Architecture and power : the town hall and the English urban community, c. 1500-1640 / Robert Tittler.

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Tittler, Robert.

Title & Author:

Architecture and power : the town hall and the English urban community, c. 1500-1640 / Robert Tittler.

Publication:

Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.

Description:

xii, 211 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-201) and index.
1. Introduction: the Town Hall in England -- 2. Structure, Space, and Style -- Types -- Space and Function -- Style -- 3. Finance -- 4. The Civic Hall and the Autonomous Community -- Urban Autonomy under the Crown -- The Seat and Symbol of the Autonomous Community -- 5. Oligarchy, Deference, and the Built Environment -- The Rise and Focus of Oligarchy -- The Problem of Deference -- Civic Deference and the Seat of Power -- The Built Environment and the Power of Coercion -- 6. Civic Culture and the Doorway to the Community -- The Role of the Doorway -- Commerce and the Hall -- Players in the Hall -- The Civic Heritage.

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ISBN:

019820230X
9780198202301

Subject:

City halls England.
Architecture and state England.
Symbolism in architecture England.
Architecture and society England.
Hôtels de ville Angleterre.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Angleterre.
Symbolisme en architecture Angleterre.
Architecture et société Angleterre.
Architecture and society.
Architecture and state.
City halls.
Symbolism in architecture.
Gesellschaft
Rathaus
Stadhuizen.
Steden.
City halls Great Britain.
Architecture and state Great Britain.
Symbolism in architecture Great Britain.
Architecture and society Great Britain.
Administration communale Grande-Bretagne 1485-1603 (Tudors)
Hôtels de ville Grande-Bretagne 1485-1603 (Tudors)
Architecture Aspect social Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture et État Grande-Bretagne.
Symbolisme en architecture Grande-Bretagne.
England.
Early modern history c 1500 to c 1750
Social history
Public, commercial, industrial buildings

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Location: Library main 72935
Call No.: ID:92-B1443
Status: Available

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