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- catalog abstract ""The story of Britain's market halls - built to replace traditional open-air markets throughout England, Wales, and Scotland - is a tale of exuberant architecture, civic pride, and attempts at social engineering. This book is the first history of the market hall, an immensely important building type that revolutionized the way Britons obtained their consumer goods. James Schmiechen and Kenneth Carls investigate the economic, cultural, political, and social forces that led to the construction of several hundred market buildings in the two centuries after 1750"--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11104066.
- catalog contributor b11104067.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""The story of Britain's market halls - built to replace traditional open-air markets throughout England, Wales, and Scotland - is a tale of exuberant architecture, civic pride, and attempts at social engineering. This book is the first history of the market hall, an immensely important building type that revolutionized the way Britons obtained their consumer goods. James Schmiechen and Kenneth Carls investigate the economic, cultural, political, and social forces that led to the construction of several hundred market buildings in the two centuries after 1750"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-240) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Food, Markets, and History -- pt. 1. Urban Space and the Reinvention of the Public Market. 1. The Traditional Market. 2. Inventing the Market Hall. 3. Ownership, Tolls, and Market Reform -- pt. 2. The Architecture and Design of the Public Market. 4. Great Expectations: Moral Architecture and Social Purpose. 5. Market Hall Architecture: Typology and Design. 6. Construction, Site, and Materials -- pt. 3. The Market Hall and Socioeconomic Change. 7. Food, the Market Hall, and the Standard of Living. 8. Patterns of Growth and Reform. 9. The Grand Age of the Market Hall, 1830-90 -- pt. 4. Decline and Recovery. 10. The Public Market and the Retail Revolution, 1890-1939: Decline or Modernization?".
- catalog extent "xii, 312 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300060645 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "381/.456413/00942 21".
- catalog subject "City and town life England History.".
- catalog subject "Commercial buildings England History.".
- catalog subject "Food supply England History.".
- catalog subject "HF5474.G7 S36 1999".
- catalog subject "Markets England History.".
- catalog subject "Public spaces England History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Food, Markets, and History -- pt. 1. Urban Space and the Reinvention of the Public Market. 1. The Traditional Market. 2. Inventing the Market Hall. 3. Ownership, Tolls, and Market Reform -- pt. 2. The Architecture and Design of the Public Market. 4. Great Expectations: Moral Architecture and Social Purpose. 5. Market Hall Architecture: Typology and Design. 6. Construction, Site, and Materials -- pt. 3. The Market Hall and Socioeconomic Change. 7. Food, the Market Hall, and the Standard of Living. 8. Patterns of Growth and Reform. 9. The Grand Age of the Market Hall, 1830-90 -- pt. 4. Decline and Recovery. 10. The Public Market and the Retail Revolution, 1890-1939: Decline or Modernization?".
- catalog title "The British market hall : a social and architectural history / James Schmiechen and Kenneth Carls.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".