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Author : James Hole
Release : 1866
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Author : James Hole
Release : 1866
Genre : Housing
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Book Synopsis The Homes of the Working Classes with Suggestions for Their Improvement. By James Hole, Honorary Secretary of the Yorkshire Union of Mechanics' Institutes; Author of "The History of Mechanics' Institutes." "On the State of Education in Leeds," Etc. Published Under the Sanction of the Society of Arts by : James Hole
Download or read book The Homes of the Working Classes with Suggestions for Their Improvement. By James Hole, Honorary Secretary of the Yorkshire Union of Mechanics' Institutes; Author of "The History of Mechanics' Institutes." "On the State of Education in Leeds," Etc. Published Under the Sanction of the Society of Arts written by James Hole. This book was released on 1866. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Hole
Release : 1866
Genre : Architecture, Domestic
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Book Synopsis The Homes of the Working Classes by : James Hole
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Author : John R. Kellett
Release : 2012-12-06
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis The Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities by : John R. Kellett
Download or read book The Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities written by John R. Kellett. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arrival of the railway was one of the most far reaching events in the history of the Victorian city. The present study, based upon detailed case histories of Britain's five largest cities (London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool), shows how the railways gave Victorian cities their compact shape, influenced topography and character of their central districts, and determines the nature of suburban expansion. This book was first published in 1969.
Author : Nathaniel Robert Walker
Release : 2020-11-17
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Victorian Visions of Suburban Utopia by : Nathaniel Robert Walker
Download or read book Victorian Visions of Suburban Utopia written by Nathaniel Robert Walker. This book was released on 2020-11-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of suburbs and the disinvestment from cities have been defining features of life in many countries over the course of the twentieth century, especially English-speaking countires. The separation of different aspects of life, such as living and working, and the diffusion of the population in far-flung garden homes have necessitated the enormous consumption of natural lands and the constant use of mechanized transportation. Why did we abandon our dense, complex urban places and seek to find 'the best of the city and the country' in the flowery suburbs? Looking back at the architecture and urban design of the 1800s offers some answers, but a missing piece in the story is found in Victorian utopian literature. The replacement of cities with high-tech suburbs was repeatedly imagined and breathlessly described in the socialist dreams and science-fiction fantasies of dozens of British and American authors. Some of these visionaries -- such as Robert Owen, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Ebenezer Howard, and H.G. Wells -- are enduringly famous, while others were street vendors or amateur chemists who have been all but forgotten. Together, they fashioned strange and beautiful imaginary worlds built of synthetic gemstones, lacy metal colonnades, and unbreakable glass, staffed by robotic servants and teeming with flying carriages. As different as their futuristic visions could be, however, most of them were unified by a single, desperate plea: for humanity to have a future worth living, we must abandon our smoky, poor, chaotic Babylonian cities for a life in shimmering gardens.
