House Histories

The Secrets Behind Your Front Door

Melanie Backe-Hansen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2011
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7524-5753-6 (ISBN)

Infos

In House Histories, Britain’s leading house historian uncovers the hidden stories and secrets of ordinary and extraordinary houses across the country. The wide range of houses, from workers’ cottages to aristocratic mansions, offers a unique insight into our social and architectural history. Tudor farmhouses, Georgian town houses, modernist twentieth-century designs and converted factories all have a tale to tell. Melanie Backe-Hansen digs into the past of homes once occupied by famous figures such as H.G. Wells and Benjamin Disraeli, ‘Miss Moneypenny’ and the Second World War SOE recruits. Details of the daily lives of ordinary people emerge from the railway and fishermen’s cottages or silk weavers’ terraces in which they lived. From Hampstead Garden Suburb to the slum clearances of Manchester’s Hulme, the reader is taken through the centuries of change experienced by each house, exploring past occupants and architectural alterations. Entries are illustrated with a range of historic maps, photographs, prints, archive records and contemporary images. As a nation we are obsessed by property: prices, interior design and restoration, and the creation of a home. Now there is another avenue to explore: your house’s history. House Histories helps readers get started by outlining the main research sources and how to use them.

Autor

MELANIE BACKE-HANSEN is an historian, writer and speaker, specialising in the social history of houses across the United Kingdom. She is a research consultant for A House Through Time (BBC Two) and was also series historical consultant for Phil Spencer's History of Britain in 100 Homes (More4). She regularly contributes to national media and lifestyle magazines and has featured on numerous TV and radio programmes. She is also a regular speaker at events and universities. Melanie is a member of the Royal Historical Society and is an honorary teaching fellow at the University of Dundee. She lives in London.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.6.2011
• Verlagsort: Stroud
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 194 x 263 mm
• Gewicht: 1040 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-7524-5753-5 / 0752457535
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-5753-6 / 9780752457536
• Zustand: Neuware