This book explores how Victorian cemeteries were the direct result of the socio-cultural, economic, and political context of the city, and were part of a unique transformation process that emerged in London at the time.
This book explores how Victorian cemeteries were the direct result of the socio-cultural, economic, and political context of the city, and were part of a unique transformation process that emerged in London at the time.
Gian Luca Amadei is an independent academic researcher, design journalist and lecturer at the Royal College of Art in London.
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Table of Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 - Health 1.1 - Metropolitan Sepulchre 1.2 - Overcrowding 1.3 - Ordering the Dead Chapter 2 - Identity 2.1 - Landscapes of Remembrance 2.2 - The Business of Burying the Dead 2.3 - Architecture and Legacy 2.4 - Rational Minds Chapter 3 - Suburbs / Kensal Green 3.1 - Metropolitan Picturesque 3.2 - Testing Ground 3.3 - A New Suburb Chapter 4 - Suburbs / Highgate 4.1 - The Village at the Edge of the Metropolis 4.2 - Gravestones and Vistas 4.3 - New Hospitals and Clean Air Chapter 5 - Suburbs / Brookwood and Woking 5.1 - Waterways and Brick Yards 5.2 - Cemetery and Town 5.3 - New Century, New Beginning 5.4 - The Woking Residential Estates 5.5 - Conclusions Chapter 6 - Rethinking 6.1 - Open Spaces 6.2 - New Alternatives to Earth Burial 6.3 - Future Visions 6.4 - Conclusions Bibliography Index
Table of Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 - Health 1.1 - Metropolitan Sepulchre 1.2 - Overcrowding 1.3 - Ordering the Dead Chapter 2 - Identity 2.1 - Landscapes of Remembrance 2.2 - The Business of Burying the Dead 2.3 - Architecture and Legacy 2.4 - Rational Minds Chapter 3 - Suburbs / Kensal Green 3.1 - Metropolitan Picturesque 3.2 - Testing Ground 3.3 - A New Suburb Chapter 4 - Suburbs / Highgate 4.1 - The Village at the Edge of the Metropolis 4.2 - Gravestones and Vistas 4.3 - New Hospitals and Clean Air Chapter 5 - Suburbs / Brookwood and Woking 5.1 - Waterways and Brick Yards 5.2 - Cemetery and Town 5.3 - New Century, New Beginning 5.4 - The Woking Residential Estates 5.5 - Conclusions Chapter 6 - Rethinking 6.1 - Open Spaces 6.2 - New Alternatives to Earth Burial 6.3 - Future Visions 6.4 - Conclusions Bibliography Index
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