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21%OFFPeter Guillery - The Small House in Eighteenth-Century London - 9780300102383 - V9780300102383
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The Small House in Eighteenth-Century London

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Description for The Small House in Eighteenth-Century London Hardback.

London’s modest eighteenth-century houses—those inhabited by artisans and laborers in the unseen parts of Georgian London—can tell us much about the culture of that period. This fascinating book examines largely forgotten small houses that survive from the eighteenth century and sheds new light on both the era’s urban architecture and the lives of a culturally distinctive metropolitan population.

Peter Guillery discusses how and where, by and for whom the houses were built, stressing vernacular continuity and local variability. He investigates the effects of creeping industrialization (both on house building and on the occupants), and considers the nature of speculative suburban growth. ... Read more



Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and in association with English Heritage Show Less

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300102383
SKU
V9780300102383
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Peter Guillery
Peter Guillery is a senior investigator for English Heritage.

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