Author: Emily ColePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The Urban and Suburban Public House in Inter-war England, 1918-1939
Author: Emily ColeThe Urban and Suburban Public House in Inter-War England, 1918-1939
Author: Emily ColePublisher:
ISBN: 9781848023635
Category : Bars (Drinking establishments)
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
This publication aims to increase levels of understanding, raise awareness, and heighten levels of protection afforded to inter-war pubs. The project reflects the high level of threat now faced by England's pubs, and the high rates of closure, alteration and demolition. The report outlines the background and methodology of the project, and sets out a summary of the historical development of pubs in the inter-war period; for instance, notable architects, architectural styles employed, active breweries, and the ideals of pub improvement. Buildings considered include 'improved' or 'reformed' pubs - which usually featured rooms for entertainment, dining and non-alcoholic refreshment - as well as pubs built on more traditional lines.The second part of the report contains detailed summaries of 37 pubs which were selected for detailed investigation, and which have been considered worthy of consideration for statutory designation. The third part comprises the appendices - six separate tables of pubs considered at various stages of the project.
The Politics of Drink in England, from Gladstone to Lloyd George
Author: David M. FaheyPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527578836
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
This book is about alcoholic drink, political parties, and pressure groups. From the 1870s into the 1920s, excessive drinking by urban workers frightened the major political parties. They all wanted to reduce the number of public houses. It was not easy to find a way that would satisfy temperance reformers, many of them prohibitionists, and the licensed drink trade. Brewers demanded compensation when pubs were closed, but temperance reformers were vehemently opposed to this. The book highlights a prolonged struggle of vested interests and ideologies in this regard, showing that a Royal Commission in 1899 helped break the stalemate. In a controversial deal, brewers got compensation, but they had to pay for closing some of their own pubs. Later, during the First World War, the government experimented with an alternative to closing public houses, disinterested or non-commercial management, and considered State Purchase of the entire drink trade.
Reconstruction
Author: Neal ShasorePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 135015296X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
Commendation, the Colvin Prize 2023 (Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain) Reconstruction explores the impact of the First World War on the built environment – examining the immediate and longer term aftermath of the Great War on the architecture of Britain and the British Empire during the interwar years. While much attention has been paid by historians to post-war architectural reconstruction after 1945, the earlier developments of the interwar period (1919-1939) have been comparatively overlooked. This volume reveals how the architectural developments of this period not only provided important foundations for what happened after 1945 – they are also of real significance in their own right. Sixteen essays written by leading and emerging scholars bring together new and diverse approaches to the period – a period of reconstruction, fraught with the challenges of modernity and democratisation. The collection considers the complex effects of reconstruction on design, discourse, practice, and professionalism, and deals with the full spectrum of architectural styles and approaches, privileging neither Modernism nor traditional styles like the neo-Georgian. It brings to the fore social and political histories of the built environment, and makes important postcolonial interventions into the architectural history of British Imperialism at home and in its far reaches; in Cairo, South Africa, Australia, and India.
British Housebuilders
Author: Fred WellingsPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405171650
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
British Housebuilders is the first comprehensive account of the corporate history of the twentieth-century speculative housebuilding industry - the firms that `supplied` those houses and the entrepreneurs who created those firms. The transition from the local housebuilders of the 1930s, through the regional diversification of the 1960s, to the national housebuilders of today is charted via a series of industry league tables. The rationale for the growth in national firms is analysed. The conventional explanation of economies of scale is rejected: instead, the stock market is found to play a key role both in facilitating acquisitions and in demanding growth from its constituent companies. The supply-side analysis also addresses the frequent corporate failures: succession issues, lack of focus and the 1974 and 1990 recessions have played their part in equal measure. British Housebuilders provides the first opportunity to review the evidence drawn from a century of speculative housebuilding; it is only with this historical perspective that sound judgements can be made on the corporate role in housebuilding.
Popular Conservatism and the Culture of National Government in Inter-War Britain
Author: Geraint ThomasPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108483127
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
A radical reading of British Conservatives' fortunes between the wars, exploring how the party adapted to mass democracy after 1918.
A House Through Time
Author: David OlusogaPublisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1529037255
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
‘A very readable history of the British way of life viewed through its homes’ Choice Magazine In recent years house histories have become the new frontier of popular, participatory history. People, many of whom have already embarked upon that great adventure of genealogical research, and who have encountered their ancestors in the archives and uncovered family secrets, are now turning to the secrets contained within the four walls of their homes and in doing so finding a direct link to earlier generations. And it is ordinary homes, not grand public buildings or the mansions of the rich, that have all the best stories. As with the television series, A House Through Time offers readers not only the tools to explore the histories of their own homes, but also a vividly readable history of the British city, the forces of industry, disease, mass transportation, crime and class. The rises and falls, the shifts in the fortunes of neighbourhoods and whole cities are here, tracing the often surprising journey one single house can take from an elegant dwelling in a fashionable district to a tenement for society’s rejects. Packed with remarkable human stories, David Olusoga and Melanie Backe-Hansen give us a phenomenal insight into living history, a history we can see every day on the streets where we live. And it reminds us that it is at home that we are truly ourselves. It is there that the honest face of life can be seen. At home, behind closed doors and drawn curtains, we live out our inner lives and family lives.
A Contrived Countryside
Author: Keith HoggartPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030626512
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 575
Book Description
This book shows how governance regimes before the 1970s suppressed rural prospects of housing improvement and created conditions for middle-class capture. Using original archival sources to reveal the intricacies of local and national policy processes, weak rural housing performances are shown to owe more to national governance regimes than local under-performance. Looking `behind the scenes' at policy processes highlights neglected principles in national governance, and shows how investigating rural housing is fundamental to understanding the national scene. With original insights and a new analytical perspective, this volume offers evidence and conclusions that challenge mainstream assumptions in public policy, housing, rural studies and planning.
Rural Change and Planning
Author: Gordon CherryPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135827354
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This book provides a critical overview of rural change over the eighty years since the outbreak of the Great War, making clear the historical origins of present-day policy. It also provides a structural integration for the many diverse themes which must be interwoven in order to understand current conditions in the countryside.
Changing Settlements
Author: Garrett NaglePublisher: Nelson Thornes
ISBN: 9780174900214
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Examines the changing aspects of settlement and urbanization in the modern world, particularly in Great Britain. Suggested level: senior secondary.
