Author: Rowland Mainwaring
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bath (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Annals of Bath, from the Year 1800 to the Passing of the New Municipal Act
Author: Rowland Mainwaring
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bath (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bath (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Annals of Bath, from the Year 1800 to the Passing of the New Municipal Act
Author: Rowland Mainwaring
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bath (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bath (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Medicine and Charity in Georgian Bath
Author: Anne Borsay
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429832680
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
First published in 1999, this rewarding volume offers a close and systematic analysis of the General Infirmary at Bath, which was founded in 1739 to grant ‘lepers and cripples, and other indigent strangers’ access to the spa waters. Four main themes are pursued in order to locate the hospital within its economic, socio-cultural and political contexts: arrangements for management and finance under the conditions of a prospering commercial economy; the rewards and restrictions experienced by the physicians and surgeons who donated their professional services free of charge; and the constructions of an integrated social and political élite around the physical and moral rehabilitation of the sick poor. In this way, the example of Bath – a stylish resort whose visitors and residents exemplified the dynamic of fashionable philanthropy – is used to open up issues of significance to our understanding of Georgian Britain as a whole.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429832680
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
First published in 1999, this rewarding volume offers a close and systematic analysis of the General Infirmary at Bath, which was founded in 1739 to grant ‘lepers and cripples, and other indigent strangers’ access to the spa waters. Four main themes are pursued in order to locate the hospital within its economic, socio-cultural and political contexts: arrangements for management and finance under the conditions of a prospering commercial economy; the rewards and restrictions experienced by the physicians and surgeons who donated their professional services free of charge; and the constructions of an integrated social and political élite around the physical and moral rehabilitation of the sick poor. In this way, the example of Bath – a stylish resort whose visitors and residents exemplified the dynamic of fashionable philanthropy – is used to open up issues of significance to our understanding of Georgian Britain as a whole.
New Directions in Urban History
Author: Peter Borsay, Ruth-Elisabeth Mohrmann, Gunther Hirschfelder
Publisher: Waxmann Verlag
ISBN: 9783830956433
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This volume introduces, through a series of freshly researched studies, new perspectives on the history of European urban culture from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. The approach is an international one, with essays on Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy, and the authors drawn not only from Europe, but also the USA and Japan. The essays examine a range of specialist aspects of culture, such as gardening, spa towns, painting, and music. At the same time the contributors also explore jointly several broader interconnected themes - health, nature, the arts and cultural institutions, leisure, and tourism - of central importance to the cultural identity and development of the modern European town.
Publisher: Waxmann Verlag
ISBN: 9783830956433
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This volume introduces, through a series of freshly researched studies, new perspectives on the history of European urban culture from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. The approach is an international one, with essays on Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy, and the authors drawn not only from Europe, but also the USA and Japan. The essays examine a range of specialist aspects of culture, such as gardening, spa towns, painting, and music. At the same time the contributors also explore jointly several broader interconnected themes - health, nature, the arts and cultural institutions, leisure, and tourism - of central importance to the cultural identity and development of the modern European town.
The Image of Georgian Bath 1700-2000
Author: Peter Borsay
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191542105
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
This interdisciplinary study explores the evolution, structure, and uses of the image of Georgian Bath, from its genesis in the eighteenth century to its renaissance in the twentieth century. In recent decades there has been both a popular resurgence of interest in heritage and tradition, and a growing academic awareness of the power of imagery in shaping the lives of individuals and societies. There is perhaps no city in Britain so saturated in history and layered with historic imagery as Bath. It therefore provides an ideal case-study to investigate the dynamic fusion and impact of the forces of past and representation. The dominant perception of Bath today is that of a classical and particularly Georgian city. In this stimulating and scholarly study, Peter Borsay examines the construction and development of this image. Its principal components, biography and architecture, are explored, together with the media through which it was constructed and transmitted, as well as its commercial, social, political, and psychological uses. Dr Borsay concludes by relating the findings for Bath to current debates on towns, heritage, and the nature of history.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191542105
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
This interdisciplinary study explores the evolution, structure, and uses of the image of Georgian Bath, from its genesis in the eighteenth century to its renaissance in the twentieth century. In recent decades there has been both a popular resurgence of interest in heritage and tradition, and a growing academic awareness of the power of imagery in shaping the lives of individuals and societies. There is perhaps no city in Britain so saturated in history and layered with historic imagery as Bath. It therefore provides an ideal case-study to investigate the dynamic fusion and impact of the forces of past and representation. The dominant perception of Bath today is that of a classical and particularly Georgian city. In this stimulating and scholarly study, Peter Borsay examines the construction and development of this image. Its principal components, biography and architecture, are explored, together with the media through which it was constructed and transmitted, as well as its commercial, social, political, and psychological uses. Dr Borsay concludes by relating the findings for Bath to current debates on towns, heritage, and the nature of history.
“A” Bibliography of British Municipal History
Author: Charles Gross
Publisher: New York, London [etc.] : Longmans, Green & Company
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Publisher: New York, London [etc.] : Longmans, Green & Company
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
A Bibliography of British Municipal History, Including Gilds and Parliamentary Representation
Author: Charles Gross
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Harvard Historical Studies
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Life & Letters at Bath in the Xviijth Century
Author: Alfred Barbeau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bath (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bath (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Notabilia of Bath; a Handbook to the City and District
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description