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A Guide to Port Sunlight Village: Third Edition
Contributor(s): Hubbard, Edward (Author), Shippobottom, Michael (Author)

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 ISBN: 1786942127     ISBN-13: 9781786942128
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
OUR PRICE: $23.05  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: November 2019
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945)
- Travel | Europe - Great Britain
- History | Europe - Great Britain - Victorian Era (1837-1901)
Dewey: 942.751
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.4" W x 9.6" L (0.90 lbs) 144 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
Features: Illustrated
 
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Publisher Description:
The third edition of a best-selling book on the Port Sunlight Village, with a new chapter on the Lady Lever Art Gallery, further information on key individuals and an increase in the number of illustrations. The model industrial village of Port Sunlight was founded by the soap manufacturer W.
H. Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) in 1888 for the factory workers of his firm of Lever Brothers. The village was acclaimed from the first as exemplifying the best in English town planning and house design, and greatly influenced subsequent industrial villages such as Bournville, and the garden city
movement more generally. This guide considers the village in its historical context, with particular emphasis on the planning and architectural aspects. It explains the social and visual significance of Port Sunlight and the reasons for its being unique in the history of town planning, as well as
looking at the way its development was influenced by changing fashions in civic design. The relevance of Lever's own character and interests DS his social conscience, his love of art and beauty and his architectural enthusiasms - is also examined. Two tours, one for pedestrians and one for car
drivers, which include and describe the most significant buildings of the village, are an additional feature of the guide.
 
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