The sack of Bath / by Adam Fergusson ; with a new preface by the author.

Main entry:

Fergusson, Adam, 1932-

Title & Author:

The sack of Bath / by Adam Fergusson ; with a new preface by the author.

Publication:

London : Persephone Books, 2011.

Description:

xvii, 77 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm

Series:

Persephone book ; no. 93

Notes:
"First published in 1973 by Compton Russell ..."--Title page verso.
"First published in 1973 by Compton Russell, reprinted in 1989 by Michael Russell"--Second preliminary page.

Summary:

"The Sack of Bath is a fierce and angry polemic. Through words and photographs it is unashamedly outspoken, outraged and vituperative. The reason for the anger is as follows: in the 1960s local council officials in Bath took it upon themselves to draw up plans to demolish large swathes of artisan housing while retaining the set pieces such as the Royal Crescent. As a result, hundreds of small Georgian houses, of the kind that it is nowadays everyone's dream to live in, were brutally bulldozed. Adam Fergusson (with the late James Lees-Milne) wrote an article in The Times about what was happening and then turned it into a book. This had the benefit of distressing and poignant photographs by, among others, Snowdon, EL Green-Armytage and David Wood (it is impossible, now, to be certain who took which photograph: all were giving their services pro bono)."--Publisher.

ISBN:

9781903155837 (pbk.)
1903155835 (pbk.)

Subject:

Urban renewal England Bath.
Architecture Conservation and restoration England Bath.
Rénovation urbaine Angleterre Bath.
Architecture Conservation et restauration Angleterre Bath.
Architecture Conservation and restoration
Buildings
Urban renewal
Bath (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
England Bath

Form/genre:

Decorated paper.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 287787
Call No.: BIB 229159
Status: Available

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