Abramson, Daniel M. (Daniel Michael), 1963-, Building the Bank of England : money, architecture, society, 1694-1942 , 2005
- Title:
- Building the Bank of England : money, architecture, society, 1694-1942 / Daniel M. Abramson.
- Published/Created:
- Yale University Press : New Haven, 2005.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 282 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 33 cm.
- Holdings:
- Reference LibraryNA6245.G72 L633 2005 (LC)+ OversizeAccessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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- Table of contents
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents:
- Wilderness years in Grocers' Hall, 1694-1734 -- Corporate virtue : George Sampson's Bank of England, 1731-34 -- Making the market : Robert Taylor's Bank of England, 1764-88 -- "Shadows upon the stone" : John Soane's early bank halls, 1788-99 -- The spectacle of finance : nationalism, urbanism, and bureaucracy, 1793-1808 -- Soane's finale and the Bank of England in his career, 1814-1833 -- Myth and modernity : Herbert Baker's Bank of England, 1921-1942 -- Architecture and history : learning from the Bank of England.
- Subject Terms:
- Architecture and society -- England -- History.Bank buildings -- England -- London.Bank of England -- Buildings.Bank of England -- History.London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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