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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Modern History 1920-1949"”.
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Making the West End modern: space, architecture and shopping in 1930s London.
… this as a significant moment within consumption history, hitherto overlooked in favour of the Victorian and Edwardian periods. The approach is interdisciplinary, combining in a new way studies of shopping routes and networks, retail architecture, spectacle, consumer types and consumption …
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Photographed at...Locating Fashion Imagery in the Cultural Landscape of Post-War Britain 1945-1962
This thesis explores a history of fashion and art in post-war Britain. The historical analysis of this study focuses on how institutions and spaces of public culture – such as museums, galleries, exhibitions and art schools – were used as locations for editorial photo-spreads published in the …
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Transactive Environments: The Architecture of Progressive Education at Dartington Hall School
… how the new education influenced architectural modernism. It argues that the architecture of progressive education was not a stable concept but contained multiple, shifting meanings that depended on the policies of the School’s leaders and on who was experiencing it where and when. The work …
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Roman Catholic Army Chaplains During the First World War : Roles, Experiences and Dilemmas
This dissertation examines the role and actions of the Roman Catholic clergy from Britain who served as military chaplains during the First World War, including the external influences and pressures that may have contributed to their behaviour. In doing so it looks at international themes relating …