'Introduction' in J Walton & R Fischer, British Piers
Details:
- Author(s) Walton, John K
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1987
- Pages pp7-31
- Publisher Thames & Hudson
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly account of the origins, development, functions, promotion and boom in piers but with a focus on their social rather than commercial history. The remainder of the book comprises a photographic survey