324 Pages
by
Routledge
324 Pages
by
Routledge
324 Pages
by
Routledge
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A lively and provocative account of the arts in Britain, Building Jerusalem suggests that even after fifty years of state planning of Britain's "leisure industries" the country is nevertheless approaching the millennium in a state of cultural confusion. Drawing on a wealth of historical material from Scotland, Wales, and English provincial towns, as well as the more familiar London story, Pick... Read more
Introduction: The Shock of the Old The Virgin Queen The Royal Enclosures Industriousness and the Lottery The Glory of Commercial Art Industrial Revolution The Great Exhibition Provision for the People The Horrors of Tourism Mass, Messages and the Media Nationalisation of the Arts The Mirage of the Millennium Shadows and Illusion Appendix: Comparison of Cultural Organisations and Workers in Cardiff, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield in 1850, 1900 and 1950
Biography
John Pick
