The English urban renaissance revisited /

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"A quarter of a century ago, Professor Peter Borsay identified a specifically urban phenomenon of cultural revival that took root in the late seventeenth century, leading to the flowering of a wide range of cultural forms and the extensive remodelling of the townscape along classically inspired...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Hinks, John, 1946- (Editor), Armstrong, Catherine (Editor), Borsay, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
Subjects:
1600-1799
Cities and towns > England > History > 17th century.
Cities and towns > England > History > 18th century.
Cities and towns > History > 17th century.
Cities and towns > History > 18th century.
City planning > History > 17th century.
City planning > History > 18th century.
Villes > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Villes > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Villes > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Villes > Histoire > 18e siècle.
History.
Society & culture: general.
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Cities and towns
City planning
Civilization
England > Civilization > 18th century.
England > Civilization > 17th century.
Angleterre > Civilisation > 18e siècle.
Angleterre > Civilisation > 17e siècle.
England
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The English urban renaissance revisited / Peter Borsay
  • "'Tis risen again" : York, architecture and national identity / Ann-Marie Akehurst
  • Robert Goadby, the Sherborne Mercury and the urban renaissance in South-West England / Jonathan Barry and George Tatham
  • Roaming, riding and racing : leisured women's exercise, sport and al fresco entertainment at the eighteenth-century spa / Rose Alexandra McCormack
  • The big house in the English provincial town / Adrian Green
  • Was there a Scottish urban renaissance? / Bob Harris
  • An Irish urban renaissance? / T.C. Barnard
  • Economic growth, social differentiation and the reshaping of the urban landscape in Amsterdam during its golden age / Clé Lesger
  • Urban renaissance in Hungary / Zsuzsi Kiss
  • Urban renaissance in 'the most delightful country in the universe' : planning the city of Azilia / Catherine Armstrong.

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