From pier to modernity : architectural histories of the seaside pier, 1861-1914

The aim of this thesis is to establish the British seaside pier as a unique space of nineteenth century modernity. There is no doubt that the pier shared much in common with other new building types that were emerging in the second half of the nineteenth century, but its materiality, liminal locatio...

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Main Author: Barry, Clare
Published: Middlesex University 2015
Subjects:
700
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682574