viii, 523 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Blue cover with gilt spine title. Blue endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. A "path-breaking and wide-ranging account of the changing fortunes and status of the stately homes of England over the past two centuries." -- dust jacket. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: edges slightly rubbed; clean and bright.

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Title

The Fall and Rise of the Stately Home

Publisher

Yale University Press, New Haven

Publication Date

1997

Language

English

ISBN 10

0300067038

ISBN 13

9780300067033

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

near fine

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This pathbreaking account of England`s stately homes over the past two centuries reveals much about the relationship of the nation to its past and its aristocracy. Mandler melds social, cultural, artistic, and political perspectives to show how attitudes toward the great country houses have veered from selective appreciation to outright hostility and only recently to thoroughgoing admiration.

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This book surveys the complex interactions among culture, aesthetics, society, and politics on which the reputations of English country houses have risen and fallen over the past 200 years. It is a fascinating story of the ascent of the English estate in the Victorian period, the derision and neglect they experienced in the Edwardian age, and, ultimately, their restoration in the present era, as they beckon legions of postmodern tastemakers such as Ralph Lauren into their midst. Mandler (history, London Guildhall Univ.) writes like a dream, and he has successfully melded scholarship in many branches of history (the history of gardens, art, architecture, politics, economics, and more) into a coherent account free of nostalgia, sentiment, and cant. Excellent reading for informed readers.?Peter S. Kaufman, Boston Architectural Ctr.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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