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Zusatztext a book which is both an education and a delight ... This is a deeply learned, splendidly argued, beautifully written and wonderfully stimulating volume. It is unquestionably one of the best urban studies we have had for many a long day. Klappentext In the century after the Restoration of 1660, English provincial towns experienced a cultural renaissance. This book offers a guide to the transformation of the urban landscape and the remarkable expansion in the provision of fashionable public leisure. Peter Borsay penetrates behind the new culture's elegant facade to explore its economic origins and the mixture of social forces which stimulated it: wealth, self-interest, idealism, and snobbery. Zusammenfassung In the century after the Restoration of 1660, English provincial towns experienced a cultural renaissance. In this lively and perceptive history, Peter Borsay examines the most striking features of that revival, both architectural and social, and penetrates the new culture's elegant facade to explore its economic origins and the mixture of social forces that propelled it. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; list of maps; list of plates; list of abbreviations; acknowledgements; preface; PART 1: Introduction; the urban scene; PART 2: Landscape: the house, street and square; prospects, planning, and public buildings; PART 3: Leisure: the arts; arenas of display; sport; PART 4: Society: the economic foundations; the pursuit of status; civility and sociability; cultural differentiation; PART 5: Conclusion: town and nation; Appendices
