A Vision of Britain

A Vision of Britain
Author: Charles (Prince of Wales)
Publisher: Doubleday UK
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1989
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Met reg. In addition to his TV-documentary, A vision of Britain, the Prince of Wales stresses the need to preserve the character of towns and cities, the desirability of reviewing existing planning laws and the importance of providing an architecture which people really want, and which is on a human scale. He emphasises the positive side of contemporary architecture and expands upon the idea of an architectural Ten Principles, a set of 'sensible and widely- agreed rules, saying what people can and what they cannot do'.

New Britain

New Britain
Author: Tony Blair
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2004-04-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780813342351

New Britain presents Tony Blair on all the major debates of British public life: from nationalized health care to crime prevention, from the welfare state to monetary policy, from religion to family values, from individualism to isolationism, from taxation to trade unions, from NATO to Northern Ireland, from community rebirth to economic growth. After seventeen years of Conservative Party rule under Margaret Thatcher and John Major, a change in Great Britain's leadership appears imminent. In Blair's Stakeholder Nation, government works in partnership with private and voluntary sectors to harness the pawer of the market to serve the public interest. In New Britain, we read in Blair's own articulate words how to improve the standard of living of all Britain's families; how to base a new social order on merit, commitment, and inclusion; how to decentralize British institutions of political power; and how to expand Britain's leadership in foreign affairs.

An Imperial Vision

An Imperial Vision
Author: Thomas R. Metcalf
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2002
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

This book looks at the relationship between culture and power expressed in architectural forms employed by the British in India. These buildings reflect the choices made by the British in their politics as imperial rulers.

Visions of England

Visions of England
Author: Roy Strong
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2012-09-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1409029360

Why do we still get misty-eyed about England's green and pleasant land? What explains our obsession with country houses - from the National Trust to Downton Abbey? Why do we still dream of a place in the country? In this delightul book Roy Strong explores the definition of Englishness. Celebrating our literature, music, art, gardening and drama, Strong identifies those icons and traditions that still speak to us - it is a vision of England that is inclusive and relevant for everybody living in the country today.

The Vision of History in Early Britain

The Vision of History in Early Britain
Author: Robert W. Hanning
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1966
Genre: History
ISBN:

Comparative study of the writings of four medieval historians who described the mass settlements of Germanic tribes in Britain.

The Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain
Author: James Holland
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 736
Release: 2011-03-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0312675003

"First published in Great Britain by Bantam Press"--T.p. verso.

Visions of Britain, 1730-1830

Visions of Britain, 1730-1830
Author: Sebastian Mitchell
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2013-05-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137290110

This is a revisionist study of the literary and visual representation of the nation in the century following the formation of the British state. It argues that the most engaging accounts of Great Britain subject their imagery to sustained artistic pressure, threatening to dismantle the national vision at the moment of its construction.

The Light in Britain

The Light in Britain
Author: Grace Cooke
Publisher: Devorss & Company
Total Pages: 118
Release: 1971-06-01
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9780854870561

In this volume, pilgrimages to Avebury, Maiden Castle, Stonehenge and elsewhere bring a clairvoyant vision of the ageless light in Britain. The text is illustrated with Ivan Cooke's own paintings, as well as with photographs.