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Oxford (Innercities Cultural Guides)
Martin Garrett
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Description for Oxford (Innercities Cultural Guides)
Paperback. A concise guide to Oxford and its environs that looks beyond the usual remit of travel guides by considering issues such as crime and social change. The author offers insight into the culture, society and history of this much-visited city Series: Innercities Cultural Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBJD1; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Oxford started as an Anglo-Saxon border outpost, with a bridge replacing the 'oxen ford' from which it takes its name. It became a centre for trade and religion and developed one of the oldest universities in Europe from the late twelfth century. Since the Middle Ages its individual colleges have gone on building--chapels, halls, accommodation, libraries--in an extraordinary variety of styles from Gothic to Brutalist. Oxford also has many churches, a Covered Market, an extraordinary museum of Natural History in soaring iron, glass and stone, and a flamboyant neo-Jacobean Town Hall. In such a place, suggested W.B. Yeats, 'one almost ... Read more
Oxford started as an Anglo-Saxon border outpost, with a bridge replacing the 'oxen ford' from which it takes its name. It became a centre for trade and religion and developed one of the oldest universities in Europe from the late twelfth century. Since the Middle Ages its individual colleges have gone on building--chapels, halls, accommodation, libraries--in an extraordinary variety of styles from Gothic to Brutalist. Oxford also has many churches, a Covered Market, an extraordinary museum of Natural History in soaring iron, glass and stone, and a flamboyant neo-Jacobean Town Hall. In such a place, suggested W.B. Yeats, 'one almost ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Innercities Cultural Guides
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909930070
SKU
V9781909930070
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About Martin Garrett
Martin Garrett has published widely on Renaissance, Romantic and Victorian literature. His undergraduate and doctoral studies were at St. Edmund Hall in the University of Oxford. He lived in the city for many years and is still a frequent visitor.
Reviews for Oxford (Innercities Cultural Guides)
'A perfect present for anyone with a literary bent, this book
written with wit as well as deep knowledge
could help you look at the city's history, landmarks and surrounding countryside with new eyes.'
Oxford Times
written with wit as well as deep knowledge
could help you look at the city's history, landmarks and surrounding countryside with new eyes.'
Oxford Times