Description
Drawing on a wide range of contemporary records, the authors show how municipal authorities used market buildings to improve the supply and distribution of food, convey social ideals, control social and economic behavior, and declare a town's virtues. For the Victorians, Schmiechen and Carls argue, the enormous investment of energy, seriousness, and funding in the market hall reflected a belief that architecture was a primary agent of social reform and improvement. Generously illustrated with more than 180 drawings and photographs, this book also includes a Gazetteer with information about some 300 specific market buildings.
Published with assistance from the Annie Burr Lewis Fund
About the Author
James Schmiechen is professor of history at Central Michigan University. Kenneth Carls is professor of graphic design and design history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Book Information
ISBN 9780300060645
Author James Schmiechen
Format Hardback
Page Count 326
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
Weight(grams) 1261g