SWEATED INDUSTRIES (Working Class in European History)

Business & Money

Schmiechen, James

Human Resources

University of Illinois Press

The story of Britain’s market halls―built to replace traditional open-air markets throughout England, Wales, and Scotland―is a tale of exuberant architecture, civic pride, and attempts at social engineering. This book is the first history of the market hall, an immensely important building type that revolutionized the way Britons obtained their consumer goods. James Schmiechen and Kenneth Carls investigate the economic, cultural, political, and social forces that led to the construction of several hundred market buildings in the two centuries after 1750. The market hall was frequently vast in scale, revolutionary in plan, and elaborately ornamented―indeed, it was often the most important architectural statement a proud town might make. 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.

The British Market Hall: A Social and Architectural History

Carls, Kenneth

Economics

Yale University Press

A bestseller in its field, A History of Western Society examines the lives of both historical figures and ordinary people, using an engaging, lively writing style to capture students' interest. The authors pay careful attention to traditional political and cultural developments, providing a balanced, well-rounded view of Western history as a whole. Designed to appeal to a more visual student body, the Seventh Edition devotes increased attention to cultural history. The text's photo and map programs have been enhanced, with a stronger relationship between the narrative and illustrations. Scholarly updates throughout the text include new information on Egyptian religion; a revised discussion of the polis and Greek democracy; new material on the origins of Christian sacraments; an expanded discussion on the Peace of God; a new exploration of the cultural consequences of the Crusades; updated scholarship on the Atlantic slave trade; and a revised discussion of nationalism.

A History of Western Society

Politics & Social Sciences

McKay, John P.

Hill, Bennett D.

BUCKLER, JOHN

Social Sciences

Houghton Mifflin College Div.

A rich collection of old photographs from the albums of Saugatuck-Douglas residents and vacationers.

Snapshots-a Saugatuck Album: A Photographic History of Saugatuck, Michigan

Arts & Photography

Kemperman, William

Photography & Video

Saugatuck Douglas Hist Society

In 1998, the Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society received a collection of nearly 3,000 photographs shot in and around Saugatuck by Bill Simmons before, during, and after he served as editor of the Saugatuck Commercial Record. Since most of the photographs existed in negative form only and had never been printed or published in the paper, the collection is both literally and figuratively "off the record." Members of the society have selected 157 representative images from this collection to create the most extensive visual history of Saugatuck in the 1940s and 1950s. Unlike earlier photographers who separate Saugatuck's townscape and landscape from its citizenry, Simmons shows how people interacted with the local geography, villagelife, and work. For those who lived there during the same time as Simmons, the photographs collected in "Off the Record" will recall particular nostalgic events, people, and locales. For all readers these images of a half-century ago add new meaning and insight into our history and remind us how photographs shape the way we identify and define our past.

Off the Record: A Pictorial History of Saugatuck in the '40s And '50s-the Unpublished Photographs of Bill Simmons

Lane, Kit

Sheridan, Jack

The collection of buildings that make up the Saugatuck and Douglas area, are woven together into a unique visual and social fabric, into the threads of which are enmeshed our historical memory. The purpose of the book is to first define and describe what is good about Saugatuck and Douglas architecture and second, to show how "reading" buildings is a way of connecting with our past.

Raising the Roof: A History of the Buildings and Architecture in the Saugatuck and Douglas Area

History

Americas

Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Schmiechen, James. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Schmiechen, James