The Georgian Triumph, 1700-1830

The Making of Britain #4

by Michael Reed

Bound in the publisher's original cloth with the spine stamped in gilt.

Genres: History, Architecture, British Literature

240 pages, Hardcover

First published April 21, 1983

Reviews

[Dean · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is actually part of “The Making of Britain Series.”

[Justinian]

2017-04 – The Georgian triumph, 1700-1830. Michael Reed (Author) 1983. 240 Pages.

I picked this book off of the ‘free shelf” at the library on a bit of a whim. I was not actually sure what it was about. I thought I would read it as a background book for tour guiding. It turned out to be utterly fascinating, and I learned a lot that I had not known before. Some of which are good for back ground on tours, much more about land use and landscape gardens which really made me look at Winterthur with new eyes. The changes in gardens and landscapes from structural formality to Capability Brown and regrettably back to architectural formality was something I was introduced to when I read, "The Philadelphia Country House: Architecture and Landscape in Colonial America", last year, but this book went much more into depth, theory and description. The book though starts with the various Enclosure Acts ... something with which I was wholly unfamiliar. It then went on to talk about architecture, morality, and industry including water power and steam as the book closes with the Industrial Revolution. It was an age dominated by warfare and class … the consolidation of landed capital and the preparation of the nation for the Industrial Revolution. A slim but fascinating and eye opening book.