The tyranny of taste : the politics of architecture and design in Britain 1550-1960
Lubbock, Jules1995
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How do countries acquire their distinctive features and appearance, their look or style? Focusing on Britain, with its characteristic terraced houses, Georgian squares and postwar slab blocks, this text discusses the ideas, policies and motivations of designers and commentators from 1550 to 1960.
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Imprint:
New Haven ; London : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for British Art by Yale University Press, 1995.
Collation:
xv,413p.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300058895
Dewey class:
720.941
Language:
English
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BRN:
232294
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