Author: Raymond Mortimer
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
"The Oxford Circus" by Raymond Mortimer is a novel about Oxford and youth, originally by Alfred Budd. Its sparkling epigrams, and its vivid portrayal of life in many different strata of our modern society, seem almost unexpected from one who lived so quietly as Mr. Budd. Yet somehow his originality of invention leaves no room for doubt: Budd was perhaps the first novelist to introduce the London and North Western Railway station into a novel.
Oxford Street, Accra
Author: Ato Quayson
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822376296
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
In Oxford Street, Accra, Ato Quayson analyzes the dynamics of Ghana's capital city through a focus on Oxford Street, part of Accra's most vibrant and globalized commercial district. He traces the city's evolution from its settlement in the mid-seventeenth century to the present day. He combines his impressions of the sights, sounds, interactions, and distribution of space with broader dynamics, including the histories of colonial and postcolonial town planning and the marks of transnationalism evident in Accra's salsa scene, gym culture, and commercial billboards. Quayson finds that the various planning systems that have shaped the city—and had their stratifying effects intensified by the IMF-mandated structural adjustment programs of the late 1980s—prepared the way for the early-1990s transformation of a largely residential neighborhood into a kinetic shopping district. With an intense commercialism overlying, or coexisting with, stark economic inequalities, Oxford Street is a microcosm of historical and urban processes that have made Accra the variegated and contradictory metropolis that it is today.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822376296
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
In Oxford Street, Accra, Ato Quayson analyzes the dynamics of Ghana's capital city through a focus on Oxford Street, part of Accra's most vibrant and globalized commercial district. He traces the city's evolution from its settlement in the mid-seventeenth century to the present day. He combines his impressions of the sights, sounds, interactions, and distribution of space with broader dynamics, including the histories of colonial and postcolonial town planning and the marks of transnationalism evident in Accra's salsa scene, gym culture, and commercial billboards. Quayson finds that the various planning systems that have shaped the city—and had their stratifying effects intensified by the IMF-mandated structural adjustment programs of the late 1980s—prepared the way for the early-1990s transformation of a largely residential neighborhood into a kinetic shopping district. With an intense commercialism overlying, or coexisting with, stark economic inequalities, Oxford Street is a microcosm of historical and urban processes that have made Accra the variegated and contradictory metropolis that it is today.
The Oxford Circus
Author: Raymond Mortimer
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
"The Oxford Circus" by Raymond Mortimer is a novel about Oxford and youth, originally by Alfred Budd. Its sparkling epigrams, and its vivid portrayal of life in many different strata of our modern society, seem almost unexpected from one who lived so quietly as Mr. Budd. Yet somehow his originality of invention leaves no room for doubt: Budd was perhaps the first novelist to introduce the London and North Western Railway station into a novel.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
"The Oxford Circus" by Raymond Mortimer is a novel about Oxford and youth, originally by Alfred Budd. Its sparkling epigrams, and its vivid portrayal of life in many different strata of our modern society, seem almost unexpected from one who lived so quietly as Mr. Budd. Yet somehow his originality of invention leaves no room for doubt: Budd was perhaps the first novelist to introduce the London and North Western Railway station into a novel.
Hidden London
Author: David Bownes
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300245793
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Travel under the streets of London with this lavishly illustrated exploration of abandoned, modified, and reused Underground tunnels, stations, and architecture.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300245793
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Travel under the streets of London with this lavishly illustrated exploration of abandoned, modified, and reused Underground tunnels, stations, and architecture.
The Tube Mapper Project
Author: Luke Agbaimoni
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750994378
Category : Commuters
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A visual exploration of the London Tube network, focusing on our shared and overlooked moments of recognition
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750994378
Category : Commuters
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A visual exploration of the London Tube network, focusing on our shared and overlooked moments of recognition
The London Scene
Author: Virginia Woolf
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060881283
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This collection of essays inspired by the celebrated writer's favorite walks is available in its entirety for the first time in North America. 96 p p.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060881283
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This collection of essays inspired by the celebrated writer's favorite walks is available in its entirety for the first time in North America. 96 p p.
Ann of Oxford Street
Author: Thomas De Quincey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Survey of London
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Fitzrovia, The Other Side of Oxford Street
Author: Dr Ann Basu
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750991658
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
This is the other side of the story. Before the Second World War, Ann Basu's family of Jewish tailors lived where the BT Tower stands today. At that time of high migration, the women's fashion trade and the new car industry were sweeping into Fitzrovia, Russian and German anarchists argued in its clubs, Indian revolutionaries practised at the shooting range, and popular cafes such as Lyons' transformed the social lives of workers. The Jews of Fitzrovia and Soho saw each other as being on the 'other side' of Oxford Street, and this book reflects Fitzrovia's distinctive 'inbetween-ness' – at the inner edge of central London, but separate from the West End. Putting the spotlight on Fitzrovia's enterprising twentieth-century immigrant workers, this is the history of working-class and outsider voices that have previously been muted.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750991658
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
This is the other side of the story. Before the Second World War, Ann Basu's family of Jewish tailors lived where the BT Tower stands today. At that time of high migration, the women's fashion trade and the new car industry were sweeping into Fitzrovia, Russian and German anarchists argued in its clubs, Indian revolutionaries practised at the shooting range, and popular cafes such as Lyons' transformed the social lives of workers. The Jews of Fitzrovia and Soho saw each other as being on the 'other side' of Oxford Street, and this book reflects Fitzrovia's distinctive 'inbetween-ness' – at the inner edge of central London, but separate from the West End. Putting the spotlight on Fitzrovia's enterprising twentieth-century immigrant workers, this is the history of working-class and outsider voices that have previously been muted.
LIFE
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Author: John le Carre
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743457900
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
George Smiley is assigned to uncover the identity of the double agent operating in the highest levels of British Intelligence.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743457900
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
George Smiley is assigned to uncover the identity of the double agent operating in the highest levels of British Intelligence.