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Buildings and Society
Buildings are essentially social and cultural products. They result from social needs and accommodate a variety of functions - economic. social. political. religious. Their size. appearance. location and form result not simply from physical factors such as matÂerials. climate or technology. nor from architects· designs. but from a society's ideas. its forms of economic and social organisation. and the beliefs and values which prevail at any one time. Society produces its buildings and the buildings help to maintain many of its social forms.
Victorian Time
Victorian Time examines how literature of the era registers the psychological impact of the onset of a modern, industrialized experience of time as time-saving technologies, such as steam-powered machinery, aimed at making economic life more efficient, signalling the dawn of a new age of accelerated time.
Building Types and Built Forms
Building Types and Built Forms weaves two books together in alternating chapters: one about the history of building types, the other about their geometry. The first book follows the histories of some common types of building: houses, hospitals, schools, offices and prisons. Examples are drawn from the 19th and early 20th centuries in France, America and Britain, with the central focus on London. They include the 'pavilion hospitals' associated with the name of Florence Nightingale, English Board and Modernist schools of the 1920s and 30s, tall office buildings in Chicago and New York, Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon penitentiary, and 'radial prisons' on the model of Cherry Hill and Pentonville. ...
Gypsy-Travellers in Nineteenth-Century Society
This book critically examines the nature and source of Gypsy stereotypes.
The Book of the Pearl
In 'The Book of the Pearl,' George Frederick Kunz presents a magnum opus on the cultural, historical, and commercial significance of pearls. Crafted with scrupulous detail and a gem expert's precision, the tome weaves an intricate tapestry that spans the biological origins of pearls to their mystical allure throughout the ages. The comprehensive narrative is enriched by a trove of data, rare manuscripts, legislative documentation, and vivid illustrations, making it an unparalleled resource. Kunz's scholarly approach and literary flair place the book within a unique nexus, appealing to historians, gemologists, and general readers fascinated by the luster of pearl lore in human civilization. I...
