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The small house in eighteenth-century London, a social and architectural history, Peter Guillery ; drawings by Andrew Donald ; new photographs by Derek Kendall

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The small house in eighteenth-century London, a social and architectural history, Peter Guillery ; drawings by Andrew Donald ; new photographs by Derek Kendall
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-341) and index
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mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The small house in eighteenth-century London
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
52902464
Responsibility statement
Peter Guillery ; drawings by Andrew Donald ; new photographs by Derek Kendall
Sub title
a social and architectural history
Table Of Contents
The, vernacular metropolis: looking across eighteenth-century London -- 'The multiplicity of human habitations': understanding eighteenth-century London's smaller house architecture -- Another Georgian Spitalfields: workshop tenements in London's silk district -- Across London Bridge: tanning, timber and tradition in Southwark and Bermondsey -- Waste and place: Mile End Road, Kingsland Road and ambivalence at the margins -- The, military-industrial satellite: shipbuilding and housebuilding from Deptford to Woolwich -- Between picturesque and respectable: urban-vernacular architecture and gentility in London's outlying settlements -- Along the coast and across the sea: reflections of the vernacular metropolis -- 'Despicable cottages': improvement and artisan eclipse -- A living tradition? Concluding remarks
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