Whose Muse?: Art Museums and the Public Trust
Glenn D. Lowry, James Cuno and Philippe de Montebello
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During the economic boom of the 1990s, art museums expanded dramatically in size, scope, and...
Movies of the 70s
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The Birth of the Blockbuster How the prodigies of the 1970s revolutionized cinema The 1970s: that...
Modern Architecture A-Z
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Space shapersAn encyclopedia of modern architectureWith more than 280 entries, this architectural A...
Going to the Palais: A Social and Cultural History of Dancing and Dance Halls in Britain, 1918-1960
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From the mid-1920s, the dance hall occupied a pivotal place in the culture of working- and...
The Case of the Chocolate Cream Killer: The Poisonous Passion of Christiana Edmunds
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"The trial which terminated yesterday...revealed one of the strangest and most horrible stories...
Mad Men Unzipped: Fans on Sex, Love, and the Sixties on TV
Karen E. Dill-Shackleford, Cynthia Vinney, Jerri Lynn Hogg and Kristin Hopper-Losenicky
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This is the story of the Mad Men fan phenomenon: how the show and its fans distinguished themselves...
Poverty, Wealth, and Well-Being: Experiencing Penia in Democratic Athens
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Poverty in fifth- and fourth-century BCE Athens was a markedly different concept to that with which...
Country Park
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"Country Parks" includes detailed theory and case studies showcasing outstanding international...
The Early Victorian Railway Excursions: The Million Go Forth
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There is a widely held belief that Thomas Cook invented the railway excursion. In fact the railway...
State of Emergency: The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974
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The book behind major BBC2 series The Seventies, Dominic Sandbrook's State of Emergency - The Way We...