A house through time /
by Olusoga, David; Backe-Hansen, Melanie.
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BookPublisher: London : Picador, 2020Description: 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781529037241 (hbk.) :; 1529037247 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 392.3609 OLUSubject(s): Dwellings | Sociology, Urban -- Great Britain -- History | City and town life -- Great Britain -- History | Customs and Folklore | Customs and FolkloreSummary: As with the BBC 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 elegant dwelling in a fashionable district to a tenement for society's rejects.
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TV tie-in.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
As with the BBC 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 elegant dwelling in a fashionable district to a tenement for society's rejects.
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