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This is Dan Cruickshank's personal, passionate and learned journey into the very awe-inspiring architectural icons which have transformed culture, society, industry and landscapes throughout the world -- bridges.
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A deeply imaginative and meticulously researched biography of one of London's most vibrant and seductive districts.
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The author tells the story of the Huguenot weavers and recounts the experiences of the first Jewish immigrants. He evokes the slum-ridden courts and alleys of Jack the Ripper's Spitalfields.
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Featuring over 200 photographs, this stunning book by renowned television historian Dan Cruickshank tells the history of architecture through the stories of 100 iconic buildings
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Includes chapters on the twentieth-century architecture of the Middle East (including Israel), South-east Asia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, India, Russia and the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Latin America. This book places buildings in their social, cultural and historical setti...ngs to describe the main patterns of their architectural development.
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A deeply imaginative, street-by-street and meticulously researched biography of one of London's most vibrant and seductive districts.
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Georgian London evokes images of elegant buildings and fine art, but it was also a city where prostitution was rife. The sex industry was, in fact, a very powerful force indeed. This book shows how it came to affect almost every aspect of life and culture in the capital.
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Religious strife, civil conflict, waves of immigration, the rise and fall of industry, great prosperity and grinding poverty - the streets of modern Spitalfields have witnessed all this and much more. Starting in Roman times, the author explains how Spitalfields' streets evolved,... what people have lived there, and what lives they have led.
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Old Buildings and new ones tell their stories of colourful lives that have made up the character of a well-loved urban quarter.
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An idiosyncratic and beautifully illustrated guide to walking the city, by the nation's favourite architectural historianCobbled medieval alleyways and ornate Georgian boulevards.
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