Main entry:

Schmiechen, James, 1947-

Title & Author:

The British market hall : a social and architectural history / James Schmiechen and Kenneth Carls.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1999.

Description:

xii, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index.
Introduction: Food, Markets, and History -- pt. 1. Urban Space and the Reinvention of the Public Market. 1. The Traditional Market. 2. Inventing the Market Hall. 3. Ownership, Tolls, and Market Reform -- pt. 2. The Architecture and Design of the Public Market. 4. Great Expectations: Moral Architecture and Social Purpose. 5. Market Hall Architecture: Typology and Design. 6. Construction, Site, and Materials -- pt. 3. The Market Hall and Socioeconomic Change. 7. Food, the Market Hall, and the Standard of Living. 8. Patterns of Growth and Reform. 9. The Grand Age of the Market Hall, 1830-90 -- pt. 4. Decline and Recovery. 10. The Public Market and the Retail Revolution, 1890-1939: Decline or Modernization?
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"The story of Britain's market halls - built to replace traditional open-air markets throughout England, Wales, and Scotland - is a tale of exuberant architecture, civic pride, and attempts at social engineering. This book is the first history of the market hall, an immensely important building type that revolutionized the way Britons obtained their consumer goods. James Schmiechen and Kenneth Carls investigate the economic, cultural, political, and social forces that led to the construction of several hundred market buildings in the two centuries after 1750"--Jacket.

ISBN:

0300060645 (alk. paper)
9780300060645 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Markets England History.
Food supply England History.
Commercial buildings England History.
Public spaces England History.
City and town life England History.
Markets Great Britain History.
Food supply Great Britain History.
Commercial buildings Great Britain History.
Public spaces Great Britain History.
City and town life Great Britain History.
Marchés Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Aliments Approvisionnement Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Immeubles commerciaux Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Espaces publics Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Vie urbaine Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Immeubles commerciaux Angleterre Histoire.
Vie urbaine Angleterre Histoire.
Aliments Approvisionnement Angleterre Histoire.
City and town life
Commercial buildings
Food supply
Markets
Public spaces
Markthallen.
Sociale aspecten.
Great Britain
England

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Carls, Kenneth.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 203830
Call No.: HF5474.G7 S36 1999
Status: Available