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  • Popular Visual Shows 1800–1914

    Picturegoing from Peep Shows to Film

    by Joe Kember, John Plunkett ...
    This book tells the story of the growth of picturegoing as a popular habit between 1800 and 1914. Encouraged by urbanisation and changes in transportation, education, and leisure patterns, the regular and widespread provision of exhibitions and shows became a defining characteristic of cultural life. Painted panoramas and dioramas awed with enormous tableaux; the stereoscope immersed viewers in a ... Read more

    $130.49 USD

  • Early Cinema

    From Factory Gate to Dream Factory

    by Simon Popple, Joe Kember ...
    Series series Short Cuts
    This book introduces the reader to the study of cinema as a series of aesthetic, technological, cultural, ideological and economic debates while exploring new and challenging approaches to the subject. It explores the period 1895 to 1914 when cinema established itself as the leading form of visual culture among rapidly expanding global media, emerging from a rich tradition of scientific, economic, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Early Cinema

    From Factory Gate to Dream Factory

    by Simon Popple, Joe Kember ...
    Series series Short Cuts
    This book introduces the reader to the study of cinema as a series of aesthetic, technological, cultural, ideological and economic debates while exploring new and challenging approaches to the subject. It explores the period 1895 to 1914 when cinema established itself as the leading form of visual culture among rapidly expanding global media, emerging from a rich tradition of scientific, economic, ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Popular Exhibitions, Science and Showmanship, 1840-1910

    Edited by Joe Kember, John Plunkett, Jill A. Sullivan ...
    Series Book 87 - Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
    Victorian culture was characterized by a proliferation of shows and exhibitions. These were encouraged by the development of new sciences and technologies, together with changes in transportation, education and leisure patterns. The essays in this collection look at exhibitions and their influence in terms of location, technology and ideology. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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    Creating the Pleasure District, 1800-1914

    by Rohan McWilliam ...
    How did the West End of London become the world's leading pleasure district? What is the source of its magnetic appeal? How did the centre of London become Theatreland? London's West End, 1800-1914 is the first ever history of the area which has enthralled millions. The reader will discover the growth of theatres, opera houses, galleries, restaurants, department stores, casinos, exhibition centres ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • The Making of a Cultural Landscape

    The English Lake District as Tourist Destination, 1750-2010

    Edited by Jason Wood, John K. Walton ...
    Series series Heritage, Culture and Identity
    For centuries, the English Lake District has been renowned as an important cultural, sacred and literary landscape. It is therefore surprising that there has so far been no in-depth critical examination of the Lake District from a tourism and heritage perspective. Bringing together leading writers from a wide range of disciplines, this book explores the tourism history and heritage of the Lake ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Edward Prior

    Arts and Crafts Architect

    by Martin Godfrey Cook ...
    Edward Schroder Prior designed the cathedral of the Arts and Crafts Movement (St Andrew's Church, Roker), perfected the popular butterfly plan in his houses, and published what is still the seminal work on medieval gothic art in England in 1900. Highly regarded by critics such as Ian Nairn, Prior is sometimes considered to have narrowly missed out on a place in the architectural pantheon of his ... Read more

    $34.09 USD

  • Underground, Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube

    A Passenger's History of the Tube

    by Andrew Martin ...
    Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from Kings Cross to Kings Cross on the Circle line? The London Underground is the oldest, most sprawling and illogical metropolitan transport system in the world, the result of a series of botch-jobs and improvisations.Yet it transports over one billion passengers every year - and this figure is ... Read more

    $11.29 USD

  • The Dictionary People

    The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

    by Sarah Ogilvie ...
    A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION FINALIST • The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word.“Enthralling and exuberant, Sarah Ogilvie tells the surprising story of the making of the OED. Philologists, fantasists, crackpots, criminals, career ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • The Railways

    Nation, Network and People

    by Simon Bradley ...
    **'A magnificent, rollicking narrative' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Top 25 Non-Fiction Books of the 21st Century'Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2015Britain'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 ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • British Architecture

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Dana Arnold ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring British Architecture: A Very Short Introduction presents an original and engaging overview of the architecture of the British Isles, from medieval times to the present day. Avoiding the traditional approach of a chronological survey of architects and architectural style, each chapter presents a thematic exploration of key aspects of British ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Inventing the Victorians

    What We Think We Know About Them and Why We're Wrong

    by Matthew Sweet ...
    A "lively and provocative" social history re-examining how we think of the Victorian era ( Booklist )."This fun, iconoclastic read from a British journalist and recent Ph.D. shows that stereotypes of Victorian society don't bear scrutiny. Sweet uses Victorian books, periodicals, memoirs, and advice manuals to counter the myths of a strait-laced, repressed, patriarchal, and gloomy culture." — Li... ... Read more

    $17.29 USD