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Technology in the Country House

Autor Marilyn Palmer, Ian West
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 aug 2016
The country house has long been an important part of British cultural heritage, beloved not just for its beautiful architecture, furniture, and paintings, but also a means to reconnect with the past and the ways in which families and their households once lived.

With Technology in the Country House, Marilyn Palmer and Ian West explore how new technologies began to change country houses and the lives of the families within them beginning in the nineteenth century. A wave of improvements promised better water supplies, flushing toilets, central heating, and communication by bells and then telephones. Country houses, however, were often too far from urban centers to take advantage of centralized resources and so were obliged to set up their own systems if they wanted any of these services to improve the comfort of daily living. Some landowners chose to do this, while others did not, and this book examines the motivations for their decisions.
 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781848022805
ISBN-10: 1848022808
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 210 color plates, 37 halftones, 21 illustrations, 3 line drawings
Dimensiuni: 216 x 279 x 18 mm
Greutate: 1.09 kg
Editura: Historic England Publishing
Colecția Historic England Publishing

Notă biografică

Marilyn Palmer is emeritus professor of archaeology and president of the Association for Industrial Archaeology. She is the author or editor of many books, including, most recently, Industrial Archaeology: A Handbook. Ian West is an archaeologist and engineer.

Cuprins

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements

1          Introduction: the background to technological change in country houses
2          Beyond the house: technological innovation in estate buildings, parks and gardens
3          Water supply and sanitation
4          Lighting and energy production
5          Heating and ventilation
6          Food preparation and storage
7          Communications: bells and telephones
8          Transportation
9          Security
10        Conclusion

Notes
House locations
Illustration credits
Bibliography
Index