This is a study not of an elite of artists and thinkers but of broad cultural activities, such as local archaeology and tourism, historic preservation and restoration, and architectural historianism.

Eighteen self-guided walking tours down city streets that will take you back in time, with colorful stories about the buildings along the way and the people associated with them.

" "This volume covers the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, and Waltham Forest. For each area there is a detailed gazetteer and historical introduction.

Images of America: Kansas City, Kansas aims to present some of that historic past, much of which has long been demolished, so that modern readers may see the complete, "full service" city as it evolved between 1804 and 2012.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: Todos por la vida-Everything for Life -- one: Not Your Grandmother's Preservation Movement -- two: Why We Preserve -- three: How Americans Preserve -- four: ...

In this agricultural county of East Anglia, "scenery and buildings are a delight", wrote Pevsner.

Jean-Pierre Giordani pose la question fondamentale de la relation des Guadeloupéens avec les richesses de leurs îles.

This is the first in a series of journals written by Robert Hall Tinker. Volume one covers the adolescence of the young Mr. Tinker and the details of his life growing up in western New York until his marriage to Mary Dorr Manny in 1879.

The guide itself is a useful and systematic compendium containing fifty maps that make navigating the city and locating the individual sites a breeze.