London's Underground
The Story of the Tube
(Sprache: Englisch)
The story of the Tube from its origins to the present day is told through eleven chapters, relating to the eleven lines in broad chronological sequence. Each line is accompanied by ?photographic portraits' of key stations along the route, with...
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The story of the Tube from its origins to the present day is told through eleven chapters, relating to the eleven lines in broad chronological sequence. Each line is accompanied by ?photographic portraits' of key stations along the route, with evocative images of their architecture and decor. Interspersed with the chapters are features covering every aspect of the Underground: trains, art and design, hidden stations, maps and posters. The book is illustrated throughout with archive photography and images from the TfL archives.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „London's Underground “
Introduction1 Steam Underground
2 Deeper Underground
3 Twentieth-Century Electric
4 In to Work, Out to Live
5 Combining it All
6 War and Austerity
7 Towards a New Tube
8 Renewal
Timeline
Index
Further Reading
Autoren-Porträt von Oliver Green
Oliver Green is a transport historian who has written widely on the history of public transport in London, and in particular on the art and design of London Transport. He is the former head curator and now research fellow at the London Transport Museum. Oliver is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA), a museums advisor to Arts Council England and lectures regularly to societies and museums including the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.Benjamin Graham won the prestigious UK Landscape Photographer of the Year competition in 2017. He is a club-circuit lecturer, an international photo-tour leader and a residential course photography tutor at West Dean College, West Sussex. His work is inspired by the beauty of the UK’s coast, its countryside and its architecture.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Oliver Green
- 2019, 272 Seiten, mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, Maße: 26,4 x 28,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Quarto
- ISBN-10: 0711240132
- ISBN-13: 9780711240131
- Erscheinungsdatum: 17.09.2019
Sprache:
Englisch
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