Main entry:

Abramson, Daniel M. (Daniel Michael), 1963-

Title & Author:

Building the Bank of England : money, architecture, society, 1694-1942 / Daniel M. Abramson.

Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, ©2005.

Description:

viii, 282 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
"Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270) and index.
Wilderness years in Grocers' Hall, 1694-1734 -- Corporate virtue : George Sampson's Bank of England, 1731-34 -- Making the market : Robert Taylor's Bank of England, 1764-88 -- "Shadows upon the stone" : John Soane's early bank halls, 1788-99 -- The spectacle of finance : nationalism, urbanism, and bureaucracy, 1793-1808 -- Soane's finale and the Bank of England in his career, 1814-1833 -- Myth and modernity : Herbert Baker's Bank of England, 1921-1942 -- Architecture and history : learning from the Bank of England.

Summary:

"Drawing on a variety of perspectives, the book relates the history of the Bank of England to current debates on British economic, social and urban history, including issues of national identity, mercantile politics and the commercialisation of culture. The book also shows how the building itself has expressed various historical tensions among the Bank's inhabitants and publics: its directors and detractors, its clerks and clientele, its tourists and even its mob attackers."--Jacket.

Resources:
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

0300109245 (cl ; alk. paper)
9780300109245 (cl ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Bank of England Buildings.
Bank of England History.
Bank of England Constructions.
Bank of England Histoire.
Bank of England
Bank buildings England London.
Architecture and society England History.
Banques (Édifices) Angleterre Londres.
Architecture et société Angleterre Histoire.
Architecture and society
Bank buildings
Buildings
Bankgebäude
London (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
Londres (Angleterre) Constructions.
England
England London

Form/genre:

Bildband.
History

Added entries:

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 242543
Call No.: BIB 172345
Status: Available