The British Market Hall: A Social and Architectural History Tapa dura - 1999

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Yale University Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Yale University Press, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Oversized. Pages unmarked. Glossy dust jacket . Binding square & firm. Clean & bright..

Yale. Used - Very Good. 1999. 0th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Yale University Press, 1999. Hardcover. New.

New Haven, CT, U.S.A.: Yale University Press, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 11 1/4" x 8 5/8". 312 pages, extensively illustrated with more than 180 drawings and photographs. The first history of the market hall, an immensely important building type that revolutionized the way Britons obtained their consumer goods. Investigates the economic, cultural, political, and social forces that led to the construction of several hundred market buildings in the two centuries after 1750. Gazetteer, gathering together for the first time information on some 300 specific buildings..

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1999. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xii, 312 pp., illustrations, maps, 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index. Contents; Introduction: Food, Markets, and History -- pt. 1. Urban Space and the Reinvention of the Public Market. 1. The Traditional Market. 2. Inventing the Market Hall. 3. Ownership, Tolls, and Market Reform -- pt. 2. The Architecture and Design of the Public Market. 4. Great Expectations: Moral Architecture and Social Purpose. 5. Market Hall Architecture: Typology and Design. 6. Construction, Site, and Materials -- pt. 3. The Market Hall and Socioeconomic Change. 7. Food, the Market Hall, and the Standard of Living. 8. Patterns of Growth and Reform. 9. The Grand Age of the Market Hall, 1830-90 -- pt. 4. Decline and Recovery. 10. The Public Market… Leer más

New Haven: Yale, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. pp. 312, ""The story of Britain’s market halls―built to replace traditional open-air markets throughout England, Wales, and Scotland―is a tale of exuberant architecture, civic pride, and attempts at social engineering. This book is the first history of the market hall, an immensely important building type that revolutionized the way Britons obtained their consumer goods. James…

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