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Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London: Spatial Consequences to the Reordering of London’s Burials in the Early 19th Century book cover

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Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London Spatial Consequences to the Reordering of London’s Burials in the Early 19th Century

By Gian Luca Amadei Copyright 2022
194 Pages 69 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 69 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 69 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book explores how Victorian cemeteries were the direct result of the socio-cultural, economic and political context of the city, and were part of a unique transformation process that emerged in London at the time. The book shows how the re-ordering of the city’s burial spaces, along with the principles of health and hygiene, were directly associated with liberal capital investments, which... Read more

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Health

1.1 - Metropolitan Sepulchre

1.2 - Overcrowding

1.3 - Ordering the Dead

Chapter 2 - Identity

2.1 - Landscapes of Remembrance

2.2 - The Business of Burying the Dead

2.3 - Architecture and Legacy

2.4 - Rational Minds

Chapter 3 - Suburbs / Kensal Green

3.1 - Metropolitan Picturesque

3.2 - Testing Ground

3.3 - A New Suburb

Chapter 4 - Suburbs / Highgate

4.1 - The Village at the Edge of the Metropolis

4.2 - Gravestones and Vistas

4.3 - New Hospitals and Clean Air

Chapter 5 - Suburbs / Brookwood and Woking

5.1 - Waterways and Brick Yards

5.2 - Cemetery and Town

5.3 - New Century, New Beginning

5.4 - The Woking Residential Estates

5.5 - Conclusions

Chapter 6 - Rethinking

6.1 - Open Spaces

6.2 - New Alternatives to Earth Burial

6.3 - Future Visions

6.4 - Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Gian Luca Amadei is an independent academic researcher, design journalist and lecturer at the Royal College of Art in London.

"Cemeteries form an important but largely overlooked part of our environment. Dr. Amadei’s text examining the changing landscape surrounding three nineteenth century cemeteries broadens our understanding of their influence and relationship to other buildings such as houses, church, hospitals, industrial workings and railways. Nobody with an interest in London’s history and also cemetery studies should be without this ground-breaking and well-researched publication."

Dr. Brian Parsons, Independent researcher, London

"Victorian cemeteries attract attention from a range of disciplines. This book widens the field by examining three important London cemeteries and the suburbs that came to surround them through the lenses of town planning and urban history. By highlighting complex and multi-faceted urban and social intersections, Amadei establishes the significance of negotiating meaningful relationships between the living and the dead."

Professor Hilary J Grainger OBE, Emerita University of the Arts London

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