-year war of attrition had begun. In this important work of history Frederick Taylor draws upon numerous sources, including eye witness interviews from the archives of the BBC which are published here for the first time, to reveal the true repercussions of the bombing of Coventry in 1940. He teases out the truth behind the persistent rumours and conspiracy theories that Churchill knew the raid was coming, assesses this significant turning point in modern warfare, looks at how it affected Britain's status in the war, and considers finally whether this attack really could provide justification for the horror of Dresden, 1945.
Author : Womens' Research Group Staff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780905949826
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (498 download)
Download or read book Redressing the Balance written by Womens' Research Group Staff and published by . This book was released on 1999-08-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Iain Boyd Whyte
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134325193
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)
Download or read book Man-Made Future written by Iain Boyd Whyte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-12-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of essays by a group of distinguished scholars investigates post-1945 city planning in Britain; not from a technical viewpoint, but as a polemical, visual and educational phenomenon, shifting the focus of scholarly interest towards the often-neglected emotional and aesthetic aspects of post-war planning. Each essay is grounded in original archival research and sheds new light on this critical era in the development of modern town planning. This collection is a valuable resource for architectural, social and urban historians, as well as students and researchers offering new insights into the development of the mid-twentieth century city.
Author : Cathy Hunt
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526708523
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book A History of Women's Lives in Coventry written by Cathy Hunt and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cathy Hunt examines the lives of Coventry women throughout one extraordinary century of change. The result of her detailed research is a book packed with stories of what it was like to be a woman between 1850 and 1950.During these years, women broke through barriers so that future generations of women might experience greater freedoms than had ever been possible for their mothers. Others offered their time and exceptional talents for the good of the community.The main focus of this engaging study is on the too often neglected details of womens daily lives, of triumphs and tragedies, changes and continuities, loves and losses. What was it like to grow up in Coventry, to go to its schools, to work in its offices, shops and factories? What were womens experiences of getting married, setting up home and raising children? How did women spend their scarce and precious leisure time?In other words, this is a book about the business of being a woman in this distinctive English Midlands city.
Author : Michael Stratton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136748016
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Twentieth Century Industrial Archaeology written by Michael Stratton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the industrial monuments of twentieth- century Britain. Each chapter takes a specific theme and examines it in the context of the buildings and structure of the twentieth century. The authors are both leading experts in the field, having written widely on various aspects of the subject. In this new and comprehensive survey they respond to the growing interest in twentieth-century architecture and industrial archaeology. The book is well illustrated with superb and unique illustrations drawn from the archives of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. It will mark and celebrate the end of the century with a tribute to its remarkable built industrial heritage.
Author : Neil Forbes
Publisher : Historic England
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Europe's Deadly Century written by Neil Forbes and published by Historic England. This book was released on 2009 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the course of Europe's twentieth century, freedoms were won at the cost of terrible sacrifice. The physical remains of war, conflict and ideological struggle lie everywhere around us. The question of what to do with this common past, in which we all share an interest, lies at the centre of this important book. From a variety of professional backgrounds, the contributors consider a wide range of conflict-heritage sites in the context of international and national histories and regional and local historical narratives. Questions of who 'owns' the past, the ambiguities over how people identify with the local community or nation state, and whether or how to make moral judgements, are central. The book illustrates the challenges of documenting and describing what are often extensive, contested and sometimes enigmatic and ambiguous buildings and monuments. The priorities of conservation, and how we ensure that documents, artefacts, sites and buildings can be given adequate and appropriate protection and care, are also addressed. This book will be of interest to a wide range of professional practitioners, academics and policy-makers, as well as the general reader, and will open the way to a deeper understanding of the significance of Europe's conflict heritage.
Author : Norma Corris Cartwright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Coventry Cathedral written by Norma Corris Cartwright and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
