P. KILBY, Conservation Architect for the City of Southampton, United Kingdom
ISBN: 1-85312-392-7; 1-56252-316-3 (US, Canada, Mexico)
Series: Towns and Cities Through the Ages, Vol 1
Published: 1997
Pages: 210pp
Hardback
List Price: $58.00
10% Discount Price: $52.20
"…a very interesting and well researched book… easy to read and informative. "
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An enlightening account of Southampton's social and architectural history from its inception in AD43 until the present day, this book contains over 100 illustrations and photographs many of which are being published for the first time.
Providing information so far unrivalled by other leading books on Southampton, this innovative title will be of interest to the general public, as well as to amateur and professional historians.
Contents: Foreword; Prologue; Historical Introduction; The Medieval Walled Town and Town Quays; The 'Golden Age' of the Spa and Resort Periods; Southampton Docks - The Old and the New; The London and South Western Railway and the Ill-Fated Canal; The Victorian Era; Open Spaces; The Inter-War Years; World War II; The University of Southampton and the Hartley Institution; Modern Southampton; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
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Price: $58.00
10% Discount Price: $52.20
