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Languages : en
Pages : 256
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The Bristol Guide; being a complete ancient and modern history of the City of Bristol ... Third edition of "The New History, Survey and Description of the City and Suburbs of Bristol" by George Heath , revised and considerably enlarged by Bristoliensis
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Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Pages : 256
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A Bittersweet Heritage
Author: Victoria Perry
Publisher: Hurst Publishers
ISBN: 178738926X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
The 2020 toppling of slave-trader Edward Colston’s statue by Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol was a dramatic reminder of Britain’s role in trans-Atlantic slavery, too often overlooked. Yet the legacy of that predatory economy reaches far beyond bronze memorials; it continues to shape the entire visual fabric of the country. Architect Victoria Perry explores the relationship between the wealth of slave-owning elites and the architecture and landscapes of Georgian Britain. She reveals how profits from Caribbean sugar plantations fed the opulence of stately homes and landscape gardens. Trade in slaves and slave-grown products also boosted the prosperity of ports like Bristol, Liverpool and Glasgow, shifting cultural influence towards the Atlantic west. New artistic centres like Bath emerged, while investment in poor, remote areas of Wales, Cumbria and Scotland led to their ‘re-imagining’ as tourist destinations: Snowdonia, the Lakes and the Highlands. The patronage of absentee planters popularised British ideas of ‘natural scenery’—viewing mountains, rivers and rocks as landscape art—and then exported the concept of ‘sublime and picturesque’ landscapes across the Atlantic. A Bittersweet Heritage unearths the slavery-tainted history of Britain’s manors, ports, roads and countryside, and powerfully explains what this legacy means today.
Publisher: Hurst Publishers
ISBN: 178738926X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
The 2020 toppling of slave-trader Edward Colston’s statue by Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol was a dramatic reminder of Britain’s role in trans-Atlantic slavery, too often overlooked. Yet the legacy of that predatory economy reaches far beyond bronze memorials; it continues to shape the entire visual fabric of the country. Architect Victoria Perry explores the relationship between the wealth of slave-owning elites and the architecture and landscapes of Georgian Britain. She reveals how profits from Caribbean sugar plantations fed the opulence of stately homes and landscape gardens. Trade in slaves and slave-grown products also boosted the prosperity of ports like Bristol, Liverpool and Glasgow, shifting cultural influence towards the Atlantic west. New artistic centres like Bath emerged, while investment in poor, remote areas of Wales, Cumbria and Scotland led to their ‘re-imagining’ as tourist destinations: Snowdonia, the Lakes and the Highlands. The patronage of absentee planters popularised British ideas of ‘natural scenery’—viewing mountains, rivers and rocks as landscape art—and then exported the concept of ‘sublime and picturesque’ landscapes across the Atlantic. A Bittersweet Heritage unearths the slavery-tainted history of Britain’s manors, ports, roads and countryside, and powerfully explains what this legacy means today.
The bibliographer's manual of Gloucestershire literature, by F.A. Hyett and W. Bazeley
Author: Francis Adams Hyett
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Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Languages : en
Pages : 398
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The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Author: British Library
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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The Bibliographer's Manual of Gloucestershire Literature: City of Bristol (including Chattertoniana) Alphabetical list of Bristol printers. Index of authors. Index of subjects
Author: Francis Adams Hyett
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Category : Bristol (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Publisher:
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Category : Bristol (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The Bristol Guide; Being a Complete Ancient and Modern History of the City of Bristol ... Third Edition [of “The New History, Survey and Description of the City and Suburbs of Bristol” by George Heath], Revised and Considerably Enlarged by Bristoliensis
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Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Languages : en
Pages : 310
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The Bristol Guide; being a complete ancient and modern history of the City of Bristol ... Third edition of "The New History, Survey and Description of the City and Suburbs of Bristol" by George Heath , revised and considerably enlarged by Bristoliensis
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Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Pages : 260
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The New Bristol Guide
Author: George Heath
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Languages : en
Pages : 279
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Languages : en
Pages : 279
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The New Bristol Guide, Etc. [A Revised Edition of “The New History, Survey and Description of the City and Suburbs of Bristol,” by George Heath.]
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Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 182
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