Building the bank of England money, architecture, society
The Bank of England symbolizes the economic strength, influence, and potency of Britain. Founded in 1694, its world-famous buildings were built and rebuilt four times by different architects, most notably Sir John Soane. The Bank's three-and-aquarter-acre complex has included elegant public ban...
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| Language: | English |
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Yale
Yale University
2005
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Add Tag | Summary: | The Bank of England symbolizes the economic strength, influence, and potency of Britain. Founded in 1694, its world-famous buildings were built and rebuilt four times by different architects, most notably Sir John Soane. The Bank's three-and-aquarter-acre complex has included elegant public banking halls and private offices, courtyards and gardens, warehouses and vaults, residential apartments and guards' barracks. This lavishly illustrated book examines for the first time the entire architectural history of the Bank from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. Drawing on a variety of perspectives, the book relates the history of the Bank of England to current debates on English economic, social, and urban history, including issues of national identity, mercantile politics, and the commercialization of culture. |
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| Item Description: | "Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art"--T.p. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 282 pages : illustrations (some colour);c32 cm |
| Bibliography: | aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-270) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0300109245 9780300109245 |
The Bank of England money, power & influence 1694-1994